adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to the planet Mercury.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Mercutian
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Mercurian
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UK: /mɜː(ɹ)ˈkjʊəɹ.i.ən/
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US: /mɝˈkjʊɹ.i.ən/
adj
Meaning 2
Containing divalent mercury.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
A hypothetical language spoken on Mercury.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Mercutian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An inhabitant of the planet Mercury.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Mercutian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
One who is mercurial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Mercury Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Mercurian From Mercury + -ian.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Basque: merkuriar — someone from Mercury
- Chinese Mandarin: 水星人 (shuǐxīngrén) — someone from Mercury
- Esperanto: merkurano — someone from Mercury
- Esperanto: merkuranino — someone from Mercury
- French: Mercurien — someone from Mercury
- French: Mercurienne — someone from Mercury
- German: Merkurianer — someone from Mercury
- German: Merkurianerin — someone from Mercury
- German: Merkurbewohner — someone from Mercury
- German: Merkurbewohnerin — someone from Mercury
- German: Merkurmensch — someone from Mercury
- Irish: Mearcarach — someone from Mercury
- Japanese: 水星人 (Suisei-jin) — someone from Mercury
- Polish: Merkurianin — someone from Mercury
- Polish: Merkurianka — someone from Mercury
- Portuguese: mercuriano — someone from Mercury
- Portuguese: mercuriana — someone from Mercury
- Romanian: mercurian — someone from Mercury
- Russian: меркуриа́нец (merkuriánec) — someone from Mercury
- Russian: меркуриа́нка (merkuriánka) — someone from Mercury
- Russian: меркуриа́не (merkuriáne) — someone from Mercury
- Spanish: mercuriano — someone from Mercury
- Spanish: mercuriana — someone from Mercury