mer

See also mér, and mêr

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin *melum < mālum. Compare Daco-Romanian măr.

Noun

mer n. (plural meare)

1. apple

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French

Etymology

From Latin mare.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɛʁ/, X-SAMPA: /mER/

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

Noun

mer f. (plural mers)

1. sea (large body of water)

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɛr/

Verb

mer

1. to dare (have courage to do something)
2. to get some liquid or grainy substance out of somewhere by turning in a bowl shaped object and let it fill

Derived terms

• (dare): "aki mer, az nyer", merész
• (get liquid out): merít, merül, mereng

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Luxembourgish

Pronoun

mer

1. unstressed form of mir

Declension

Luxembourgish personal pronouns

	nominative		accusative		dative		reflexive
	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.
1st person singular	ech	—	mech	—	mir	mer	mech
2nd person singular (informal)	du	de	dech	—	dir	der	dech
2nd person singular (formal)	Dir	—	Iech	—	Iech	—	Iech
3rd person singular (m)	hien	en	en	—	him	em	sech
3rd person singular (f)	si / hatt	se / et	si / hatt	se / et	hir / him	— / em	sech
3rd person singular (n)	et	't	et	't	him	em	sech
1st person plural	mir	mer	eis / ons	—	eis / ons	—	eis / ons
2nd person plural	dir	der	iech	—	iech	—	iech
3rd person plural	si	—	si	—	hinnen	–	sech

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Middle French

Etymology

Latin mare

Noun

mer f. (plural merz)

1. sea (large body of water)

Descendants

• French: mer

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Norwegian

Adverb

mer

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

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Old French

Etymology

Latin mare

Noun

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

1. sea (large body of water)

Descendants

• French: mer

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Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Noun

mer m. (plural mers)

1. (Puter) sea

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /meːr/

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Adjective

mer

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