English

Noun

mer ‎(plural mers)

1. (chemistry) A repeat unit: a structural unit which through repetition forms a polymer.
   • 2010, Mikell P. Groover, Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing (4th Edition), page 9:

     A polymer is a compound formed of repeating structural units called mers, whose atoms share electrons to form very large molecules.

Etymology 2

Noun

mer pl ‎(plural only)

1. (fantasy) merpeople
   • 2013, Missy Fleming, Into the Deep (page 65)

     There are mermaids and mermen everywhere. They swim above us and linger in nooks and arched doorways. It's impossible not to stare. The mer are as diverse as humans—all ages, size, shape, and color.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• meru

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *melum, from Latin mālum. Compare Daco-Romanian măr.

Noun

mer n (plural meari/meare)

1. apple

Derived terms

• mirush

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *melus, from Latin mālus.

Noun

mer m ‎(plural meri)

1. apple tree

Derived terms

• agrumer
• miric

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːɹ/
• Rhymes: -eːɹ

Noun

mer f (genitive singular merar, plural merar)

1. mare, female horse

Declension

Synonyms

• (mare): ryssa

French

Etymology

From Middle French mer, from Old French mer, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛʁ/
• Rhymes: -ɛʁ
• Homophones: maire, maires, mère, Mère, mères, mers

Noun

mer f ‎(plural mers)

1. sea (large body of water)

Descendants

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛr]

Verb

mer

1. (transitive) to dare (to have courage to do something)
2. (transitive) to get some liquid or grainy substance out of somewhere by turning in a bowl shaped object and let it fill

Conjugation

Derived terms

• (dare): aki mer, az nyer, merész
• (get liquid out): merít, merül, mereng

Lojban

Rafsi

mer

1. rafsi of merko.

Luxembourgish

Pronoun

mer

1. unstressed form of mir

Declension

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French mer, from Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

mer f (plural mers)

1. sea (large body of water)

Descendants

• French: mer

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse meiri.

Alternative forms

• mere

Adjective

mer

1. comparative of mye

Adverb

mer

1. more; used in forming the comparative form of long/foreign adjectives

Derived terms

• mer eller mindre

See also

• meir (Nynorsk)

References

• “mer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

mer f ‎(oblique plural mers, nominative singular mer, nominative plural mers)

1. sea (large body of water)

Descendants

• French: mer
  • Antillean Creole: lanmè
  • Haitian Creole: lanmè
  • Volapük: mel
• Norman: mé (Jersey)
• Walloon: mer

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *batiz.

Adverb

mēr

1. more

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Cognate to German wir.

Pronoun

mer

1. we

References

• Kate Burridge, Changes with Pennsylvania German, in Ethnosyntax (2002), page 226: mer saage nett […] (we don't say […] )

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) mar

Etymology

From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

mer m (plural mers)

1. (Puter) sea

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse meir, from Proto-Germanic *maiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːr/

Adjective

mer

1. Comparative form of mycket, used in construction of comparative form of certain adjectives; more,

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French mer, from Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

mer ? ‎(plural mers)

1. sea

Welsh

Adjective

mer

1. Nasal mutation of ber ‎(“short”).

Mutation