mercê

See also: merce, mercé, mérce, mērce, mērcē, and Mercè

Portuguese

Alternative forms

merce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mercee, from Latin mercēdem (“wages, fee, price”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁˈse/ [mehˈse]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meɾˈse/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meʁˈse/ [meχˈse]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /meɻˈse/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾˈse/

Rhymes: -e
Hyphenation: mer‧cê

Noun

mercê f (plural mercês)

grace, mercy
O barco estava à mercê do vento e das ondas.
The ship was at the mercy of the wind and the waves.

Derived terms

Further reading

“mercê”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“mercê”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026