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mercé

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See also: merce, mérce, mercê, mērce, mērcē, and Mercè

Catalan

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Noun

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mercé f (plural mercés)

  1. (Valencia) Alternative spelling of mercè

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese mercee (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin mercēdem, accusative of mercēs (wages, fee, price).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [meɾˈθe], (western) [meɾˈse]

Noun

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mercé m (plural mercés)

  1. mercy
  2. gift, reward
    Synonyms: don, graza
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Italian

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Etymology

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Clipping of mercede. Doublet of mersì.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /merˈt͡ʃe/*
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Hyphenation: mer‧cé

Noun

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mercé f (invariable)

  1. (archaic) recompense
    Synonyms: mercede, premio, ricompensa
    • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XX”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎[1], lines 37–39; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Non fia sanza mercé la tua parola,
      s’io ritorno a compiér lo cammin corto
      di quella vita ch’al termine vola []
      Not without recompense shall be thy word, if I return to finish the short journey of that life which is flying to its end."
  2. (archaic, rare) merit
    Synonyms: mercede, merito
  3. (dated) help, mercy, grace
    Synonyms: aiuto, grazia, pietà
    mercé diby grace of
    essere alla mercé di qualcunoto be at someone's mercy
    • 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XV”, in Paradiso [Heaven]‎[3], lines 49, 52–54; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[4], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      [] Grato e lontano digiuno,
      []
      solvuto hai, figlio, dentro a questo lume
      in ch’io ti parlo, mercé di colei
      ch’a l’alto volo ti vestì le piume.
      Hunger long and grateful you have appeased, my son, within this light in which I speak to you, by grace of her who to this lofty flight with plumage clothed you.
    • 13491353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata decima – Novella quarta”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron[5], Bari: Laterza, 1927:
      Voi, la vostra mercé, avete onorato il mio convito, ed io voglio onorar voi alla persesca, mostrandovi la piú cara cosa che io abbia nel mondo o che io debba aver mai.
      You, [by] your grace, have honored my banquet, and I wish to honor you in the Persian way, by showing you what I hold most dear in this world and ever will.
  4. (dated) thanks to, by way of
    • 13361374, Francesco Petrarca, “CXXVIII — Italia mia, benché ’l parlar sia indarno”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 49–54; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:
      Cesare taccio che per ogni piaggia
      fece l’erbe sanguigne
      di lor vene, ove ’l nostro ferro mise.
      Or par, non so per che stelle maligne,
      che ’l cielo in odio n’aggia:
      vostra mercé []
      I’ll say nothing of Caesar who painted the grass crimson with their blood, where he raised the sword. Now it seems, no one knows by what evil star, heaven hates us: all thanks to you
    • 1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 7”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 35; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:
      [] senza impedimento
      passa tra cavallieri e tra pedoni,
      mercé all’annel che fuor d’ogni uman uso
      la fa sparir quando l’è in bocca chiuso.
      She passes without obstacles through the knights and soldiers, thanks to the ring, that, in a non-human way, makes her disappear when kept in the mouth
  5. (dated) a stroke of luck, a fortunate event
    fu gran mercé se poté aver salva la vitahe was very lucky to have his life spared (literally, “it was great luck if he could have his life spared”)

Interjection

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mercé (archaic)

  1. have mercy!
    Synonym: pietà!
  2. please
    Synonym: per favore
    mercé, datemi ascoltoplease, listen to me
  3. thanks, thank you
    Synonym: grazie
    • 1478, Luigi Pulci, “Canto nono [Ninth Canto]”, in Morgante[6], Felice Le Monnier, published 1855, page 164:
      Al gallo parve che fussi un bel giuoco:
      Gran mercè, disse, che insegnato m’hai;
      e chiuse gli occhi e cominciò a cantare,
      perchè la volpe lo stessi ascoltare.
      The rooster thought it was a fine game. "Many thanks, he said, "for you have taught me". He closed his eyes and started singing, so that the fox could listen to him.

Anagrams

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin merces.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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mercé

  1. thank you

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /meɾˈθe/ [meɾˈθe]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /meɾˈse/ [meɾˈse]
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: mer‧cé

Noun

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mercé

  1. Eye dialect spelling of merced.