mercante

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mercantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /merˈkan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: mer‧càn‧te

Noun

mercante m (plural mercanti, feminine mercantessa)

1. merchant, dealer, trader, monger

   Synonym: commerciante

Derived terms

• mercanteggiare
• mercantesco
• mercantile

Related terms

• mercato
• merce
• commercio

Anagrams

• canterem, cremante, marcente

Latin

Participle

mercante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of mercāns

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mercantem. Cognate with Italian mercante and Spanish mercante.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [mehˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [mehˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meɾˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meʁˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [meχˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meɻˈkɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾˈkɐ̃.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃t͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: mer‧can‧te

Adjective

mercante m or f (plural mercantes)

1. merchant

Noun

mercante m or f by sense (plural mercantes)

1. merchant

   Synonym: mercador

Synonyms

• comercial
• comerciante
• mercantil
• negociante

See also

• comércio
• movimento
• navio

Further reading

• “mercante” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “mercante” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “mercante” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Anagrams

• cementar
• certâmen

Spanish

Adjective

mercante m or f (masculine and feminine plural mercantes)

1. merchant

Noun

mercante m or f by sense (plural mercantes)

1. merchant

Derived terms

• buque mercante
• marina mercante
• marino mercante

 

Further reading

• “mercante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014