Mercury

See also: mercury

English

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: Мерку́рий (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: 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 (ja) (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 (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 (Merkúrij)
• Vietnamese: Thần Méc-cua, thần Mẹt-cu-rơ
• Welsh: Mercher (cy) m
• Zulu: uMerkuriyu

planet

• Afrikaans: Mercurius
• Albanian: Merkur
• Arabic: عُطَارِد‏‎ m (ʿuṭārid)
• Armenian: Մերկուրի (Merkuri), Փայլածու (Pʿaylacu)
• Asturian: Mercuriu m
• Azeri: Үтарид, Ütarid
• Basque: Merkurio (eu)
• Belarusian: Мерку́рый m (Mjerkúryj), (Taraškievica orthography) Мэрку́рый m (Merkúryj)
• Bengali: বুধ (budh)
• Breton: Merc'her (br)
• Bulgarian: Мерку́рий (Merkúrij)
• 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: חמה‏‎ (he) (khamah)
• Hindi: बुध (hi) (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)

• 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 (Merkur)
• Malay: Utarid (ms)
• Maltese: Merkurju
• Maori: Apārangi, Takero
• Mongolian: Буд (Bud)
• Navajo: Mókiwii
• Norwegian: Merkur (no)
• Novial: Merkurie
• Persian: تیر‏‎ (fa) (tîr)
• 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
• 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)
• Turkish: Merkür (tr), Utarit (tr) (archaic)
• Ukrainian: Мерку́рій m (Merkúrij)
• Urdu: عطارد‏‎ (ʕuʈáːrid)
• Uyghur: مېركۇرى‏‎ (mërkuri), ئارزۇ‏‎ (arzu), ئاتارۇت‏‎ (atarut)
• Uzbek: Аторуд, Atorud
• Vietnamese: sao Thủy (―水)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• 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
• 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.)