mercanti
French, noun/mɛʁ.kɑ̃.ti/
mercanti is spelled M-E-R-C-A-N-T-I (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 175,987th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mercanti is a French masculine noun meaning “profit monger (unscrupulous merchant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homme qui fait argent de tout”.
What does mercanti mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculineprofit monger (unscrupulous merchant)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Marchand, dans les pays d’Orient. 2. Homme qui fait argent de tout.
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 mercanti
- mercantis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mercanti?
- /mɛʁ.kɑ̃.ti/
- \mɛʁ.kɑ̃.ti\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mercanti in French?
mercanti appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).