mero

See also: Mero, méro-, -mero, mero-, merő, and mérő

English

Etymology 1

Spanish mero

Noun

mero (plural meros)

1. Any of several large groupers of warm seas.

Related terms

• mero de lo alto
• mero cabrolla

Etymology 2

Noun

mero (plural meros)

1. (medicine, colloquial) Meropenem.

Anagrams

• -more, More, Omer, Orem, Orme, Rome, erom, moer, more, omer

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Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmero]
• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: me‧ro

Noun

mero (accusative singular meron, plural meroj, accusative plural merojn)

1. (chemistry) -mer

Derived terms

• dimero
• elastomero
• elastopolimero
• heteropolimero
• homopolimero
• malpolimerigi
• monomero
• oligomero
• polimerazo
• polimereco
• polimerigi
• polimero
• tetramero
• trimero

 

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Galician

Mero

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps of local Celtic origin, related to *mrktilos (“speckled”) which originates a number of names of fish in Brittonic languages; in that case, from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“dark, coloured”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɾo̝/

Noun

mero m (plural meros)

1. grouper (Epinephelus marginatus)
   • 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:

     Iten a libra dos rodavallos et do mero a seis dineiros cada libra

     Item, the pound of turbots and of grouper fish, six diñeiros each pound

Synonyms

• cherna

Derived terms

• mero de altura

References

• “mero” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2012.
• “mero” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2016.
• “mero” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “mero” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mero” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Hiri Motu

Noun

mero (plural memero)

1. boy
2. bachelor

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin merus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɛro
• Hyphenation: mè‧ro

Adjective

mero (feminine mera, masculine plural meri, feminine plural mere)

1. pure, simple, sheer

Derived terms

• meramente

Anagrams

• Remo, Rome, ermo, more, orme, remo, remò

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.roː/, [ˈmɛroː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ro/, [ˈmɛːro]

Noun

merō

1. dative/ablative singular of merum

Adjective

merō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of merus

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maizô, whence also Old Saxon mēro, Old English māra, Dutch meer, Old Norse meiri, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰 (maiza).

Adverb

mēro

1. more

Descendants

• Middle High German: mēr, mēre
  • Alemannic German: meer
  • German: mehr
  • Yiddish: מער‎ (mer)

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō (“more”), see also Old English māra, Old Frisian māra, Dutch meer, Old High German mēro, Old Norse meiri, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰 (maiza).

Adverb

mēro

1. more

Descendants

• Low German: mehr

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin merus

Adjective

mero m (feminine singular mera, masculine plural meros, feminine plural meras, comparable)

1. mere (no more than)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɾo/, [ˈme.ɾo]

• Audio (Spain)

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Etymology 1

From Latin merus.

Adjective

mero (feminine mera, masculine plural meros, feminine plural meras)

1. mere

   la mera presencia de alguien ― someone's mere presence

   Lo enfurece la mera existencia de la cerveza sin alcohol. ― The mere existence of non-alcoholic beer infuriates him.

2. pure

   Synonym: puro

Etymology 2

Possibly loaned from Catalan nero, from Latin Nero, compared to the Roman emperor for its fierceness. Compare Old Occitan mero(n).

Noun

mero m (plural meros)

1. grouper (fish)

Derived terms

• mero murique

Descendants

• → English: mero

Further reading

• “mero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014