"Mercy" meaning in All languages combined

See Mercy on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: From mercy in the 17th century; one of the less common Puritan virtue names. In modern use sometimes used to anglicize Spanish Mercedes. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Mercy
  1. A female given name from English. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Related terms: Mercedes, Merry Translations (female given name): Mercedes (english: roughly equivalent) (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Mercy-en-name-2onTjvcs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

Forms: Mercys [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French Mercy. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|Mercy}} French Mercy Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Mercy (plural Mercys)
  1. A surname from French.
    Sense id: en-Mercy-en-name-gVOdYfSv Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name [Tagalog]

IPA: /ˈmeɾsi/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈmɛɾ.sɪ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -eɾsi Etymology: Borrowed from English Mercy. Etymology templates: {{bor+|tl|en|Mercy}} Borrowed from English Mercy Head templates: {{tl-proper noun|b=+}} Mercy (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒ)
  1. a female given name from English Categories (topical): Tagalog female given names, Tagalog given names

Inflected forms

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