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Mercury en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɝ.k(ə)ɹ.i/ (US)
  • /ˈmɝ.kjə.ɹi/ (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈmɜː.(ɹ)kjʊ.ɹi/ (UK)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Mercurie, from Latin Mercurius.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Quicksilver, mercury. (No longer capitalized, as the name of the metal is no longer recognized as that of the planet.)
  2. (archaic) A carrier of tidings. ▸ A newsboy, a messenger.
  3. (archaic) A carrier of tidings. ▸ A footman.
    • Enter Mr. Tulkinghorn, followed by Mercuries with lamps and candles. 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
  4. (archaic) A carrier of tidings. ▸ Someone who carries messages between lovers; a go-between.
    • His Mercury having made his observations, reported, that there was no body in the coach but Mrs. Hornbeck and an elderly woman, who had all the air of a duenna, and that the servant was not the same footman who had attended them in France. 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
  5. (archaic) A carrier of tidings. ▸ A newspaper.
    • No allusion to it is to be found in the monthly Mercuries. 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XXI, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

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Mercury en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɝ.k(ə)ɹ.i/ (US)
  • /ˈmɝ.kjə.ɹi/ (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈmɜː.(ɹ)kjʊ.ɹi/ (UK)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Mercurie, from Latin Mercurius.

Meanings

  1. The first planet in the Solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by ☿.
    • Thou, first of the children of men, art come to Mercury, where thou and I will journey up and down for a season to show thee the lands and oceans, the forests, plains, and ancient mountains, cities and palaces of this world, Mercury, and the doings of them that dwell therein. 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 1:
  2. (Roman) The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger, wearing winged sandals; the Roman counterpart of the Greek god Hermes.
  3. (Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Mercury Drug.

Deriveds

Mercury retrograde problem · Mercury Seven

Synonyms

☿

Translations (250)

mk Меркур (Roman god) · hi बुध (planet) · hy Մերկուրի (planet) · grc Ἑρμῆς (Roman god) · da Merkur (planet) · nv Mókiwii (planet) · km ផ្កាយពុធ (planet) · ca Mercuri (Roman god) · el Ερμής (Roman god) · ug ئارزۇ (planet) · nl Mercurius (planet) · bua Һагба (planet) · be Мерку́рый (Roman god) · be Мерку́рый (planet) · ca Mercuri (planet) · ja マーキュリー (Roman god) · ml ബുധൻ (planet) · mt Merkurju (planet) · sa बुध (planet) · br Merc'her (Roman god) · lo ພຸດ (planet) · so Dusaa (planet) · sk Merkúr (Roman god) · af Mercurius (planet) · haw Ukalialiʻi (planet) · el Ερμής (planet) · fy Merkurius (planet) · yue 墨丘利 (Roman god) · mn ᠪᠤᠳ (planet) · tum Chanya la Luskaka (planet) · ka მერკური (Roman god) · mi Apārangi (planet) · uz Меркурий (planet) · ko 진성 (planet) · lt Vaivora (planet) · pal tyl (planet) · it Mercurio (planet) · nn Merkur (Roman god) · nn Merkur (planet) · ro Mercur (Roman god) · sl Merkúr (planet) · sv Merkurius (planet) · ast Mercuriu (planet) · cs Merkur (planet) · kmr Tîr (planet) · ja マーキュリー (planet) · pl Merkury (planet) · ne बुध (planet) · kw Merher (planet) · kk Таңшолпан (planet) · az Үтарид (planet) · kmr Zav (planet) · sk Merkúr (planet) · vi Mẹt-cu-rơ (Roman god) · sw Merkyuri (Roman god) · sh Мѐркӯр (Roman god) · ro Mercur (planet) · ln Mekulé (planet) · az Ütarid (planet) · vi Méc-cua (Roman god) · sh Mèrkūr (planet) · as বুধ (planet) · he חַמָּה (planet) · acw عُطارِد (planet) · ab Меркурий (planet) · uz Аторуд (planet) · ja 水星 (planet) · sv Merkurius (Roman god) · mnc ᠮᡠᡴᡝ ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ (planet) · tg Тир (planet) · la Mercurius (Roman god) · ce Меркурий (planet) · jv Merkurius (planet) · jam Moerkiuri (planet) · chr ᎹᏓᎵ (Roman god) · bg Мерку́рий (planet) · fa تیر (planet) · tr Merkür (planet) · vo märkur (planet) · uk Мерку́рій (planet) · cy Mercher (Roman god) · cmn 辰星 (planet) · nb Merkur (planet) · ia Mercurio (Roman god) · lv Merkūrijs (Roman god) · chr ᎹᏓᎵ (planet) · tk Merkuriý (planet) · gu બુધ (planet) · ur تیر (planet) · te బుధుడు (planet) · os Меркурий (planet) · to Meākuli (planet) · ht Mèki (planet) · tt Меркурий (Roman god) · za Ndaundeiqraemx (planet) · cop ⲥⲟⲩⲕⲏ (planet) · mr मरक्युरी (Roman god) · crh Utarit (planet) · sn Nyamatsatse (planet) · zu uNomjubane (planet) · mn Буд (planet) · hu Merkúr (planet) · kk Меркурий (planet) · tr Utarit (planet) · cy Mercher (planet) · uz Merkuriy (planet) · et Mercurius (Roman god) · tr Merkür (Roman god) · nah Payīnalcītlalli (planet) · az Merkuri (Roman god) · ba Меркурий (planet) · yue 水星 (planet) · ug ئاتارۇت (planet) · el Μερκούριους (Roman god) · la Mercurius (planet) · kk Болпан (planet) · st Mekhuri (planet) · ko 메르쿠리우스 (Roman god) · br Merc'her (planet) · sat ᱮᱞᱟᱝ ᱮᱸᱜᱮᱞ (planet) · ps عطارد (planet) · pt Mercúrio (planet) · lv Merkurs (Roman god) · sw Zebaki (planet) · khb ᦡᦱᧁᦓᧄᧉ (planet) · zu uMerkuriyu (Roman god) · az Merkuri (planet) · fi Merkurius (planet) · bo གཟའ་ལྷག་པ (planet) · et Merkuur (planet) · uz Atorud (planet) · fj Mekuri (planet) · tk Merkuriý (Roman god) · ms Mercurius (Roman god) · is Merkúr (planet) · is Merkúríus (Roman god) · es Mercurio (planet) · kw Merher (Roman god) · hu Merkúr (Roman god) · tpi Mekyuri (planet) · kn ಬುಧ (planet) · cmn 水星 (planet) · eo Merkuro (Roman god) · he מֶרְקוּרְיוּס (Roman god) · sl Merkúr (Roman god) · sh Мѐркӯр (planet) · ar مِيرْكُورِي (Roman god) · gl Mercurio (Roman god) · pa ਬੁੱਧ (planet) · ia Mercurio (planet) · fr Mercure (planet) · ga Mearcair (planet) · hy Փայլածու (planet) · ug مېركۇرى (Roman god) · yi מערקור (planet) · vec Mercùrio (planet) · cs Merkur (Roman god) · ne बुधग्रह (planet) · am ሜርኩሪ (planet) · de Merkur (planet) · ug مېركۇرى (planet) · id Merkurius (planet) · mg Merkiora (planet) · bg Мерку́рий (Roman god) · fa مرکوری (Roman god) · ga Mearcair (Roman god) · tn Mekhuri (planet) · lt Merkurijus (planet) · eo Merkuro (planet) · tum Luskaka (planet) · non málsstjarna (planet) · de Merkur (Roman god) · am ኣጣርድ (planet) · ta புதன் (planet) · cv Меркурий (planet) · be Мэрку́рый (Roman god) · bn বুধ (planet) · ur عطارد (planet) · tt Меркурий (planet) · cmn 墨丘利 (Roman god) · ar عُطَارِد (planet) · jv Buda (planet) · bo ལྷག་པ (planet) · km ពុធ (planet) · pt Mercúrio (Roman god) · my ဗုဒ္ဓဟူး (planet) · fa زاووش (planet) · be Мэрку́рый (planet) · km ពុធ (Roman god) · it Mercurio (Roman god) · tg Уторид (planet) · yo Mẹ́rkúríù (planet) · zu uMerkuriyu (planet) · sq Mërkur (planet) · ky Меркурий (planet) · id Utarid (planet) · ja メルクリウス (Roman god) · ru Мерку́рий (Roman god) · cu Єрмисъ (planet) · th พุธ (planet) · aii ܢܵܒ݂ܘܿ (planet) · kk Кіші Шолпан (planet) · th เมอร์คิวรี (Roman god) · mr बुध (planet) · hy Մերկուրի (Roman god) · bn মারকিউরি (Roman god) · mi Takero (planet) · pl Merkury (Roman god) · lv Merkurs (planet) · vi Sao Thủy (planet) · hi मरक्युरी (Roman god) · qu Qatuylla (planet) · or ବୁଧ (planet) · mk Меркур (planet) · bua Лхагба (planet) · is Merkúríus (planet) · cop ⲉⲣⲙⲏⲥ (planet) · ms Utarid (planet) · tpw pirapanema (planet) · lt Merkurijus (Roman god) · fa عطارد (planet) · wo Merkuur (planet) · tg Меркурий (Roman god) · si බුධ (planet) · ckb زاوە (planet) · tl Merkuryo (planet) · es Mercurio (Roman god) · or ମର୍କୁରୀ (Roman god) · lo ດາວພຸດ (planet) · sh Mèrkūr (Roman god) · gl Mercurio (planet) · fi Merkurius (Roman god) · ast Mercuriu (Roman god) · fr Mercure (Roman god) · io Merkuro (planet) · sw Utaridi (planet) · ka მერკური (planet) · nl Mercurius (Roman god) · nb Merkur (Roman god) · nan-hbl 水星 (planet) · mt Merkurju (Roman god) · ru Мерку́рий (planet) · uz Merkuriy (Roman god) · ko 수성 (planet) · eu Merkurio (planet) · uk Мерку́рій (Roman god) · th ดาวพุธ (planet) · dz མར་ཀུ་རི (planet) · ky Меркурий (Roman god) · kk Меркурий (Roman god)

wikidata: Q1150 · wikidata: Q308