Mercedes

See also: mercedes

English

Etymology

From Spanish Mercedes. The car was named for Mercedes Jellinek, the daughter of Austrian businessman Emil Jellinek who ordered 36 cars from Gottlieb Daimler.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /mɚˈseɪdiz/, /mɑɹˈseɪdiz/

Proper noun

Mercedes (plural Mercedes)

A female given name occasionally borrowed from Spanish.

Translations

female given name

Catalan: Mercè f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 梅塞德斯, 梅塞德斯 (Méisāidésī)
Finnish: Mercedes

Hungarian: Mercédesz (hu)
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: Мерсе́дес (ru) f (Mɛrsɛ́dɛs)
Spanish: Mercedes (es) f

Noun

Mercedes (plural Mercedes)

Short form of Mercedes-Benz. A car manufactured by Mercedes-Benz.

Synonyms

(Mercedes Benz):

Derived terms

Merc (abbreviation)

Translations

short form of Mercedes Benz

Chinese:
Mandarin: 奔馳 (zh), 奔驰 (zh) (Bēnchí), 賓士, 宾士 (Bīnshì), 平治 (zh) (Píngzhì), 朋馳, 朋驰 (Péngchí)
Finnish: Mersu
Galician: Mercedes (gl) m
Georgian: მერსედესი (mersedesi)
Japanese: メルセデス (Merusedesu), ベンツ (Bentsu)
Korean: 메르세데스 (Mereusedeseu), 벤츠 (Bencheu)

Macedonian: Мерце́дес m (Mercédes), Ме́чка f (Méčka), Ме́рџо n (Mérdžo)
Polish: Mercedes (pl) m
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: Мерседе́с (ru) m (Mɛrsɛdɛ́s), Мерс m (Mers) (colloquial)
Serbo-Croatian: Mercedes (sh) m
Turkish: Mercedes

Spanish

Etymology

From mercedes (“mercies”), shortened from María (de las) Mercedes, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Mercy".

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /meɾˈθedes/, [meɾˈθeðes]

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /merˈsedes/, [merˈseðes]

Proper noun

Mercedes f

A female given name.

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