mercante

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mercans, 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

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Latin

Participle

mercante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of mercāns

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Spanish

Adjective

mercante (plural mercantes)

1. merchant

Noun

mercante m or f (plural mercantes)

1. merchant

Derived terms

• marino mercante

 

Further reading

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