Skip to main content
mer

mer

6 9.9
A French poetic word for the sea
  • noun
  • /mɛr/
  • Literature
translation icon : mar
  • Contact between the human world and the mer world is strictly forbidden.
  • Beche-de-mer
  • La Mer
  • Debussy's La Mer

Examples

  • The sun set beautifully over the mer, casting a golden glow on the water.

  • I'm going to this town on the Med, Beaumont-Sur-Mer.

  • Said he was going to do some hunting in my Beaumont-sur-Mer.

  • Madame, I am the police chief of Beaumont-sur-Mer.

  • "Sous la Mer" is a beautiful and poetic tale about a woman, two men, and the sea.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • We are a tight-knit community in Beaumont-Sur-Mer, mademoiselle.

  • She dreamed of sailing across the mer to explore distant lands.

  • The poet wrote about the calm waves of the mer and the serenity it brings.

Synonyms

sea
vsmer
  • Informal
170 1.0

A very large amount of something that seems endless

refers to the actual ocean in a poetic or foreign form

Compounds

A feeling of sickness and dizziness on a boat because of movement

Surface Forms

mer singular
mers plural

Etymology

Mer comes from French and means 'sea', the same root you see in marine and mariner, words about ships and the ocean. That's why mer is used in poems or names to give a clear, sea-like feeling.