# merci
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French merci (“thank you”). Doublet of mercy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛːˈsiː/ or as French

### Interjection

merci
* (colloquial) thank you
** 2005, Victoria Laurie, A Vision of Murder: A Psychic Eye Mystery, →ISBN:Rebecca Rosen, merci for helping me to understand that connection between you and The Other Side, and making the character of Theresa come alive.
** 2008, Lewis H. Siegelbaum, Cars for Comrades: The Life of the Soviet Automobile, →ISBN:"Improve the roads! Merci for the reception!" With this insouciant remark and the banner he affixed to his automobile that read "Auto rally against roadlessness and slovenliness!"
** 2014, Art Wiederhold, Hunter: Quebec, →ISBN:“Merci, Bob. I'll inform Lauren,” Bergere said as he hurried out of the office.

#### Related terms

* merci buckets

### Noun

merci (plural mercis)
* An extra card or set of cards that is allowed to play at the end of various card games.
** 1995, Peter Arnold, The Book of Card Games, →ISBN, page 15:Few games are won without the merci. In the final deal a King above a card of the same suit automatically blocks the game, and the merci should be used to free such a card.

#### See also

* belle dame sans merci

### Anagrams

* CRIME, REMIC, crime

## Alemannic German
### Etymology

Borrowed from French merci.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛrsi/

### Interjection

merci
* thank you

#### Synonyms

* dankche
* fergälts Got
* tank
* vrattrus Got
* wol vergelzgott

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from French merci.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɛr.si]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈmɛɾ.si]
* Audio (Central):(file)

### Interjection

merci
* (colloquial) thank you
    Synonyms: gràcies, mercès

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French merci.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

merci
* (chiefly Belgium or colloquial Netherlands) thank you
    Synonyms: dank, dank je, dank je wel, dank u, dank u wel, bedankt

#### Variants

* mercikes

### Noun

merci f (plural mercis, diminutive mercikes n)
* (chiefly Belgium or colloquial Netherlands) thank you
    Synonyms: dank, dankjewel, dankuwel

## French
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛʁ.si/
* (France, Paris) IPA: [mɛʁ.si]
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* (Louisiana) IPA: [mæ(ɾ).si]
* Homophone: mercis

### Interjection

merci
* thank you
    Merci pour ton aide.Thank you for your help.

#### Derived terms

* Dieu merci
* merci beaucoup
* merci bien
* merci mille fois
* merci pour ton aide, merci pour votre aide
* non merci

#### Descendants

* Haitian Creole: mèsi
* Louisiana Creole: mèsi, mærsi
* → Alemannic German: merci
* → Arabic: مرسي (mersī, “thanks (colloquial)”)
* → Armenian: մերսի (mersi, “thanks (colloquial)”)
* → Bulgarian: мерси́ (mersí, “thanks (colloquial)”)
* → Catalan: merci
* → Dutch: merci
* → English: merci
* → German: merci
* → Japanese: メルシー (merushī)
* → Korean: 메르시 (mereusi)
* → Luxembourgish: merci
* → Ottoman Turkish: մէրսի (mersi)
** Turkish: mersi
* → Persian: مرسی (mersi, “thanks (colloquial)”)
* → Romanian: mersi
* → Russian: мерси́ (mersí, “thanks (colloquial)”)

### Noun

merci f (uncountable)
* mercy
    Synonyms: miséricorde, pitié
* grace
    Synonym: grâce

#### Derived terms

* à la merci de
* corvéable à merci, taillable et corvéable à merci
* sans merci

### Noun

merci m (plural mercis)
* thanks, an expression of gratitude, the word merci

#### Derived terms

* mille mercis
* un grand merci

### Further reading

* “merci”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* cimer, crime

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from French merci.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛʁˈsiː/
* IPA: /ˈmɛʁ.si/ (Switzerland)
* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

merci
* (chiefly Switzerland) thank you
    Synonyms: danke, danke schön, ich danke schön

### Further reading

* “merci” in Duden online
* “merci” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛr.t͡ʃi/
* Rhymes: -ɛrtʃi
* Hyphenation: mèr‧ci

### Noun

merci f
* plural of merce

### Anagrams

* cremi, crime

## Latin
### Noun

mercī
* dative singular of merx

## Norman
### Alternative forms

* mercie (Guernsey)

### Etymology

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

### Interjection

merci
* (Guernsey) thank you

#### Derived terms

* mercie bian (“thank you very much”)

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* mercit (archaic)
* merchit, merchi (northern)

### Etymology

From Latin mercēdem.

### Pronunciation

* (archaic) IPA: /mɛɾˈt͡siθ/, (northern) /mɛɾˈt͡ʃiθ/
* (classical) IPA: /mɛɾˈt͡si/, (northern) /mɛɾˈt͡ʃi/
* (late) IPA: /mɛɾˈsi/, (northern) /mɛɾˈʃi/

### Noun

merci oblique singular, f (nominative singular merci)
* mercy; clemency
** c. 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:Se vos metez an sa merci Nus (fors le conte qui est ci) de vos n'i a mort desservie ja ne perdroiz manbre ne vieIf you throw yourselves on his mercy None (apart from the count who is here) of you deserve death; you will lose neither life nor limb
** 13th century, Herman de Valenciennes, Assomption Nostre Dame, page 7, column 2, lines 16–17:ceo sacez m'amie tuit cil que te requerunt a tun commandement merci auvruntthis you know, my friend, that all those who are looking for you upon your command will have mercy

#### Descendants

* French: merci
* Norman: merci
* → Middle English: merci
** English: mercy

### References

* merci on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub