mercière
French, noun\mɛʁ.sjɛʁ\
mercière is spelled M-E-R-C-I-È-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 93,632nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mercière is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of mercier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vendeuse d’articles permettant les travaux de couture, de confection ou de passementerie”.
What does mercière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of mercier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vendeuse d’articles permettant les travaux de couture, de confection ou de passementerie.
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 mercière
- mercières plural
- mercier masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mercière?
- \mɛʁ.sjɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mercière in French?
mercière appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).