mer

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Meru and Meru Ameru.

Symbol

mer

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Meru.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Meru terms

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of polymer.

Noun

mer (plural mers)

1. (chemistry) A repeat unit: a structural unit which through repetition forms a polymer.
   • 2010, Mikell P. Groover, Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing (4th Edition), page 9:

     A polymer is a compound formed of repeating structural units called mers, whose atoms share electrons to form very large molecules.

Derived terms

• nonadecamer

Etymology 2

Noun

mer pl (plural only)

1. (fantasy) merpeople
   • 2013, Missy Fleming, Into the Deep, page 65:

     There are mermaids and mermen everywhere. They swim above us and linger in nooks and arched doorways. It's impossible not to stare. The mer are as diverse as humans—all ages, size, shape, and color.

Etymology 3

See mayor.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

mer (plural mers)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of mayor and mair.

Anagrams

• EMR, ERM, MRE, R.E.M., REM, Rem, erm, rem

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• meru

Etymology 1

From Late Latin mēlum, from Latin mālum. Compare Daco-Romanian măr.

Noun

mer n (plural meari/meare)

1. apple

Derived terms

• mirush

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *mēlus, from Latin mālus.

Noun

mer m (plural meri)

1. apple tree

Derived terms

• agrumer
• miric

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin merus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmer]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

mer (feminine mera, masculine plural mers, feminine plural meres)

1. mere, simple

Derived terms

• merament

Further reading

• “mer”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Old Cornish mair, from Proto-Brythonic *maɨr, from Latin maior (“greater”). Cognate with Breton and Welsh maer.

Noun

mer m (plural meryon)

1. mayor

Derived terms

• meres f (“mayor, mayoress”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *mer, from Proto-Celtic *smerus. Cognate with Breton mel, Irish and Scottish Gaelic smior, Manx smuirr, and Welsh mêr.

Noun

mer m

1. (uncountable) bone marrow

Derived terms

• meryw (“juniper”)

Mutation

Mutation of mer

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
mer	ver	unchanged	unchanged	fer, ver*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːɹ/
• Rhymes: -eːɹ

Noun

mer f (genitive singular merar, plural merar)

1. mare, female horse

   Synonym: ryssa

Declension

f6	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mer	merin	merar	merarnar
accusative	mer	merina	merar	merarnar
dative	mer	merini	merum	merunum
genitive	merar	merarinnar	mera	meranna

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mer-?

Proto-Indo-European *móri

Proto-Italic *mari

Latin mare

Old French mer

Middle French mer

French mer

Inherited from Middle French mer, from Old French mer, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

The word is almost unparalleled as a Latin neuter that has become feminine without being a backformation from a plural in -a (French -e). This has been ascribed to the influence of terre (“land”). In most other Romance languages it is a masculine, the main exception being Romanian mare f.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛʁ
• Homophones: maire, maires, mère, mères, mers

Noun

mer f (plural mers)

1. (countable) sea (large body of water)
   • 2018, Zaz, J'aime, j'aime:

     J'aime, j'aime, j'aime la solitude parfois. mais j'aime pas les cris quand ils ne s'arrêtent pas, quand les émotions me plongent en mer enragée, quand le manque de moi me fait divaguer.

     I love, I love, I sometimes love the loneliness/solitude. But I don't love the crying [cries] when it [they] won't stop, when the emotions plunge me into the enraged sea, when the absence of myself makes me wander.

2. (uncountable, used with the definite article) the ocean (the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface)

   Synonym: océan

Derived terms

• anémone de mer
• araignée de mer
• armée de mer
• bouteille à la mer
• bras de mer
• cardon de mer
• cigale de mer
• cochon de mer
• concombre de mer
• eau de mer
• écume de mer
• éléphant de mer
• étoile de mer
• fruit de mer
• haute mer
• hérisson de mer
• léopard de mer
• lis de mer
• loup de mer
• loutre de mer
• mal de mer
• mer Adriatique
• mer Baltique
• mer Blanche
• mer Caspienne
• mer d'Arabie
• mer d'Aral
• mer d'Azov
• mer de Barents
• mer de Chine méridionale
• mer de Chine orientale
• mer de Marmara
• mer de Myrto
• mer des Caraïbes
• mer d'huile
• mer d'Irlande
• mer d'Iroise
• mer du Japon
• mer du Nord
• mer Égée
• mer Ionienne
• mer Jaune
• mer Méditerranée
• mer Morte
• mer Noire
• mer Rouge
• mer Tyrrhénienne
• ne pas être la mer à boire
• niveau de la mer
• oreille de mer
• panicaut de mer
• perche de mer
• prendre la mer
• serpent de mer
• vache de mer

Related terms

• marin
• marine

Descendants

• Antillean Creole: lanmè
• Haitian Creole: lanmè
• → Volapük: mel

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛr]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛr

Etymology 1

From Proto-Ugric *märɜ- (“to believe, have faith in dare”).

Verb

mer

2. (auxiliary with an infinitive) to dare (to have the courage to do something)

   Nem merek bemenni. ― I don’t dare to enter / I daren’t enter.

Conjugation

Conjugation of mer

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	merek	mersz	mer	merünk	mertek	mernek
			def.	merem	mered	meri	merjük	meritek	merik
			2nd obj	merlek
		past	indef.	mertem	mertél	mert	mertünk	mertetek	mertek
			def.	mertem	merted	merte	mertük	mertétek	merték
			2nd obj	mertelek
		future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. merni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	merék	merél	mere	merénk	merétek	merének
		def.	merém	meréd	meré	merénk	merétek	merék
		2nd obj	merélek
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. mer vala, mert vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	merendek	merendesz	merend	merendünk	merendetek	merendenek
	def.	merendem	merended	merendi	merendjük	merenditek	merendik
	2nd obj	merendelek
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	mernék	mernél	merne	mernénk	mernétek	mernének
		def.	merném	mernéd	merné	mernénk (or mernők)	mernétek	mernék
		2nd obj	mernélek
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. mert volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	merjek	merj or merjél	merjen	merjünk	merjetek	merjenek
			def.	merjem	merd or merjed	merje	merjük	merjétek	merjék
			2nd obj	merjelek
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. mert légyen
infinitive	merni		mernem	merned	mernie	mernünk	mernetek	merniük
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	merés		merő	mert	merendő	merve (mervén)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

Potential conjugation of mer

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	merhetek	merhetsz	merhet	merhetünk	merhettek	merhetnek
			def.	merhetem	merheted	merheti	merhetjük	merhetitek	merhetik
			2nd obj	merhetlek
		past	indef.	merhettem	merhettél	merhetett	merhettünk	merhettetek	merhettek
			def.	merhettem	merhetted	merhette	merhettük	merhettétek	merhették
			2nd obj	merhettelek
archaic preterite		indef.	merheték	merhetél	merhete	merheténk	merhetétek	merhetének
		def.	merhetém	merhetéd	merheté	merheténk	merhetétek	merheték
		2nd obj	merhetélek
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. merhet vala, merhetett vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	merhetendek or merandhatok	merhetendesz or merandhatsz	merhetend or merandhat	merhetendünk or merandhatunk	merhetendetek or merandhattok	merhetendenek or merandhatnak
	def.	merhetendem or merandhatom	merhetended or merandhatod	merhetendi or merandhatja	merhetendjük or merandhatjuk	merhetenditek or merandhatjátok	merhetendik or merandhatják
	2nd obj	merhetendelek or merandhatlak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	merhetnék	merhetnél	merhetne	merhetnénk	merhetnétek	merhetnének
		def.	merhetném	merhetnéd	merhetné	merhetnénk (or merhetnők)	merhetnétek	merhetnék
		2nd obj	merhetnélek
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. merhetett volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	merhessek	merhess or merhessél	merhessen	merhessünk	merhessetek	merhessenek
			def.	merhessem	merhesd or merhessed	merhesse	merhessük	merhessétek	merhessék
			2nd obj	merhesselek
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. merhetett légyen
infinitive	(merhetni)		(merhetnem)	(merhetned)	(merhetnie)	(merhetnünk)	(merhetnetek)	(merhetniük)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	merhető			merhetetlen		(merhetve / merhetvén)

Derived terms

• (merény (archaic) → merényel (archaic) →) merénylet, merénylő
• merész

Compound words

• (merő →) vakmerő

Expressions

• aki mer, az nyer

Etymology 2

From Proto-Ugric *märɜ- (“to dive, plunge”).

Verb

mer

2. (transitive) to ladle, scoop (to get some liquid or grainy substance out of somewhere by turning in a bowl-shaped object and let it fill)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mer

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	merek	mersz	mer	merünk	mertek	mernek
			def.	merem	mered	meri	merjük	meritek	merik
			2nd obj	merlek
		past	indef.	mertem	mertél	mert	mertünk	mertetek	mertek
			def.	mertem	merted	merte	mertük	mertétek	merték
			2nd obj	mertelek
		future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. merni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	merék	merél	mere	merénk	merétek	merének
		def.	merém	meréd	meré	merénk	merétek	merék
		2nd obj	merélek
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. mer vala, mert vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	merendek	merendesz	merend	merendünk	merendetek	merendenek
	def.	merendem	merended	merendi	merendjük	merenditek	merendik
	2nd obj	merendelek
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	mernék	mernél	merne	mernénk	mernétek	mernének
		def.	merném	mernéd	merné	mernénk (or mernők)	mernétek	mernék
		2nd obj	mernélek
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. mert volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	merjek	merj or merjél	merjen	merjünk	merjetek	merjenek
			def.	merjem	merd or merjed	merje	merjük	merjétek	merjék
			2nd obj	merjelek
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. mert légyen
infinitive	merni		mernem	merned	mernie	mernünk	mernetek	merniük
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	merés		merő	mert	merendő	merve (mervén)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

Potential conjugation of mer

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	merhetek	merhetsz	merhet	merhetünk	merhettek	merhetnek
			def.	merhetem	merheted	merheti	merhetjük	merhetitek	merhetik
			2nd obj	merhetlek
		past	indef.	merhettem	merhettél	merhetett	merhettünk	merhettetek	merhettek
			def.	merhettem	merhetted	merhette	merhettük	merhettétek	merhették
			2nd obj	merhettelek
archaic preterite		indef.	merheték	merhetél	merhete	merheténk	merhetétek	merhetének
		def.	merhetém	merhetéd	merheté	merheténk	merhetétek	merheték
		2nd obj	merhetélek
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. merhet vala, merhetett vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	merhetendek or merandhatok	merhetendesz or merandhatsz	merhetend or merandhat	merhetendünk or merandhatunk	merhetendetek or merandhattok	merhetendenek or merandhatnak
	def.	merhetendem or merandhatom	merhetended or merandhatod	merhetendi or merandhatja	merhetendjük or merandhatjuk	merhetenditek or merandhatjátok	merhetendik or merandhatják
	2nd obj	merhetendelek or merandhatlak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	merhetnék	merhetnél	merhetne	merhetnénk	merhetnétek	merhetnének
		def.	merhetném	merhetnéd	merhetné	merhetnénk (or merhetnők)	merhetnétek	merhetnék
		2nd obj	merhetnélek
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. merhetett volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	merhessek	merhess or merhessél	merhessen	merhessünk	merhessetek	merhessenek
			def.	merhessem	merhesd or merhessed	merhesse	merhessük	merhessétek	merhessék
			2nd obj	merhesselek
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. merhetett légyen
infinitive	(merhetni)		(merhetnem)	(merhetned)	(merhetnie)	(merhetnünk)	(merhetnetek)	(merhetniük)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	merhető			merhetetlen		(merhetve / merhetvén)

Derived terms

• mereng
• merhető
• merít
• merül

(With verbal prefixes):

• belemer
• felmer
• kimer
• lemer
• megmer
• telemer
• visszamer

See also

• Category:Hungarian auxiliary verbs

Further reading

• (to dare): mer in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (to ladle): mer in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɐ/

Pronoun

mer

1. unstressed dative of ich.

Inflection

Hunsrik personal pronouns

			nominative		accusative		dative
			proclitic	enclitic	stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
singular	1st person		ich eich	-ich	mich meich		meer	mer m'r
	2nd person (informal)		du dau/Dau	-du, -de -Dau, -De	dich deich/Deich		deer	der d'r/D'r
	3rd person	m	er; där	-er	ihn	en	ihm	em
		f	sie; die	-se	sie / ihns	se	eer ehr	re
		n	es; das et, 't	's	es et	-et, -'t	ihm	em
plural	1st person		meer	mer	uns uhs
	2nd person		deer Ehr, Dehr	der	eich Auch
	3rd person		sie; die	-se	sie	se	denne

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “mer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Kashubian

Etymology

Etymology tree

German Low German märbor.

Kashubian mer

Borrowed from German Low German mär.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɛr
• Syllabification: mer

Adjective

mer (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)

1. soft; flabby, pliable, flexible

Adverb

mer (not comparable)

1. softly, supplely, pliably

Further reading

• “mer”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Livonian

Alternative forms

• mie’r, meŕ (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meri. Akin to Finnish meri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeˀr/, [ˈmeˀr]

Noun

me’r

1. sea

Declension

Declension of me’r (83)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	me’r	mierūd
genitive (genitīv)	mie’r	mierūd
partitive (partitīv)	mīerda	meŗḑi
dative (datīv)	mie’rrõn	mierūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	mie’rkõks	mierūdõks
illative (illatīv)	mie’rrõ	mierīž
inessive (inesīv)	mie’rsõ	me’ŗši
elative (elatīv)	mie’rstõ	me’ŗšti

Derived terms

• Jeimer
• Pūojmer
• Vālda mer
• Vāldamer

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “me’r”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *mo² (Bradley). Cognate with Nuosu ꂿꃅ (mo mu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɯ²¹]

Noun

mer

1. (Yao'an) sky, heaven

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɐ/

Pronoun

mer

1. unstressed form of mir

Declension

Luxembourgish personal pronouns

				nominative		accusative		dative		reflexive
				stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
singular	1st person			ech	—	mech	—	mir	mer	like dat. and acc.
	2nd person	informal		du	de	dech	—	dir	der	like dat. and acc.
		formal		Dir	Der	Iech	Iech [əɕ]	Iech	Iech [əɕ]	Iech
	3rd person		m	hien	en	hien	en	him	em	sech
			f	si	se	si	se	hir	er	sech
			n	hatt	et ('t)	hatt	et ('t)	him	em	sech
plural	1st person			mir	mer	eis (ons)	—	eis (ons)	—	eis (ons)
	2nd person			dir	der	iech	iech [əɕ]	iech	iech [əɕ]	iech
	3rd person			si	se	si	se	hinnen	en	sech

Megleno-Romanian

Alternative forms

• mier

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mēlus, from Latin mālus. Compare Romanian măr.

Noun

mer m

1. apple tree

References

• Atasanov, Petar (1990), Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique, Hamburg: Buske

Middle English

Noun

mer

1. (Lincolnshire, Early Scots) alternative form of mare (“horse, mare”)

Middle French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mer, from Latin mare.

Noun

mer f (plural mers)

1. sea (large body of water)

Related terms

• marin

Descendants

• French: mer

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German meri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈmer/

Noun

mer n

1. sea

Declension

Declension of mer (strong neuter with null plural)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	mer	diu	mer
genitive	eines	dës	mers, meres	dër	mer, mere
dative	eime	dëm	mer, mere	dën	mern, meren
accusative	ein	daȥ	mer	diu	mer

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Meer
• Bavarian:
  • Mòcheno: meir
• Central Franconian:
  • Hunsrik: Meer
  • Luxembourgish: Mier
• German: Meer
• Yiddish: מער (mer)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “mer”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “mer”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), 3rd edition

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German mir, from Old High German mir, from Proto-Germanic *miz, dative and instrumental of *ek. Cognate with German mir, English me.

Pronoun

mer

1. dative of i: me, to me

References

• “mer” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Ndom

Numeral

mer

1. six

References

• The Number System of Ndom

Northern Kurdish

mer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛɾ/

Noun

mer f

1. spade (a garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• mere

Etymology

From Old Norse meiri.

Adjective

mer

1. comparative degree of mye

Adverb

mer

1. more; used in forming the comparative form of long/foreign adjectives

Derived terms

• mer eller mindre

See also

• meir (Nynorsk)

References

• “mer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mare.

Noun

mer oblique singular, f (oblique plural mers, nominative singular mer, nominative plural mers)

1. sea (large body of water)

Related terms

• marin

Descendants

• French: mer
  • Antillean Creole: lanmè
  • Haitian Creole: lanmè
  • → Volapük: mel
• Norman: mé (Jersey)
• Walloon: mer

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maiz.

Adverb

mēr

1. more

Pennsylvania German

Etymology 1

Cognate to German wir, mir.

Pronoun

mer

1. we, first person plural nominative pronoun.

Declension

Pennsylvania German personal pronouns

Number	singular						plural
Person/ Gender	1st	2nd person		3rd person			1st	2nd	3rd
		familiar	polite/formal	m	f	n
nominative	ich	du de1	dihr der1 Sie	er	sie se1	es	mir mer1	dihr der1	sie
dative	mir mer1	dir der1	eich Ihne Ne1	ihm em1	ihre re1	ihm em1	uns	eich	ihne ne1
accusative	mich	dich	eich Sie	ihn en1	sie se1	es			sie

¹ unstressed

Alternative forms

• mir

Etymology 2

Cognate to German mir.

Pronoun

mer

1. dative of ich: me, to me

Declension

Pennsylvania German personal pronouns

Number	singular						plural
Person/ Gender	1st	2nd person		3rd person			1st	2nd	3rd
		familiar	polite/formal	m	f	n
nominative	ich	du de1	dihr der1 Sie	er	sie se1	es	mir mer1	dihr der1	sie
dative	mir mer1	dir der1	eich Ihne Ne1	ihm em1	ihre re1	ihm em1	uns	eich	ihne ne1
accusative	mich	dich	eich Sie	ihn en1	sie se1	es			sie

¹ unstressed

Alternative forms

• mir

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

mer

1. one, indefinite third person singular nominative pronoun.

References

• Kate Burridge, Changes with Pennsylvania German, in Ethnosyntax (2002), page 226: mer saage nett […] (we don't say […] )

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛr
• Syllabification: mer

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s

Proto-Indo-European *-yōs

Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs

Proto-Italic *magjōs

Latin maior

Old French maire

French mairebor.

Polish mer

Borrowed from French maire. Doublet of major.

Noun

mer m pers

1. mayor (in France and other countries, the chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, etc.)

Declension

Declension of mer

	singular	plural
nominative	mer	merowie
genitive	mera	merów
dative	merowi	merom
accusative	mera	merów
instrumental	merem	merami
locative	merze	merach
vocative	merze	merowie

Derived terms

adjective

• merowski

noun

• merostwo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mer, from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros).

Noun

mer m inan

1. (chemistry) mer, repeat unit

Declension

Declension of mer

	singular	plural
nominative	mer	mery
genitive	meru	merów
dative	merowi	merom
accusative	mer	mery
instrumental	merem	merami
locative	merze	merach
vocative	merze	mery

Related terms

noun

• polimer

Further reading

• “mer”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “mer”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Romansh

Alternative forms

• mar (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

mer m (plural mers)

1. (Puter) sea

Sougb

Noun

mer

1. language

References

• The Eastern Bird's Head languages compared, in Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head (2002)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish mēr, from Old Norse meir, from Proto-Germanic *maiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːr/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

mer

1. Comparative form of mycket, used in construction of comparative form of certain adjectives; more.

References

• “mer”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• mer in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• rem

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French mer, from Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meʀ/

Noun

mer ? (plural mers)

1. sea

Welsh

Adjective

mer

1. nasal mutation of ber (“short”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ber

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ber	fer	mer	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.