meri

See also Meri

Estonian

Noun

meri (genitive mere, partitive merd)

1. sea

Declension

Declension of meri (type tuli)

	singular	plural
nominative	meri	mered
genitive	mere	merede
partitive	merd	meresid
illative	merre meresse	meredesse
inessive	meres	meredes
elative	merest	meredest
allative	merele	meredele
adessive	merel	meredel
ablative	merelt	meredelt
translative	mereks	meredeks
terminative	mereni	meredeni
essive	merena	meredena
abessive	mereta	meredeta
comitative	merega	meredega

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Finnish

Etymology

From late Proto-Germanic *mari (late because it shows umlaut).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈme̞ri]
• Rhymes: -eri
• Hyphenation: me‧ri

Noun

meri

1. sea (a single area or the seas altogether)

Declension

Declension of meri (type uni) singular plural nominative meri meret genitive meren merien merten partitive merta meriä accusative meri meren meret inessive meressä merissä elative merestä meristä illative mereen meriin adessive merellä merillä ablative mereltä meriltä allative merelle merille essive merenä merinä translative mereksi meriksi instructive – merin abessive merettä merittä comitative – merineen

• Note the grammatical exception: the word has front vowels (ä, ö) in all cases taking those opposite vowels—except for the partitive singular, merta (a back vowel).

Derived terms

• adjectives: merellinen
• adverbs: meritse

Compounds

merenkulkija merenkulku merenneito merikapteeni merikarhu merikartta

merimies merinäköala meripelastus meripeninkulma merirosvo merivartiosto

merivesi merivirta Tyynimeri Tyyni valtameri valtameri Välimeri

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɛːrɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛːrɪ

Noun

meri f (genitive singular merar, plural merar)

1. mare, female horse

Declension

declension of meri

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	meri	merin	merar	merarnar
accusative	meri	merina	merar	merarnar
dative	meri	merinni	merum	merunum
genitive	merar	merarinnar	mera	meranna

Anagrams

• ermi
• meir
• reim

Synonyms

• (mare): hryssa

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Italian

Adjective

meri m

1. Plural form of mero

Anagrams

• mire, remi, rime

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Karelian

Noun

meri

1. sea

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Latin

Adjective

merī

1. nominative masculine plural of merus
2. genitive masculine singular of merus
3. genitive neuter singular of merus
4. vocative masculine plural of merus

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Romanian

Noun

meri m pl

1. Plural form of măr

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Sardinian

Etymology

Ultimately Latin meridies

Noun

meri

1. afternoon

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Sranan Tongo

Verb

meri

1. to touch

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

Either from English Mary or Tolai mari (“pretty”).

Noun

meri

1. woman
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:22 (translation here):

     Orait God i wokim wanpela meri long dispela bun em i bin kisim long man, na bihain em i bringim meri i go long man.

2. wife
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 3:17 (translation here):

     Na God i tokim Adam olsem, “Yu bin harim tok bilong meri bilong yu, na yu bin kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai mi bin tambuim yu long kaikai. Olsem na nau bai mi bagarapim graun, na ol kaikai bai i no inap kamap gut long en. Oltaim bai yu wok hat tru bilong mekim kaikai i kamap long graun.

Antonyms

• (woman): man
• (wife): man, maritman

Adjective

meri

1. female

Antonyms

• man

Derived terms

• hausmeri
• manmeri

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