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mercury

/ˈmɜːkjəi/MUR-kyur-ee
/ˈmɝkjɚi/MUR-kyur-ee

Meaningthe god Mercury

Common meaning: a metal

Other meanings: a planet

Journey through time

  1. Frenchmercuresource
  2. Middle Englishmercuriesource
  3. Englishmercury‘a metal’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on French mercure ‘the god Mercury’.

Roots

  • mercure French “the god Mercury”

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