mercy

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɜːsi/
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• General-American: mûrʹsē
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• General-American: /ˈmɝsi/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)si
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• CMU ARPABET: M ER1 S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English mercy, merci, from Anglo-Norman merci (compare continental Old French merci, mercit), from Latin mercēs (“wages, fee, price”), from merx (“wares, merchandise”). Displaced native Old English mildheortnes (literally "mildheartedness"). Cognate with French merci, whence the doublet merci.

From mercy in the 17th century; one of the less common Puritan virtue names. In modern use sometimes used to anglicize Spanish Mercedes.

Borrowed from French Mercy.

274 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Spanish: Mercedes — female given name
• Albanian: mëshirë — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Albanian: ndjesë — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Arabic: رَحْمَة (raḥma) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Arabic: رَأْفَة (raʔfa) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Arabic: شَفَقَة (šafaqa) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Arabic: لُطْف (luṭf) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Arabic: رحمة (raḥma) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Armenian: ողորմություն (oġormutʻyun) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Azerbaijani: mərhəmət — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Azerbaijani: rəhm — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Azerbaijani: lütf — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Azerbaijani: şəfqət — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Belarusian: міласэ́рдзе (milasérdzje) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Belarusian: лі́тасць (lítascʹ) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Belarusian: лі́тасьць (lítasʹcʹ) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Belarusian: міласэ́рнасць (milasérnascʹ) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Belarusian: міласэ́рнасьць (milasérnasʹcʹ) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Belarusian: лі́тасцівасць (lítascivascʹ) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Belarusian: лі́тасцівасьць (lítascivasʹcʹ) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Belarusian: мі́ласць (mílascʹ) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Belarusian: мі́ласьць (mílasʹcʹ) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Bengali: রহমত (rohomot) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Bulgarian: милосъ́рдие (milosǎ́rdie) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Bulgarian: ми́лост (mílost) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Catalan: misericòrdia — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Cebuano: kaluoy — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Chinese Mandarin: 慈悲 (cíbēi) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Czech: milost — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Czech: milosrdenství — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Danish: barmhjertighed — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Danish: nåde — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Dutch: barmhartigheid — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Dutch: genade — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Esperanto: kompato — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Esperanto: mizerikordo — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Estonian: arm — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Estonian: halastus — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Faroese: náð — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Finnish: armo — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Finnish: sääli — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• French: miséricorde — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• French: pitié — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Galician: misericordia — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Georgian: შეწყალება (šec̣q̇aleba) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Georgian: დანდობა (dandoba) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• German: Barmherzigkeit — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• German: Erbarmen — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• German: Gnade — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 (bleiþei) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Greek: έλεος (éleos) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Ancient Greek: ἔλεος (éleos) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Haitian Creole: mizerikòd — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Hebrew: רַחֲמִים (rakhamím) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Hiligaynon: kalooy — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Hindi: दया (dayā) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Hindi: करुणा (karuṇā) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Hindi: अनुकंपा (anukampā) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Hungarian: könyörület — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Hungarian: irgalom — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Hungarian: kegyelem — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Hungarian: kímélet — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Icelandic: miskunn — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Irish: trócaire — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Italian: misericordia — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Italian: pietà — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Japanese: 慈悲 (jihi) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Japanese: 情け (nasake) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Kazakh: қайырымдылық (qaiyrymdylyq) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Kazakh: мейірімділік (meiırımdılık) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Khmer: មេត្តា (meittaa) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Kinaray-a: kangir-o — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Korean: 자비 (jabi) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Lao: ເມດຕາ (mēt tā) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Latin: misericordia — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Macedonian: милост (milost) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Navajo: hojoobaʼ — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Norwegian Bokmål: barmhjertighet — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Norwegian Bokmål: nåde — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Occitan: misericòrdia — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Old English: mildheortnes — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Old Norse: miskunn — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Iranian Persian: رَحْم (rahm) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Iranian Persian: لُطْف (lotf) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Iranian Persian: رَحْمَت (rahmat) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Polish: miłosierdzie — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Portuguese: misericórdia — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Portuguese: piedade — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Romanian: mizericordie — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Romanian: îndurare — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Russian: милосе́рдие (milosérdije) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Russian: поща́да (poščáda) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Russian: ми́лость (mílostʹ) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Serbo-Croatian: ми̏лоср̄ђе — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Serbo-Croatian: ми̏ло̄ст — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Serbo-Croatian: mȉlosr̄đe — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Serbo-Croatian: mȉlōst — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Slovak: milosrdenstvo — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Slovak: milosť — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Slovene: usmiljenje — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Slovene: milost — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Spanish: misericordia — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Spanish: piedad — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Swahili: huruma — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Swedish: nåd — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Swedish: skonsamhet — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Swedish: barmhärtighet — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Tagalog: awa — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Tajik: раҳм (rahm) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Tajik: меҳрубонӣ (mehruboni) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Tajik: шафқат (šafqat) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Tajik: лутф (lutf) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Tewa: iya — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Thai: เมตตา (mêet-dtaa) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Tibetan: སྙིང་རྗེ་ (snying rje) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Turkish: merhamet — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Ottoman Turkish: رحم (rahm) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎈𐎎 (rḥm) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Ukrainian: милосе́рдя (mylosérdja) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Ukrainian: ми́лість (mýlistʹ) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Ukrainian: поща́да (poščáda) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Urdu: رَحْم (rahm) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Urdu: رَحْمَت (rahmat) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Urdu: تَرَس (taras) — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Uzbek: rahm — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Uzbek: marhamat — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Uzbek: shafqat — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Uzbek: lutf — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Vietnamese: lòng thương — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Welsh: trugaredd — relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
• Arabic: رَحْمَة (raḥma) — forgiveness or compassion
• Arabic: شَفَقَة (šafaqa) — forgiveness or compassion
• Bengali: রহমত (rohomot) — forgiveness or compassion
• Bengali: করুণা (koruna) — forgiveness or compassion
• Bulgarian: състрада́ние (sǎstradánie) — forgiveness or compassion
• Burmese: ကရုဏာ (ka.ru.na) — forgiveness or compassion
• Cebuano: kaluoy — forgiveness or compassion
• Chinese Mandarin: 慈悲 (cíbēi) — forgiveness or compassion
• Chinese Mandarin: 同情 (tóngqíng) — forgiveness or compassion
• Danish: nåde — forgiveness or compassion
• Dutch: genade — forgiveness or compassion
• Dutch: erbarmen — forgiveness or compassion
• Dutch: vergeving — forgiveness or compassion
• Dutch: vergiffenis — forgiveness or compassion
• Finnish: armo — forgiveness or compassion
• Finnish: sääli — forgiveness or compassion
• Finnish: myötätunto — forgiveness or compassion
• French: miséricorde — forgiveness or compassion
• Georgian: მოწყალება (moc̣q̇aleba) — forgiveness or compassion
• Georgian: წყალობა (c̣q̇aloba) — forgiveness or compassion
• German: Erbarmen — forgiveness or compassion
• German: Mitleid — forgiveness or compassion
• German: Barmherzigkeit — forgiveness or compassion
• German: Nachsicht — forgiveness or compassion
• German: Weichherzigkeit — forgiveness or compassion
• German: Milde — forgiveness or compassion
• German: Huld — forgiveness or compassion
• German: Vergebung — forgiveness or compassion
• German: Gnade — forgiveness or compassion
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 (bleiþei) — forgiveness or compassion
• Hausa: rahama — forgiveness or compassion
• Hebrew: רַחֲמִים (rakhamím) — forgiveness or compassion
• Hindi: करुणा (karuṇā) — forgiveness or compassion
• Hindi: अनुकंपा (anukampā) — forgiveness or compassion
• Hindi: शफ़क़त (śafqat) — forgiveness or compassion
• Hindi: शफकत (śaphkat) — forgiveness or compassion
• Hungarian: irgalom — forgiveness or compassion
• Hungarian: könyörület — forgiveness or compassion
• Hungarian: kegy — forgiveness or compassion
• Hungarian: részvét — forgiveness or compassion
• Hungarian: sajnálat — forgiveness or compassion
• Hungarian: szánakozás — forgiveness or compassion
• Hungarian: szánalom — forgiveness or compassion
• Indonesian: pinta — forgiveness or compassion
• Irish: trócaire — forgiveness or compassion
• Italian: compassione — forgiveness or compassion
• Italian: pietà — forgiveness or compassion
• Italian: benevolenza — forgiveness or compassion
• Italian: misericordia — forgiveness or compassion
• Italian: mercede — forgiveness or compassion
• Italian: compatimento — forgiveness or compassion
• Japanese: 情け (nasake) — forgiveness or compassion
• Korean: 동정 (dongjeong) — forgiveness or compassion
• Korean: 인정 (injeong) — forgiveness or compassion
• Lao: ກະລຸນາ (ka lu nā) — forgiveness or compassion
• Lutuv: duena — forgiveness or compassion
• Luxembourgish: Gnod — forgiveness or compassion
• Māori: whakaaroha — forgiveness or compassion
• Navajo: hojoobaʼ — forgiveness or compassion
• Norwegian Bokmål: nåde — forgiveness or compassion
• Old English: mildheortnes — forgiveness or compassion
• Iranian Persian: رَحْم (rahm) — forgiveness or compassion
• Iranian Persian: شَفَقَت (šafaġat) — forgiveness or compassion
• Plautdietsch: Jaumahoat — forgiveness or compassion
• Polish: litość — forgiveness or compassion
• Portuguese: misericórdia — forgiveness or compassion
• Romanian: compătimire — forgiveness or compassion
• Romanian: compasiune — forgiveness or compassion
• Romanian: iertare — forgiveness or compassion
• Russian: милосе́рдие (milosérdije) — forgiveness or compassion
• Russian: сострада́ние (sostradánije) — forgiveness or compassion
• Sanskrit: करुणा (karuṇā) — forgiveness or compassion
• Spanish: piedad — forgiveness or compassion
• Spanish: misericordia — forgiveness or compassion
• Swahili: huruma — forgiveness or compassion
• Swedish: nåd — forgiveness or compassion
• Tagalog: awa — forgiveness or compassion
• Tajik: раҳм (rahm) — forgiveness or compassion
• Tajik: шафқат (šafqat) — forgiveness or compassion
• Tajik: шафақат (šafaqat) — forgiveness or compassion
• Thai: กรุณา (gà-rú-naa) — forgiveness or compassion
• Thai: ความปรานี — forgiveness or compassion
• Tok Pisin: marimari — forgiveness or compassion
• Ottoman Turkish: رحم (rahm) — forgiveness or compassion
• Urdu: رَحْم (rahm) — forgiveness or compassion
• Urdu: شَفْقَت (śafqat) — forgiveness or compassion
• Uzbek: rahm — forgiveness or compassion
• Uzbek: shafqat — forgiveness or compassion
• Welsh: trugaredd — forgiveness or compassion
• Bulgarian: милосъ́рдие (milosǎ́rdie) — tendency toward forgiveness
• Ngazidja Comorian: rehema — tendency toward forgiveness
• Dutch: barmhartigheid — tendency toward forgiveness
• Finnish: armeliaisuus — tendency toward forgiveness
• French: miséricorde — tendency toward forgiveness
• German: Nachsichtigkeit — tendency toward forgiveness
• German: Milde — tendency toward forgiveness
• German: Huld — tendency toward forgiveness
• Hungarian: irgalmasság — tendency toward forgiveness
• Hungarian: enyheség — tendency toward forgiveness
• Hungarian: elnézés — tendency toward forgiveness
• Hungarian: lágyság — tendency toward forgiveness
• Hungarian: kegyesség — tendency toward forgiveness
• Hungarian: könyörület — tendency toward forgiveness
• Hungarian: irgalom — tendency toward forgiveness
• Hungarian: könyörületesség — tendency toward forgiveness
• Irish: trócaire — tendency toward forgiveness
• Italian: pena — tendency toward forgiveness
• Italian: compassione — tendency toward forgiveness
• Italian: commiserazione — tendency toward forgiveness
• Navajo: hojoobaʼ — tendency toward forgiveness
• Polish: miłosierdzie — tendency toward forgiveness
• Portuguese: misericórdia — tendency toward forgiveness
• Romanian: milă — tendency toward forgiveness
• Romanian: compătimire — tendency toward forgiveness
• Russian: милосе́рдие (milosérdije) — tendency toward forgiveness
• Swahili: rehema — tendency toward forgiveness
• Swedish: barmhärtighet — tendency toward forgiveness
• Welsh: trugaredd — tendency toward forgiveness
• Finnish: armo — instance of forebearance or forgiveness
• German: Akt der Gnade — instance of forebearance or forgiveness
• German: Gnadenakt — instance of forebearance or forgiveness
• German: Gnadenerweis — instance of forebearance or forgiveness
• Hungarian: bocsánat — instance of forebearance or forgiveness
• Hungarian: kegyelem — instance of forebearance or forgiveness
• Hungarian: megkegyelmezés — instance of forebearance or forgiveness
• Hungarian: megbocsátás — instance of forebearance or forgiveness
• Romanian: indulgență — instance of forebearance or forgiveness
• Romanian: iertare — instance of forebearance or forgiveness
• Russian: ми́лость (mílostʹ) — instance of forebearance or forgiveness
• Chinese Mandarin: 幸運 /幸运 (xìngyùn) — blessing; something to be thankful for
• Finnish: siunaus — blessing; something to be thankful for
• Finnish: onni — blessing; something to be thankful for
• Finnish: varjelus — blessing; something to be thankful for
• German: göttlicher Gnadenerweis — blessing; something to be thankful for
• German: Gottes Gnade — blessing; something to be thankful for
• German: Segen — blessing; something to be thankful for
• German: Glück — blessing; something to be thankful for
• Hungarian: szerencse — blessing; something to be thankful for
• Hungarian: öröm — blessing; something to be thankful for
• Japanese: 恵み (megumi) — blessing; something to be thankful for
• Portuguese: misericórdia — blessing; something to be thankful for
• Romanian: binecuvântare — blessing; something to be thankful for
• Russian: ми́лость (mílostʹ) — blessing; something to be thankful for
• Swedish: välsignelse — blessing; something to be thankful for