merce

See also: mercé, mérce, mercê, mērce, mērcē, and Mercè

English

Etymology

See amerce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɜː(ɹ)s/

Verb

merce (third-person singular simple present merces, present participle mercing, simple past and past participle merced)

1. (obsolete) To subject to fine or amercement; to mulct; to amerce.
   • a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:

     this Ralph was merced in seven thousand marks, for bribery, and ejected out of his place.

References

• “merce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• McRee, c'mere, creme, crème

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mercem (“merchandise”, “goods”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛr.t͡ʃe/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrtʃe
• Hyphenation: mèr‧ce

Noun

merce f (plural merci)

1. goods, wares, merchandise, products, commodities

   Synonyms: bene, beni, mercanzia, prodotto, prodotti

Related terms

• commercio
• mercante
• mercato
• mercé
• mercede
• mercenario
• merceologia
• merceria
• merciaio
• mercificare
• mercimonio
• smerciare

Related terms

• fede

Anagrams

• creme

Latin

Noun

merce

1. ablative singular of merx

Middle English

Noun

merce

1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of merche

Old English

Noun

merce m

1. alternative form of mereċe

Old Occitan

Noun

merce f (oblique plural merces, nominative singular merce, nominative plural merces)

1. mercy; clemency

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin merx, mercis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʁ.si/ [ˈmɛh.si]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʁ.si/ [ˈmɛh.si]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɾ.si/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʁ.si/ [ˈmɛχ.si]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɻ.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɾ.sɨ/

• Hyphenation: mer‧ce

Noun

merce f (plural merces)

1. (rare) merchandise

Etymology 2

Noun

merce f (plural merces)

1. obsolete spelling of mercê

Further reading

• “merce”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “merce”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025