Mercury

See also: mercury

English

Mercury astronomical symbol

Etymology

From Latin Mercurius.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɝkjəɹi/

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Proper noun

Mercury

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

Translations

planet

• Afrikaans: Mercurius
• Albanian: Merkur
• Arabic: عُطَارِد‎ m (ʿuṭārid)
• Armenian: Մերկուրի (Merkuri), Փայլածու (Pʿaylacu)
• Assamese: বুধ (budh)
• Asturian: Mercuriu m
• Azerbaijani: Ütarid

  Cyrillic: Үтарид

• Basque: Merkurio (eu)
• Belarusian: Мерку́рый m (Mjerkúryj), Мэрку́рый m (Merkúryj) (Taraškievica orthography)
• Bengali: বুধ (budh)
• Breton: Merc'her (br)
• Bulgarian: Мерку́рий m (Merkúrij)
• Burmese: ဗုဒ္ဓဟူး (my) (buddha.hu:)
• Catalan: Mercuri (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎹᏓᎵ (madali)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 水星 (seoi² sing¹)

  Mandarin: 水星 (zh) (Shuǐxīng)

  Min Nan: 水星 (zh-min-nan) (chúi-chheⁿ, chúi-chhiⁿ)

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

  Ancient: ἀνάγκη f (anánkē)

• Gujarati: બુધ (budh)
• Hawaiian: Ukaliali‘i
• Hebrew: חַמָּה‎ (he) f (khamá)
• Hindi: बुध (hi) m (budh)
• Hungarian: Merkúr (hu)
• Icelandic: Merkúríus (is)
• Ido: Merkuro (io)
• Indonesian: Merkurius, Utarid
• 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)
• Kazakh: Болпан (Bolpan), Меркурий (Merkwrïy)
• Khmer: ផ្កាយពុធ (phkaay put), ពុធ (km) (put)
• Korean: 수성 (Suseong) (水星 (ko)), 진성 (Jinseong) (辰星)
• Kurdish: Tîr (ku)
• Kyrgyz: Меркурий (Merkuriy)

• Lao: ພຸດ (phut), ດາວພຸດ (lo) (dāo phut)
• Latin: Mercurius (la) m
• Latvian: Merkurs m
• Lithuanian: Merkurijus (lt) m
• Macedonian: Меркур m (Merkur)
• Malay: Utarid (ms)
• Maltese: Merkurju m
• Manchu: ᠮᡠᡴᡝ
  ᡠᠰᡳ᠍ᡥᠠ (muke usi᠍ha)
• Maori: Apārangi, Takero
• Middle Persian: tyl
• Mongolian: Буд (Bud)
• Navajo: Mókiwii
• Norwegian: Merkur (no)
• Novial: Merkurie
• Oriya: ବୁଧ (or) (budhô)
• Pashto: عطارد‎ (ps) m (atāród)
• Persian: تیر‎ (fa) (tir), عطارد‎ (fa) ('otâred)
• Polish: Merkury (pl) m
• Portuguese: Mercúrio (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਬੁੱਧ (buddha)
• Romanian: Mercur (ro) m
• Russian: Мерку́рий (ru) m (Merkúrij)
• Sanskrit: बुध (sa) m (budha)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Меркур m

  Roman: Merkur (sh) m

• Slovak: Merkúr m
• Slovene: Merkúr (sl) m
• Sotho: Mekhuri
• Spanish: Mercurio (es) m
• Swahili: Utaridi (sw), Zebaki (sw)
• Swedish: Merkurius (sv) c
• Tagalog: Merkuryo
• Tajik: Уторид (tg) (Utorid), Тир (Tir)
• Tamil: புதன் (ta) (putaṉ)
• Tatar: Merkuri
• Telugu: బుధుడు (te) (budhuḍu)
• Thai: ดาวพุธ (daao put), พุธ (th) (pút)
• Tibetan: ལྷག་པ (lhag pa)
• Turkish: Merkür (tr), Utarit (tr) (archaic)
• Turkmen: Merkuriý
• Ukrainian: Мерку́рій m (Merkúrij)
• Urdu: عطارد‎ m (utārid)
• Uyghur: مېركۇرى‎ (mërkuri), ئارزۇ‎ (arzu), ئاتارۇت‎ (atarut)
• Uzbek: Atorud

  Cyrillic: Аторуд

• Vietnamese: sao Thủy (―水)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: Mercher (cy) m
• West Frisian: Merkurius
• Yiddish: מערקור‎ m (merkur)
• Zulu: uMerkuriyu

Roman god

• Armenian: Մերկուրի (Merkuri)
• Asturian: Mercuriu m
• Belarusian: Мерку́рый m (Mjerkúryj), Мэрку́рый m (Merkúryj) (Taraškievica orthography)
• Breton: Merc'her (br)
• Bulgarian: Мерку́рий m (Merkúrij)
• Catalan: Mercuri (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎹᏓᎵ (madali)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 墨丘利 (mak⁶ jau¹ lei⁶)

  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
• Georgian: მერკური (merḳuri)
• German: Merkur (de) m
• Greek: Ερμής (el) m (Ermís)
• Hebrew: מֶרְקוּרְיוּס‎ 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 (ja) (Merukuriusu), マーキュリー (Mākyurī)
• Khmer: ពុធ (km) (puth)
• Korean: 메르쿠리우스 (Mereukuriuseu)
• Latin: Mercurius (la) m
• Latvian: Merkurs m, Merkūrijs m
• Lithuanian: Merkurijus (lt) m
• Macedonian: Меркур m (Merkur)
• Maltese: Merkurju m
• Persian: مرکوری‎ (merkuri)
• Polish: Merkury (pl) m
• Portuguese: Mercúrio (pt) m
• Romanian: Mercur (ro) m
• Russian: Мерку́рий (ru) m (Merkúrij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Меркур m

  Roman: Merkur (sh) m

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

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) planets of the Solar System; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Mercury (planet) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mercury (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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.
(See the entry for Mercury in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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Middle English

Proper noun

Mercury

1. Alternative form of Mercurie

References

• “Mercuri(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 13 June 2018.