mercante

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin mercantem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /merˈkan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: mer‧càn‧te

Noun

mercante m (plural mercanti, feminine mercantessa)

  1. merchant, dealer, trader, monger
    Synonyms: commerciante, (obsolete) mercatante, (obsolete) mercadante

Derived terms

Further reading

  • mercante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

mercante

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of mercāns

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mercantem. Cognate with Italian mercante and Spanish mercante.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

mercante m or f (plural mercantes)

  1. merchant

Noun

mercante m or f by sense (plural mercantes)

  1. merchant
    Synonym: mercador

Synonyms

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Further reading

Anagrams

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meɾˈkante/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: mer‧can‧te

Adjective

mercante m or f (masculine and feminine plural mercantes)

  1. merchant

Noun

mercante m or f by sense (plural mercantes)

  1. merchant
    Synonym: mercader

Derived terms

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