mero

See also: Mero, -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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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 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

• Rhymes: -ɛro

Adjective

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

1. pure, simple, sheer

Anagrams

• more, orme, remo, Remo, remò, Rome

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.roː/, [ˈmɛ.roː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ro/, [ˈmɛː.rɔ]

Noun

merō

1. dative singular of merum
2. ablative singular of merum

Adjective

merō

1. dative masculine singular of merus
2. dative neuter singular of merus
3. ablative masculine singular of merus
4. ablative 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-Germanic *maizô (“more”), whence 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

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/

Etymology 1

From Latin merus.

Adjective

mero (feminine singular 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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mero m (plural meros)

1. grouper (fish)

Derived terms

• mero murique

Further reading

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