mer

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, feminine) sea (large body of water)
2. (feminine, uncountable) the ocean (the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface)

Synonymes

océan

oc´án

itsaso

voyage

Mer

océan Indien

Océan Pacifique

région maritime

traversée

région marine

lac

océandomain:envir

mare

océan Atlantique

Traductions

sea

🌊

mar

🌊

Meer

🌊

mare

🌊

mar

🌊

zee

🌊

See

deniz

🌊

θάλασσα

mare

🌊

mar

🌊

ocean

🌊

mar

πέλαγος

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mɛʁ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen français: mer

Hérité de ancien français: mer

Hérité de latin: mare

Appartenant à roumain: mare

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mer-?
Proto-Indo-European *móri
Proto-Italic *mari
Latin mare
Old French mer
Middle French mer
French mer
Inherited from Middle French mer, from Old French mer, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
The word is almost unparalleled as a Latin neuter that has become feminine without being a backformation from a plural in -a (French -e). This has been ascribed to the influence of terre (“land”). In most other Romance languages it is a masculine, the main exception being Romanian mare f.

Phrases

Il a fallu six semaines de réparations pour qu'il puisse repartir en mer .

It took six weeks of repairs for him to go back to sea.

Il sépare le Veerse Meer de la mer du Nord .

It separates the Veerse Meer from the North Sea.

L’interminable nuit couvrait encore la mer polaire .

The endless night still covered the polar sea.

Cette espèce se rencontre dans tout l'Indo-Pacifique tropical , de la Mer Rouge à Panama .

This species is found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea to Panama.

La marine suédoise était la troisième plus grande flotte dans la mer Baltique .

The Swedish Navy was the third largest fleet in the Baltic Sea.

Le Kazakhstan exporte également du brut via la Mer Caspienne et par rail .

Kazakhstan also exports crude via the Caspian Sea and by rail.