mer in Middle French

Forms: mers [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Inherited from Old French mer, from Latin mare. Etymology templates: {{etymon|frm|:inh|fro:mer<id:sea>|id=sea}}, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|frm|fro|mer|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French mer, {{inh+|frm|fro|mer}} Inherited from Old French mer, {{inh|frm|la|mare}} Latin mare Head templates: {{head|frm|noun|||plural|mers||{{{pl2}}}||{{{f}}}||{{{f}}}s|f1accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} mer f (plural mers), {{frm-noun|f}} mer f (plural mers)

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    }
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        "5": "",
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        "g3": "",
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        "lit": "",
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        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin mare",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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        "plural"
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          "name": "Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
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        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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    }
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        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French mer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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      },
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    },
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "mare"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin mare",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French mer, from Latin mare.",
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      ]
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      },
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "frm",
  "pos": "noun",
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    }
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        "Middle French lemmas",
        "Middle French nouns",
        "Middle French terms derived from Latin",
        "Middle French terms derived from Old French",
        "Middle French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Middle French terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Middle French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mer- (sea)",
        "Middle French terms inherited from Latin",
        "Middle French terms inherited from Old French",
        "Middle French terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Middle French terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Pages with 29 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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      ]
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}

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"mer" meaning in Middle French

Noun