different between meridians vs mercator

English

Noun

meridians

1. plural of meridian

Anagrams

• Mirandise, marinised

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /m?.?i.di?ans/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /me.?i.di?ans/
• Rhymes: -ans

Adjective

meridians

1. masculine plural of meridià

Noun

meridians

1. plural of meridià

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of mer?di?

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /me?ri?.di.ans/, [m???i?d?iä??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me?ri.di.ans/, [m???i?d?i?ns]

Participle

mer?di?ns (genitive mer?diantis); third-declension one-termination participle

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Declension

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Latin

Etymology

From mercor (“trade, deal in goods”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mer?ka?.tor/, [m?r?kä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mer?ka.tor/, [m?r?k??t??r]

Noun

merc?tor m (genitive merc?t?ris); third declension

1. merchant, trader
2. dealer, speculator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• merc?t?rius

Related terms

Descendants

• Old Portuguese: mercador
• Portuguese: mercador

See also

• merc?lis
• merx

References

• mercator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mercator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mercator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• mercator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette