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merci.

thank you

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

intj/mɛʁ.si/Belgium, France/maɛ̯ʁ.si/Canada/mæ(ɾ).si/Louisiana
  1. thank you

    Merci pour ton aide.
Where this word comes from

From Middle French merci, mercy, from Old French merci, from Latin mercēdem (“wages, fee, price”). Used 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.

noun/mɛʁ.si/Belgium, France/maɛ̯ʁ.si/Canada/mæ(ɾ).si/Louisiana
  1. mercy

    feminine · uncountable
  2. grace

    feminine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle French merci, mercy, from Old French merci, from Latin mercēdem (“wages, fee, price”). Used 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.

noun/mɛʁ.si/Belgium, France/maɛ̯ʁ.si/Canada/mæ(ɾ).si/Louisiana
  1. thanks, an expression of gratitude, the word merci

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle French merci, mercy, from Old French merci, from Latin mercēdem (“wages, fee, price”). Used 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.

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