Mercury

See also: mercury

English

Mercury astronomical symbol

Etymology

From Latin Mercurius.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɝkjəɹi/
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Proper noun

Mercury

(astronomy) The planet in the solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by ☿.
(Roman mythology) The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger. He wore winged sandals. Mercury corresponded to the Greek god Hermes.

Translations

planet

Afrikaans: Mercurius
Albanian: Merkur
Arabic: عُطَارِد‎‎ m (ʿuṭārid)
Armenian: Մերկուրի (Merkuri), Փայլածու (Pʿaylacu)
Assamese: বুধ (budh)
Asturian: Mercuriu m
Azerbaijani: Ütarid
Cyrillic: Үтарид
Basque: Merkurio (eu)
Belarusian: Мерку́рый m (Mjerkúryj), Мэрку́рый m (Merkúryj) (Taraškievica orthography)
Bengali: বুধ (budh)
Breton: Merc'her (br)
Bulgarian: Мерку́рий m (Merkúrij)
Burmese: ဗုဒ္ဓဟူး (my) (buddha.hu:)
Catalan: Mercuri (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎹᏓᎵ (madali)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 水星 (seoi² sing¹)

Mandarin: 水星 (zh) (Shuǐxīng)

Min Nan: 水星 (zh-min-nan) (chúi-chheⁿ, chúi-chhiⁿ)
Chuvash: Мерку́рий (Merkúrij)
Cornish: Merher m
Crimean Tatar: Utarit
Czech: Merkur (cs)
Danish: Merkur (da)
Dutch: Mercurius (nl) f
Esperanto: Merkuro
Estonian: Merkuur (et)
Finnish: Merkurius (fi)
French: Mercure (fr) f
Galician: Mercurio (gl) m
Georgian: მერკური (merḳuri)
German: Merkur (de) m
Greek: Ερμής (el) m (Ermís)
Ancient: ἀνάγκη f (anánkē)
Gujarati: બુધ (budh)
Hawaiian: Ukaliali‘i
Hebrew: חַמָּה‎‎ (he) f (khamá)
Hindi: बुध (hi) m (budh)
Hungarian: Merkúr (hu)
Icelandic: Merkúríus (is)
Ido: Merkuro (io)
Indonesian: Merkurius, Utarid
Interlingua: Mercurio m
Irish: Mearcair m
Italian: Mercurio (it) m
Japanese: 水星 (ja) (すいせい, Suisei), マーキュリー (Mākyurī)
Kazakh: Болпан (Bolpan), Меркурий (Merkwrïy)
Khmer: ផ្កាយ ពុធ (phkaay put), ពុធ (km) (put)
Korean: 수성 (Suseong) (水星 (ko)), 진성 (Jinseong) (辰星)
Kurdish: Tîr (ku)

Kyrgyz: Меркурий (Merkuriy)
Lao: ພຸດ (phut), ດາວພຸດ (lo) (dāo phut)
Latin: Mercurius (la) m
Latvian: Merkurs m
Lithuanian: Merkurijus (lt) m
Macedonian: Меркур m (Merkur)
Malay: Utarid (ms)
Maltese: Merkurju m
Maori: Apārangi, Takero
Mongolian: Буд (Bud)
Navajo: Mókiwii
Norwegian: Merkur (no)
Novial: Merkurie
Oriya: ବୁଧ (or) (budhô)
Pashto: عطارد‎‎ (ps) m (atāród)
Persian: تیر‎‎ (fa) (tir), عطارد‎‎ (fa) ('otâred)
Polish: Merkury (pl) m
Portuguese: Mercúrio (pt) m
Punjabi: ਬੁੱਧ (buddha)
Romanian: Mercur (ro) m
Russian: Мерку́рий (ru) m (Merkúrij)
Sanskrit: बुध (sa) m (budha)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Меркур m

Roman: Merkur (sh) m
Slovak: Merkúr m
Slovene: Merkúr (sl) m
Sotho: Mekhuri
Spanish: Mercurio (es) m
Swahili: Utaridi (sw), Zebaki (sw)
Swedish: Merkurius (sv) c
Tagalog: Merkuryo
Tajik: Уторид (tg) (Utorid), Тир (Tir)
Tamil: புதன் (ta) (putaṉ)
Tatar: Merkuri
Telugu: బుధుడు (te) (budhuḍu)
Thai: ดาว พุธ (daao put), พุธ (th) (pút)
Tibetan: ལྷག་པ (lhag pa)
Turkish: Merkür (tr), Utarit (tr) (archaic)
Turkmen: Merkuriý
Ukrainian: Мерку́рій m (Merkúrij)
Urdu: عطارد‎‎ m (utārid)
Uyghur: مېركۇرى‎‎ (mërkuri), ئارزۇ‎‎ (arzu), ئاتارۇت‎‎ (atarut)
Uzbek: Atorud
Cyrillic: Аторуд
Vietnamese: sao Thủy (―水)
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: Mercher (cy) m
West Frisian: Merkurius
Yiddish: מערקור‎‎ m (merkur)
Zulu: uMerkuriyu

Roman god

Armenian: Մերկուրի (Merkuri)
Asturian: Mercuriu m
Belarusian: Мерку́рый m (Mjerkúryj), Мэрку́рый m (Merkúryj) (Taraškievica orthography)
Breton: Merc'her (br)
Bulgarian: Мерку́рий m (Merkúrij)
Catalan: Mercuri (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎹᏓᎵ (madali)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 墨丘利 (mak⁶ jau¹ lei⁶)

Mandarin: 墨丘利 (zh) (Mòqiūlì)
Cornish: Merher m
Czech: Merkur (cs) m
Dutch: Mercurius (nl) m
Esperanto: Merkuro m
Estonian: Mercurius
Finnish: Merkurius (fi)
French: Mercure (fr) m
Galician: Mercurio (gl) m
Georgian: მერკური (merḳuri)
German: Merkur (de) m
Greek: Ερμής (el) m (Ermís)
Hebrew: מרקוריוס‎‎ m (merkúrius)
Hungarian: Merkúr (hu)
Icelandic: Merkúríus (is) m
Interlingua: Mercurio m
Irish: Mearcair m
Italian: Mercurio (it) m

Japanese: メルクリウス (ja) (Merukuriusu), マーキュリー (Mākyurī)
Khmer: ពុធ (km) (puth)
Korean: 메르쿠리우스 (Mereukuriuseu)
Latin: Mercurius (la) m
Latvian: Merkurs m, Merkūrijs m
Lithuanian: Merkurijus (lt) m
Macedonian: Меркур m (Merkur)
Maltese: Merkurju m
Persian: مرکوری‎‎ (merkuri)
Polish: Merkury (pl) m
Portuguese: Mercúrio (pt) m
Romanian: Mercur (ro) m
Russian: Мерку́рий (ru) m (Merkúrij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Меркур m

Roman: Merkur (sh) m
Slovak: Merkúr m
Slovene: Merkúr (sl) m
Spanish: Mercurio (es) m
Swahili: Merkyuri
Swedish: Merkurius (sv)
Tatar: Merkuri
Turkish: Merkür (tr)
Ukrainian: Мерку́рій m (Merkúrij)
Vietnamese: Thần Méc-cua, thần Mẹt-cu-rơ
Welsh: Mercher (cy) m
Zulu: uMerkuriyu

Noun

Mercury (plural Mercuries)

(dated) A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger.
(dated) A newspaper.
- Macaulay
  The monthly Mercuries.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Mercury in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Middle English

Proper noun

Mercury

Alternative form of Mercurie

References

“Mercuri(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 13 June 2018.

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