mercuriale

Borrowed from Latin mercurialis.

• IPA^(key): /mɛʁ.ky.ʁjal/

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• Homophones: mercurial, mercuriales

mercuriale f (plural mercuriales)

1. (historical) A session of the French Parliament held on a Wednesday where the First President would denounce any injustices.
2. (botany) mercury (Mercurialis)

   Synonym: ortie morte

   Hyponyms: mercuriale annuelle, mercuriale vivace

3. (botany) synonym of mercuriale annuelle (“annual mercury”) (Mercurialis annua)^[1]
4. reprimand, scolding

• “mercuriale” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762).
• “mercuriale” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
• “mercuriale” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th Edition (1992-).
• “mercuriale”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse
• Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “mercuriale”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette
• “mercuriale” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
• “mercuriale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

mercuriale m or f by sense (plural mercuriali)

1. mercurial (all senses)

mercuriale

1. alternative form of mercurial