mer
French, noun/mɛʁ/
mer is spelled M-E-R (3 letters) and appears 126 times per million words in written French, the 657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mer is a French feminine noun meaning “sea (large body of water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vaste étendue d’eau salée qui baigne les diverses parties de la terre”.
What does mer mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesea (large body of water)
- 2
femininethe ocean (the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vaste étendue d’eau salée qui baigne les diverses parties de la terre. 2. Son état pour la navigation. 3. Grande étendue de liquide. 4. Vaste étendue d’un ensemble qui peut paraître homogène à la vue.
noun: 1. Abréviation de mercredi.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mer
- mers plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mer?
- /mɛʁ/
- \mɛʁ\
- \ˈmɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mer in French?
mer appears 126 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).