mercantile

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French mercantile, from Italian mercantile, from mercante (“merchant”), from Latin mercāns (“trading”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɜːkənˌtaɪl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɝ.kənˌtaɪl/, /-ˌtil/
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Adjective

mercantile (not comparable)

  1. (economics) Concerned with the exchange of goods for profit.
  2. (economics) Of or relating to mercantilism.

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French

Adjective

mercantile (plural mercantiles)

  1. mercantile, commercial

Italian

Adjective

mercantile (masculine and feminine plural mercantili)

  1. merchant (attribute), mercantile, commercial
    marina mercantile - merchant navy

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Noun

mercantile m (plural mercantili)

  1. merchant ship
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