Mercury

See also: mercury

English

Wikipedia

Mercury astronomical symbol

Etymology

From Latin Mercurius.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɝkjəɹi/

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Proper noun

Mercury

1. (Roman mythology) The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger. He wore winged sandals. Mercury corresponded to the Greek god Hermes.
2. (astronomy) The planet in the solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by ☿.

Translations

Roman god

• Armenian: Մերկուրի (Merkuri)
• Asturian: Mercuriu m
• Breton: Merc'her (br)
• Bulgarian: Меркурий (Merkúrij)
• Catalan: Mercuri m
• Cherokee: ᎹᏓᎵ (Madali)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 墨丘利 (zh) (Mòqiūlì)

• Cornish: Merher m
• Czech: Merkur (cs) m
• Dutch: Mercurius (nl) m
• Esperanto: Merkuro m
• Estonian: Mercurius
• Finnish: Merkurius (fi)
• French: Mercure (fr) m
• Galician: Mercurio (gl) m
• German: Merkur (de) m
• Greek: Ερμής (el) m (Ermís)
• Hebrew: מרקוריוס m (merkúrius)
• Hungarian: Merkúr (hu)
• Icelandic: Merkúríus (is) m
• Interlingua: Mercurio m
• Irish: Mearcair m
• Italian: Mercurio (it) m
• Japanese: メルクリウス (Merukuriusu), マーキュリー (Mākyurī)
• Khmer: ពុធ (km) (puth)

• Korean: 메르쿠리우스 (ko) (Melreukuriuseu)
• Latin: Mercurius (la) m
• Latvian: Merkurs m, Merkūrijs m
• Lithuanian: Merkurijus (lt) m
• Macedonian: Меркур m (Mérkur)
• Maltese: Merkurju m
• Persian: مرکوری (Merkuri)
• Polish: Merkury (pl) m
• Portuguese: Mercúrio (pt) m
• Romanian: Mercur (ro) m
• Russian: Меркурий (ru) m (Merkúrij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Меркур m

  Roman: Merkur m

• Slovak: Merkúr m
• Slovene: Merkúr m
• Spanish: Mercurio (es) m
• Swahili: Merkyuri
• Swedish: Merkurius (sv)
• Tatar: Merkuri
• Turkish: Merkür (tr)
• Ukrainian: Меркурій (Merkúrij)
• Vietnamese: Thần Méc-cua, thần Mẹt-cu-rơ
• Welsh: Mercher (cy) m
• Zulu: uMerkuriyu

planet

• Afrikaans: Mercurius
• Albanian: Merkur
• Arabic: عطارد m (`uTaarid)
• Armenian: Մերկուրի (Merkuri), Փայլածու (Pʿaylacu)
• Asturian: Mercuriu m
• Azeri: Үтарид (Ütarid)
• Basque: Merkurio (eu)
• Belarusian: Мэркурый m (Merkúryj)
• Bengali: বুধ (budh)
• Breton: Merc'her (br)
• Bulgarian: Меркурий (Merkúrij)
• Catalan: Mercuri m
• Cherokee: ᎹᏓᎵ (Madali)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水星 (zh) (Shuǐxīng)

• Chuvash: Меркурий (Merkurij)
• Cornish: Merher m
• Crimean Tatar: Utarit
• Czech: Merkur (cs)
• Danish: Merkur
• Dutch: Mercurius (nl) f
• Esperanto: Merkurio
• Estonian: Merkuur (et)
• Finnish: Merkurius (fi)
• French: Mercure (fr) f
• Galician: Mercurio (gl) m
• Georgian: მერკური (merkuri)
• German: Merkur (de) m
• Greek: Ερμής (el) m (Ermís)

  Ancient: ἀνάγκη f (anankē)

• Gujarati: બુધ (budh)
• Hawaiian: Ukaliali‘i
• Hebrew: חמה (he) (khamah)
• Hindi: बुध (hi) (budh)
• Hungarian: Merkúr (hu)
• Icelandic: Merkúríus (is)
• Interlingua: Mercurio m
• Irish: Mearcair m
• Italian: Mercurio (it) m
• Japanese: 水星 (ja) (すいせい, Suisei), マーキュリー (Mākyurī)
• Khmer: ផ្កាយពុធ (pkaay put)

• Korean: 수성 (ko) (Suseong) (水星 (ko)), 진성 (Jinseong) (辰星)
• Kurdish: Tîr (ku)
• Latin: Mercurius (la) m
• Latvian: Merkurs
• Lithuanian: Merkurijus (lt) m
• Macedonian: Меркур m (Mérkur)
• Malay: Utarid (ms)
• Maltese: Merkurju
• Mongolian: Буд (Bud)
• Navajo: Mókiwii
• Norwegian: Merkur (no)
• Persian: تیر (fa) (tîr)
• Polish: Merkury (pl) m
• Portuguese: Mercúrio (pt) m
• Romanian: Mercur (ro) m
• Russian: Меркурий (ru) m (Merkúrij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Меркур m

  Roman: Merkur m

• Slovak: Merkúr m
• Slovene: Merkúr m
• Sotho: Mekhuri
• Spanish: Mercurio (es) m
• Swahili: Zebaki (sw)
• Swedish: Merkurius (sv) c
• Tagalog: Merkuryo
• Tajik: Уторид (Utorid), Тир (Tir)
• Tamil: புதன் (ta) (putan)
• Tatar: Merkuri
• Telugu: బుధుడు (te) (budhuDu)
• Thai: ดาวพุธ (daao-put)
• Turkish: Merkür (tr)
• Ukrainian: Меркурій m (Merkúrij)
• Urdu: عطارد (ʕuʈáːrid)
• Uzbek: Аторуд (Atorud)
• Vietnamese: sao Thủy (―水)
• Welsh: Mercher (cy) m
• West Frisian: Merkurius
• Yiddish: מערקור (Merkur)
• Zulu: uMerkuriyu

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) planets of the Solar System; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune ^{(Category: en:Planets)}
• Mercury (planet) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Mercury (planet)
• Mercury (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Mercury (mythology)

Noun

Mercury (plural Mercuries)

1. (dated) A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger.
2. (dated) A newspaper.
   • Macaulay

     The monthly Mercuries.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.