mero
English
Etymology 1
Noun
mero (plural meros)
- Any of several large groupers of warm seas.
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Etymology 2
Noun
mero (plural meros)
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
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
Noun
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
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- “mero” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Hiri Motu
Noun
mero (plural memero)
Italian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin merus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛro
Adjective
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Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.roː/, [ˈmɛroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.ro/, [ˈmɛːro]
Noun
(deprecated template usage) merō
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) merō
- dative masculine singular of merus
- dative neuter singular of merus
- ablative masculine singular of merus
- ablative neuter singular of merus
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
Descendants
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
Descendants
- Low German: mehr
Portuguese
Adjective
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- mere (no more than)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
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
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
mero m (plural meros)
- grouper (fish)
Further reading
- “mero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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