Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mercedes

/mɚˈseɪdiz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: mer-cedes
IPA: /mɚˈseɪdiz/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Mercy occasionally borrowed from Spanish.

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Example Sentences

"Mercedes moved away from Jack and gripping Rosa's hand – her own nails were too short – she took a pinch and inhaled it. Rosa kissed Mercedes on the lips then took a further nailful and offered it to Jack who shook his head."
"On a bridge that leads from Nile Street to the café in Tahrir Square where [Naguib] Mahfouz takes his morning coffee, there is often a beggar working his way among cars stuck in the city’s perpetual traffic jam. One of his legs is missing, and he hops up to the windows of the Mercedeses and Fiats on his remaining, bare foot."
"Samuel T. blew off the line-up of sheep at the base of Easterly’s hill, shooting his Jag around the Mercedeses, Audis, Porsches, and limos, and waving at the parkers who tried to flag him down so he’d stop."
"Anton and I saw each of them pull up in their Mercedeses and BMWs and park quasi-legally within a convenient distance of the diner."

Etymology

From Spanish Mercedes (Mary, Our Lady of Mercy). The car was named for Mercédès Jellinek, the daughter of Austrian businessman Emil Jellinek who ordered 36 cars from Gottlieb Daimler.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: Mercedes

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /mɚˈseɪdiz/
British English: /məˈseɪdiz/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Mercedeses (plural)

Derived Forms

Merc

Phrases

Mercedes La Ceiba Mercedes Umaña San Miguel de Mercedes Villa Mercedes

Synonyms

Benz Mercedes-Benz

Rhymes With

ladies ladies' hades cyclades bradys

Questions

How do you pronounce mercedes?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɚˈseɪdiz/.
What does mercedes mean?: A female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Mercy occasionally borrowed from Spanish.
Where does mercedes come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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