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"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Armenian: մերսի (mersi, “thanks (colloquial)”)"
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"2": "мерси́",
"bor": "1",
"gloss": "thanks (colloquial)"
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"expansion": "→ Bulgarian: мерси́ (mersí, “thanks (colloquial)”)",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Bulgarian: мерси́ (mersí, “thanks (colloquial)”)"
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"1": "ca",
"2": "merci",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Catalan: merci",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Catalan: merci"
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"1": "nl",
"2": "merci",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: merci",
"name": "desc"
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"text": "→ Dutch: merci"
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"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "merci",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: merci",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ German: merci"
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"2": "mèsi",
"alts": "1"
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"expansion": "Haitian Creole: mèsi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Haitian Creole: mèsi"
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"2": "メルシー",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "merushī"
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"expansion": "→ Japanese: メルシー (merushī)",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Japanese: メルシー (merushī)"
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"2": "메르시",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Korean: 메르시 (mereusi)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 메르시 (mereusi)"
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"2": "mèsi",
"alts": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Luxembourgish: merci",
"name": "desc"
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"2": "մէրսի",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desctree"
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"2": "مرسی",
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"expansion": "→ Persian: مرسی (mersi, “thanks (colloquial)”)",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Persian: مرسی (mersi, “thanks (colloquial)”)"
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"2": "mersi",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Romanian: mersi",
"name": "desc"
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"name": "desc"
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"text": "→ Russian: мерси́ (mersí, “thanks (colloquial)”)"
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"2": "frm",
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"name": "uder"
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"1": "frm",
"2": "mercy"
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"2": "fro",
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"name": "uder"
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{
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"Paris"
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"French phrasebook",
"French terms derived from Latin",
"French terms derived from Middle French",
"French terms derived from Old French",
"French terms with IPA pronunciation",
"French terms with audio links",
"French terms with homophones",
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"French undefined derivations"
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"thank you"
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"Paris"
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"tags": [
"Louisiana"
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"French lemmas",
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"French phrasebook",
"French terms derived from Latin",
"French terms derived from Middle French",
"French terms derived from Old French",
"French terms with IPA pronunciation",
"French terms with audio links",
"French terms with homophones",
"French uncountable nouns",
"French undefined derivations"
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"word": "à la merci de"
},
{
"word": "Dieu merci"
},
{
"word": "merci beaucoup"
},
{
"word": "merci mille fois"
},
{
"word": "mille mercis"
},
{
"word": "sans merci"
},
{
"word": "taillable et corvéable à merci"
}
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"2": "merci",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"text": "→ Alemannic German: merci"
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{
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"1": "ar",
"2": "مرسي",
"bor": "1",
"gloss": "thanks (colloquial)",
"tr": "mersī"
},
"expansion": "→ Arabic: مرسي (mersī, “thanks (colloquial)”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Arabic: مرسي (mersī, “thanks (colloquial)”)"
},
{
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"1": "hy",
"2": "մերսի",
"bor": "1",
"gloss": "thanks (colloquial)"
},
"expansion": "→ Armenian: մերսի (mersi, “thanks (colloquial)”)",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Armenian: մերսի (mersi, “thanks (colloquial)”)"
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"1": "bg",
"2": "мерси́",
"bor": "1",
"gloss": "thanks (colloquial)"
},
"expansion": "→ Bulgarian: мерси́ (mersí, “thanks (colloquial)”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bulgarian: мерси́ (mersí, “thanks (colloquial)”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "merci",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: merci",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: merci"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "merci",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: merci",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: merci"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "merci",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: merci",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: merci"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "ht",
"2": "mèsi",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Haitian Creole: mèsi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Haitian Creole: mèsi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "メルシー",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "merushī"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: メルシー (merushī)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: メルシー (merushī)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "메르시",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 메르시 (mereusi)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 메르시 (mereusi)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "lou",
"2": "mèsi",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Louisiana Creole: mèsi, mærsi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Louisiana Creole: mèsi, mærsi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lb",
"2": "merci",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Luxembourgish: merci",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Luxembourgish: merci"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ota",
"2": "մէրսի",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: մէրսի (mersi)\nTurkish: mersi",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: մէրսի (mersi)\nTurkish: mersi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
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"1": "fa",
"2": "مرسی",
"bor": "1",
"gloss": "thanks (colloquial)",
"tr": "mersi"
},
"expansion": "→ Persian: مرسی (mersi, “thanks (colloquial)”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Persian: مرسی (mersi, “thanks (colloquial)”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "mersi",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: mersi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: mersi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "мерси́",
"bor": "1",
"gloss": "thanks (colloquial)"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: мерси́ (mersí, “thanks (colloquial)”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: мерси́ (mersí, “thanks (colloquial)”)"
}
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"name": "uder"
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"name": "m"
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"name": "uder"
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{
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"2": "la",
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"4": "mercēdem",
"t": "wages, fee, price"
},
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"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French merci, mercy, from Old French merci, from Latin mercēdem (“wages, fee, price”).\nUsed as an interjection of gratitude since at least the early 12th century, originally as \"grand merci\", for instance spelled \"granz merciz\" in Li coronemenz Looïs.",
"head_templates": [
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"2": "-"
},
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"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"mercy"
],
"links": [
[
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"mercy"
]
],
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"word": "miséricorde"
},
{
"word": "pitié"
}
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"tags": [
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"uncountable"
]
},
{
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"grace"
],
"links": [
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"grace",
"grace"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "grâce"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
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},
{
"ipa": "[mɛʁ.si]",
"tags": [
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"Paris"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[mæ(ɾ).si]",
"tags": [
"Louisiana"
]
},
{
"homophone": "mercis"
},
{
"audio": "Fr-merci-fr-Paris.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c3/Fr-merci-fr-Paris.ogg/Fr-merci-fr-Paris.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Fr-merci-fr-Paris.ogg",
"tags": [
"France",
"Paris"
],
"text": "Audio (France, Paris)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Li coronemenz Looïs"
],
"word": "merci"
}
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