mercier

French

Etymology

From Old French merz (“goods, wares”) + -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛʁ.sje/

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Noun

mercier m (plural merciers, feminine mercière)

1. mercer

Related terms

• mercerie

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

• mercir

Etymology

merci +‎ -er

Verb

mercier

1. (transitive) to thank
   • c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:

     Et lor dex en ont merciés.

     And they thanked their gods for it.

   • c. 1170, Marie de France, Eliduc:

     De sun bienfait le mercia

     He thanked him for his good work

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of mercier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		mercier			avoir mercïé
gerund		en merciant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		merciant
past participle		mercïé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	merci	mercïes	mercïe	mercions	mercïez	mercïent
	imperfect	mercioie, mercïeie, mercioe, mercïeve	mercioies, mercïeies, mercioes, mercïeves	mercioit, mercïeit, merciot, mercïeve	merciiiens, merciiens	merciiiez, merciiez	mercioient, mercïeient, mercioent, mercïevent
	preterite	merciai	mercias	mercia	merciames	merciastes	mercïerent
	future	mercïerai	mercïeras	mercïera	mercïerons	mercïeroiz, mercïereiz, mercïerez	mercïeront
	conditional	mercïeroie, mercïereie	mercïeroies, mercïereies	mercïeroit, mercïereit	mercïeriiens, mercïeriens	mercïeriiez, mercïeriez	mercïeroient, mercïereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	merci	mercis	mercit	mercions	mercïez	mercïent
	imperfect	merciasse	merciasses	merciast	merciissons, merciissiens	merciissoiz, merciissez, merciissiez	merciassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	mercïe	—	mercions	mercïez	—

Descendants

• French: remercier