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merque

See also: merqué and mèrque

Asturian

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Verb

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merque

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of mercar

Galician

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Verb

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merque

  1. inflection of mercar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old Northern French merc, merque, from Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”).

Noun

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merque f (plural merques)

  1. mark (characteristic, sign, visible impression)
    • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:
      La merque peculiere de nostre verité devroit estre nostre vertu, comme elle est aussi la plus celeste merque, et la plus difficile : et que c’est la plus digne production de la verité.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

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  • French: amer (navigation)
  • French: marque
  • French: marquer

Portuguese

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Verb

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merque

  1. inflection of mercar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Verb

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merque

  1. inflection of mercar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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