Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mercat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
mer-cat
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Market; trade.

Obsolete

noun

Obsolete form of meerkat.

Obsolete

noun

A mermaid cat.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin mercātus. See market.

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Questions

What does mercat mean?
Market; trade.
Where does mercat come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce mercat

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