mercantilism

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *merks

Latin merx

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -or

Latin mercor

Latin mercantem

Italian mercante

Latin -īlemder.

Italian -ile

Italian mercantilebor.

French mercantilebor.

English mercantile

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English mercantilism

From mercantile + -ism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɜːkəntɪlɪzəm/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɝkəntɪlɪzəm/, /ˈmɝkənˌtilˌɪzəm/, /ˈmɝkənˌtaɪlˌɪzəm/, /mɝˈkæntɪlɪzəm/

Noun

mercantilism (countable and uncountable, plural mercantilisms)

1. (historical, economics) The theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade, in the manner that a merchant would operate a shop. Typically this model presupposes protectionism.
2. (economics) The theory that holds that the prosperity of a nation depends upon its supply of capital, and that the global volume of trade is unchangeable.

Derived terms

• neomercantilism

Related terms

• mercantilist
• mercantilistic
• merchant

Translations

the historical economic theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade

• Albanian: merkantilizmi m
• Armenian: մերկանտիլիզմ (hy) (merkantilizm)
• Asturian: mercantilismu m
• Azerbaijani: merkantilizm
• Basque: merkantilismo
• Belarusian: меркантылізм m (mjerkantylizm)
• Bulgarian: меркантилизъм (bg) m (merkantilizăm)
• Catalan: mercantilisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重商主義 / 重商主义 (zh) (zhòngshāng zhǔyì)

• Czech: merkantilismus (cs) m
• Danish: merkantilisme
• Dutch: mercantilisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: merkantilismo
• Estonian: merkantilism
• Finnish: merkantilismi (fi)
• French: mercantilisme (fr) m
• Galician: mercantilismo m
• Georgian: მერკანტილიზმი (merḳanṭilizmi)
• German: Merkantilismus (de) m
• Hebrew: מרקנטיליזם (he)
• Hungarian: merkantilizmus (hu)
• Icelandic: merkantílismi
• Indonesian: merkantilisme (id)
• Irish: marsantachas
• Italian: mercantilismo (it) m
• Japanese: 重商主義 (じゅうしょうしゅぎ, jūshōjugi)
• Kazakh: меркантилизм (merkantıylıyzm)
• Korean: 중상주의 (ko) (jungsangjuui)
• Kyrgyz: меркантилизм (merkantilizm)
• Latvian: merkantilisms m
• Lithuanian: merkantilizmas m
• Macedonian: меркантилизам m (merkantilizam)
• Malay: merkantilisme
• Mongolian: меркантилизм (merkantilizm)
• Norwegian: merkantilisme
• Persian: سوداگرایی
• Polish: merkantylizm m inan
• Portuguese: mercantilismo (pt) m
• Romanian: mercantilism (ro) n
• Russian: меркантилизм (ru) m (merkantilizm)
• Slovak: merkantilizmus m
• Slovene: merkantilizem m
• Spanish: mercantilismo (es) m
• Swedish: merkantilism (sv)
• Tajik: меркантилизм (merkantilizm)
• Tamil: வணிகவாதம் (vaṇikavātam)
• Thai: ลัทธิพาณิชยนิยม
• Turkish: merkantilizm (tr)
• Turkmen: merkantalizm
• Ukrainian: меркантилізм m (merkantylizm)
• Uzbek: merkantilizm (uz)
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa trọng thương

the economic theory that holds that the prosperity of a nation depends upon its supply of capital

• Polish: merkantylizm m inan

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *merks

Latin merx

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -or

Latin mercor

Latin mercantem

Italian mercante

Latin -īlemder.

Italian -ile

Italian mercantilebor.

French mercantile

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor.

Latin -ismuslbor.

French -isme

French mercantilismebor.

Romanian mercantilism

Borrowed from French mercantilisme. By surface analysis, mercantil + -ism.

Noun

mercantilism n (uncountable)

1. mercantilism

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mercantilism	mercantilismul
genitive-dative	mercantilism	mercantilismului
vocative	mercantilismule