mercantile
French, adjective/mɛʁ.kɑ̃.til/
mercantile is spelled M-E-R-C-A-N-T-I-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,186th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mercantile is a French adjective meaning “mercantile, commercial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui concerne le commerce”.
What does mercantile mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mercantile, commercial
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui concerne le commerce. 2. Qui cherche à tirer un gain d’argent unilatéral.
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 mercantile
- mercantiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mercantile?
- /mɛʁ.kɑ̃.til/
- \mɛʁ.kɑ̃.til\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mercantile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mercantile in French?
mercantile appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).