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mercuriel

French, adjective\mɛʁ.ky.ʁjɛl\

mercuriel is a French adjective meaning “mercurial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “De mercure”.

What does mercuriel mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    mercurial

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. De mercure. 2. Qui contient du mercure.

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 mercuriel

  • mercurielle feminine
  • mercuriels masculine plural
  • mercurielles feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce mercuriel?

  • \mɛʁ.ky.ʁjɛl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to mercuriel

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is mercuriel in French?

mercuriel appears about once in every 98 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).