Femminile
mer
Senso (English)
- sea (large body of water)
- the ocean (the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface)
Synonyms
oc´án
itsaso
Mer
Océan Pacifique
région maritime
région marine
océandomain:envir
Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/mɛʁ/
Etimologia (English)
In summary
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.
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Frasi
Il 👨 sépare le Veerse Meer de la mer du Nord .
Separa il Meer Verse dal Mare del Nord.
Elles ont été 🏖️ découvertes dans de l'ambre de la mer Baltique .
Furono scoperti ad Amber dal Mar Baltico.