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mer.

sea (large body of water)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/mɛʁ/
  1. sea (large body of water)

    countable · feminine
  2. the ocean (the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface)

    feminine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *móri Proto-Italic *mari Latin mare Old French mer Middle French mer French mer Inherited from Middle French mer, from Old French mer, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. The word is almost unparalleled as a Latin neuter that has become feminine without being a backformation from a plural in -a (French -e). This has been ascribed to the influence of terre (“land”). In most other Romance languages it is a masculine, the main exception being Romanian mare f.

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