mercanti

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mercanti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛʁ.kɑ̃.ti/

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Noun

mercanti m (plural mercantis)

1. (derogatory) profit monger (unscrupulous merchant)

   Synonym: margoulin

   Hypernyms: commerçant, marchant

Further reading

• “mercanti”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mercanti m

1. plural of mercante

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /merˈkan.tiː/, [mɛrˈkän̪t̪iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /merˈkan.ti/, [merˈkän̪t̪i]

Participle

mercantī

1. dative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of mercāns