mero
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
mero (plural meros)
- Any of several large groupers of warm seas.
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
mero (plural meros)
Anagrams[edit]
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mero (accusative singular meron, plural meroj, accusative plural merojn)
Derived terms[edit]
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Perhaps of local Celtic origin, related to *mrktilos (“speckled”) which originates a number of names of fish in Brittonic languages;[1] in that case, from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“dark, coloured”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mero m (plural meros)
- 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
- Iten a libra dos rodavallos et do mero a seis dineiros cada libra
- 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:
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References[edit]
- “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.
- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1983–1991), “mero I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN
Hiri Motu[edit]
Noun[edit]
mero (plural memero)
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mero (feminine mera, masculine plural meri, feminine plural mere)
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Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
merō
Adjective[edit]
merō
Old High German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *maizô, whence also Old Saxon mēro, Old English māra, Dutch meer, Old Norse meiri, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰 (maiza).
Adverb[edit]
mēro
Descendants[edit]
Old Saxon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
mēro
Descendants[edit]
- Low German: mehr
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mero m (feminine singular mera, masculine plural meros, feminine plural meras, comparable)
- mere (no more than)
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mero (feminine mera, masculine plural meros, feminine plural meras)
- 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.
- pure
- Synonym: puro
Etymology 2[edit]
Possibly loaned from Catalan nero, from Latin Nero, compared to the Roman emperor for its fierceness. Compare Old Occitan mero(n).
Noun[edit]
mero m (plural meros)
- grouper (fish)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: mero
Further reading[edit]
- “mero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- es:Fish