mercader

Catalan

Etymology

From mercat (“market”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mər.kəˈðe]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [meɾ.kaˈðeɾ]
• Rhymes: -e(ɾ)

Noun

mercader m (plural mercaders, feminine mercadera)

1. merchant

Derived terms

• mercaderia

Descendants

• Spanish: mercader

Further reading

• “mercader” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mercader”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “mercader” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mercader” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Catalan mercader, the native formation being mercadero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾ.kaˈdeɾ/, [meɾ.kaˈðeɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ

Noun

mercader m (plural mercaderes, feminine mercadera, feminine plural mercaderas)

1. merchant (person who traffics in commodities for profit)

Synonyms

• mercante m

Derived terms

• mercadería f
• mercaderil

Related terms

• mercado

• mercantil

• mercar

References

• Template:R:DRAE 2001