different between merci vs merck

English

Etymology

French merci (“thank you”)

Interjection

merci

1. (colloquial) thank you

Noun

merci (plural mercis)

1. An extra card or set of cards that is allowed to play at the end of various card games.

Anagrams

• CRIME, REMIC, crime

Alemannic German

Etymology

Borrowed from French merci.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?rsi/

Interjection

merci

1. thank you

Synonyms

• dankche
• fergälts Got
• tank
• vrattrus Got
• wol vergelzgott

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French merci.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?m??.si/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?m?r.si/

Interjection

merci

1. (colloquial) thank you

Synonyms

• gràcies
• mercès

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French merci.

Interjection

merci

1. (chiefly Belgium) thank you

   Synonyms: dank, dank je, dank je wel, dank u, dank u wel, bedankt

Noun

merci f (plural mercis, diminutive mercikes n)

1. (chiefly Belgium) thank you

   Synonyms: dank, dankjewel, dankuwel

French

Etymology

From Middle French merci, mercy, from Old French merci, from Latin merc?dem, accusative singular of merc?s (“wages, fee, price”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??.si/
• (France, Paris) IPA^(key): [m??.si]
• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [mæ(?).si]
• Homophone: mercis

Interjection

merci

1. thank you

Noun

merci f (uncountable)

1. mercy, grace

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

• “merci” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• cimer, crime

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French merci.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m???si?/
• (Switzerland) IPA^(key): /?m??.si/

Interjection

merci

1. (chiefly Switzerland) thank you

   Synonyms: danke, danke schön, ich danke schön

Further reading

• “merci” in Duden online

Italian

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mèr?ci

Noun

merci f

1. plural of merce

Anagrams

• cremi

Latin

Noun

merc?

1. dative singular of merx

Norman

Alternative forms

• mercie (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French merci (“mercy; clemency”), from Latin merc?s, merc?dem (“wages, fee, price”).

Interjection

merci

1. (Guernsey) thank you

Derived terms

• mercie bian (“thank you very much”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• merchi

Noun

merci f (nominative singular merci)

1. mercy; clemency

English

Noun

merck (plural mercks)

1. Obsolete spelling of mark [15th-17th c.]