Merci - Wiktionary

See also: Merci, mērci, and merçi

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French merci (“thank you”). Doublet of mercy.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /mɛːˈsiː/ or as French

Interjection

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merci

1. (colloquial) Thank you.
   • 2005, Victoria Laurie, A Vision of Murder: A Psychic Eye Mystery, →ISBN:Rebecca Rosen, merci for helping me to understand that connection between you and The Other Side, and making the character of Theresa come alive.
   • 2008, Lewis H. Siegelbaum, Cars for Comrades: The Life of the Soviet Automobile, →ISBN:"Improve the roads! Merci for the reception!" With this insouciant remark and the banner he affixed to his automobile that read "Auto rally against roadlessness and slovenliness!"
   • 2014, Art Wiederhold, Hunter: Quebec, →ISBN:“Merci, Bob. I'll inform Lauren,” Bergere said as he hurried out of the office.

Related terms

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• merci buckets

Noun

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merci (plural mercis)

1. An extra card or set of cards that is allowed to play at the end of various card games.
   • 1995, Peter Arnold, The Book of Card Games, →ISBN, page 15:Few games are won without the merci. In the final deal a King above a card of the same suit automatically blocks the game, and the merci should be used to free such a card.

See also

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• belle dame sans merci

Anagrams

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• CRIME, REMIC, crime

Alemannic German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French merci.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈmɛrsi/

Interjection

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merci

1. thank you

Synonyms

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• dankche
• fergälts Got
• tank
• vrattrus Got
• wol vergelzgott

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French merci.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɛr.si]
• IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈmɛɾ.si]

• Audio (Central):

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Interjection

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merci

1. (colloquial) thank you Synonyms: gràcies, mercès

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French merci.

Pronunciation

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• Audio:

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Interjection

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merci

1. (chiefly Belgium or colloquial Netherlands) thank you Synonyms: dank, dank je, dank je wel, dank u, dank u wel, bedankt

Variants

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• mercikes

Noun

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merci f (plural mercis, diminutive mercikes n)

1. (chiefly Belgium or colloquial Netherlands) thank you Synonyms: dank, dankjewel, dankuwel

French

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Etymology

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From Middle French merci, mercy, from Old French merci, from Latin mercēdem (“wages, fee, price”).

Used as an interjection of gratitude since at least the early 12th century, originally as grand merci, for instance spelled granz merciz in Li coronemenz Looïs.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /mɛʁ.si/
• (France, Paris) IPA(key): [mɛʁ.si]

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• (Louisiana) IPA(key): [mæ(ɾ).si]
• Homophone: mercis

Interjection

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merci

1. thank you Merci pour ton aide.Thank you for your help.

Derived terms

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• Dieu merci
• merci beaucoup
• merci bien
• merci mille fois
• merci pour ton aide, merci pour votre aide
• non merci

Descendants

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• Haitian Creole: mèsi
• Louisiana Creole: mèsi, mærsi
• → Alemannic German: merci
• → Arabic: مرسي (mersī, “thanks (colloquial)”)
• → Armenian: մերսի (mersi, “thanks (colloquial)”)
• → Bulgarian: мерси́ (mersí, “thanks (colloquial)”)
• → Catalan: merci
• → Dutch: merci
• → English: merci
• → German: merci
• → Japanese: メルシー (merushī)
• → Korean: 메르시 (mereusi)
• → Ladino: mersi
• → Luxembourgish: merci
• → Michif: marsii
• → Ottoman Turkish: مرسی (mersi), մէրսի (mersi) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Turkish: mersi
• → Persian: مرسی (mersi, “thanks (colloquial)”)
• → Romanian: mersi
• → Russian: мерси́ (mersí, “thanks (colloquial)”)

Noun

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merci f (uncountable)

1. mercy Synonyms: miséricorde, pitié
2. grace Synonym: grâce

Derived terms

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• à la merci de
• corvéable à merci, taillable et corvéable à merci
• sans merci

Noun

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merci m (plural mercis)

1. thanks, an expression of gratitude, the word merci

Derived terms

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• mille mercis
• un grand merci

Further reading

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• “merci”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

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• cimer, crime

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French merci.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /mɛʁˈsiː/
• IPA(key): /ˈmɛʁ.si/ (Switzerland)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Interjection

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merci

1. (chiefly Switzerland) thank you Synonyms: danke, danke schön, ich danke schön

Further reading

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• “merci” in Duden online
• “merci” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈmɛr.t͡ʃi/
• Rhymes: -ɛrtʃi
• Hyphenation: mèr‧ci

Noun

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merci f

1. plural of merce

Anagrams

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• cremi, crime

Latin

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Noun

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mercī

1. dative singular of merx

Norman

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Alternative forms

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• mercie (Guernsey)

Etymology

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From Old French merci (“mercy; clemency”), from Latin mercēdem (“wages, fee, price”).

Interjection

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merci

1. (Guernsey) thank you

Derived terms

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• mercie bian (“thank you very much”)

Old French

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Alternative forms

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• mercit (archaic)
• merchit, merchi (northern)

Etymology

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From Latin mercēdem.

Pronunciation

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• (archaic) IPA(key): /mɛɾˈt͡siθ/, (northern) /mɛɾˈt͡ʃiθ/
• (classical) IPA(key): /mɛɾˈt͡si/, (northern) /mɛɾˈt͡ʃi/
• (late) IPA(key): /mɛɾˈsi/, (northern) /mɛɾˈʃi/

Noun

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merci oblique singular, f (nominative singular merci)

1. mercy; clemency
   • c. 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:Se vos metez an sa merciNus (fors le conte qui est ci)de vos n'i a mort desservieja ne perdroiz manbre ne vieIf you throw yourselves on his mercyNone (apart from the count who is here)of you deserve death;you will lose neither life nor limb
   • 13th century, Herman de Valenciennes, Assomption Nostre Dame, page 7, column 2, lines 16–17:ceo sacez m'amie tuit cil que te requerunta tun commandement merci auvruntthis you know, my friend, that all those who are looking for youupon your command will have mercy

Descendants

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• French: merci
• Norman: merci
• → Middle English: merci
  • English: mercy

References

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• merci on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub