mercê

See also: merce, mercé, mérce, mērce, mērcē, and Mercè

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• merce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mercee, from Latin mercēdem (“wages, fee, price”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁˈse/ [mehˈse]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁˈse/ [mehˈse]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meɾˈse/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meʁˈse/ [meχˈse]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meɻˈse/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾˈse/

• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: mer‧cê

Noun

mercê f (plural mercês)

1. grace, mercy

   O barco estava à mercê do vento e das ondas.

   The ship was at the mercy of the wind and the waves.

Derived terms

• à mercê
• à mercê de
• vossa mercê, vosmecê, você