English

Noun

mers

1. plural of mer

French

Noun

mers f

1. plural of mer

Old French

Alternative forms

• merz (common)

Etymology

Latin merx.

Noun

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

1. merchandise (goods intended to be sold)
   • late 12th century, anonymous, La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford, page 354 (of the Champion Classiques edition of Le Roman de Tristan, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), lines 67-70:

     La nef ert fort e belle e grande,
     bone cum cele k'ert markande.
     De plusurs mers chargee esteit,
     en Engleterre curre devait.

     The ship was strong and beautiful and big,
     good like a merchant's ship
     loaded with lots of different type of merchandise
     ready to set sail to England.

Romanian

Etymology

From the verb merge, Latin mersus.

Verb

mers ‎(past participle of merge)

1. past participle of merge

Noun

mers n ‎(plural mersuri)

1. going, walking, movement
2. pace, gait

Synonyms

• (going, movement): mișcare, deplasare
• (gait): umblet, călcătură