mercantile

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• UK: /ˈmɜːkənˌtaɪl/
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• US: /ˈmɝ.kənˌtaɪl/
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Etymology tree Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Latin mercantem Italian mercante Latin -īlemder. Italian -ile Italian mercantilebor. French mercantilebor. English mercantile Borrowed from French mercantile, from Italian mercantile, from mercante (“merchant”), from Latin mercāns (“trading”).

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: търговски (tǎrgovski) — related to the exchange of goods for profit
• Catalan: mercantil — related to the exchange of goods for profit
• Dutch: handels- — related to the exchange of goods for profit
• French: mercantile — related to the exchange of goods for profit
• Galician: mercantil — related to the exchange of goods for profit
• Ancient Greek: ἐμπορικός (emporikós) — related to the exchange of goods for profit
• Irish: marsantach — related to the exchange of goods for profit
• Italian: mercantile — related to the exchange of goods for profit
• Latin: mercātōrius — related to the exchange of goods for profit
• Latvian: tirdzniecisks — related to the exchange of goods for profit
• Latvian: veikalniecisks — related to the exchange of goods for profit
• Plautdietsch: haundelsoatich — related to the exchange of goods for profit
• Polish: merkantylny — related to the exchange of goods for profit
• Polish: komercyjny — related to the exchange of goods for profit
• Portuguese: mercantil — related to the exchange of goods for profit
• Russian: торго́вый (torgóvyj) — related to the exchange of goods for profit
• Russian: мерканти́льный (merkantílʹnyj) — related to the exchange of goods for profit
• Spanish: mercantil — related to the exchange of goods for profit
• Turkish: ticari — related to the exchange of goods for profit
• Welsh: masnachol — related to the exchange of goods for profit