mercantil

Catalan

Adjective

mercantil m or f (masculine and feminine plural mercantils)

1. mercantile

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/ [meh.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/ [meh.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meɾ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/ [meɾ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meʁ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/ [meχ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meɻ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/ [meɻ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾ.kɐ̃ˈtil/ [mɨɾ.kɐ̃ˈtiɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾ.kɐ̃ˈtil/ [mɨɾ.kɐ̃ˈtiɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾ.kɐ̃ˈti.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
• Hyphenation: mer‧can‧til

Adjective

mercantil m or f (plural mercantis)

1. (economics) mercantile (related to the exchange of goods for profit)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mercantile.

Adjective

mercantil m or n (feminine singular mercantilă, masculine plural mercantili, feminine and neuter plural mercantile)

1. mercantile

Declension

Declension of mercantil

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	mercantil		mercantilă	mercantili	mercantile
	definite	mercantilul		mercantila	mercantilii	mercantilele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	mercantil		mercantile	mercantili	mercantile
	definite	mercantilului		mercantilei	mercantililor	mercantilelor

Spanish

Etymology

From mercante (“merchant, mercantile”) +‎ -il.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾkanˈtil/ [meɾ.kãn̪ˈt̪il]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: mer‧can‧til

Adjective

mercantil m or f (masculine and feminine plural mercantiles)

1. mercantile

Derived terms

• derecho mercantil
• mercantilizar
• registro mercantil

 

Related terms

• mercader
• mercado
• mercar

 

Further reading

• “mercantil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014