merkredo

Esperanto

Etymology

From French mercredi, from Latin Mercuriī diēs, a variant of diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”). Compare Italian mercoledì, Spanish miércoles, Romanian miercuri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /merˈkredo/

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• Rhymes: -edo
• Syllabification: mer‧kre‧do

Noun

merkredo (accusative singular merkredon, plural merkredoj, accusative plural merkredojn)

1. Wednesday

Derived terms

• merkreda (adjective)
• (Christianity) cindra merkredo (“Ash Wednesday”)

temporal adverbs

• ĉi-merkrede (“this Wednesday”)
• ĉiumerkrede (“every Wednesday”)
• iumerkrede (“on some Wednesday”)
• merkrede (“on Wednesday(s)”)
• pasintmerkrede (“last Wednesday”)
• sekvamerkrede (“next Wednesday”)
• tiumerkrede (“on that Wednesday”)

See also

• days of the week: semajntagoj (appendix): lundo · mardo · merkredo · ĵaŭdo · vendredo · sabato · dimanĉo ^[edit]

Further reading

• “merkredo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “merkredo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026