mer
- noun
- /mɛr/
- Literature
- Contact between the human world and the mer world is strictly forbidden.
- Beche-de-mer
- La Mer
- Debussy's La Mer
Examples
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The sun set beautifully over the mer, casting a golden glow on the water.
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I'm going to this town on the Med, Beaumont-Sur-Mer.
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Said he was going to do some hunting in my Beaumont-sur-Mer.
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Madame, I am the police chief of Beaumont-sur-Mer.
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"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.
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She dreamed of sailing across the mer to explore distant lands.
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The poet wrote about the calm waves of the mer and the serenity it brings.
Synonyms
A very large amount of something that seems endless
Compounds
Surface Forms
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.