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merci

/mɛʁ.si/

noun, feminine/mɛʁ.si/

merci is feminine in French.

mercy; grace

Synonyms: miséricorde, pitié, grâce

From Middle French merci, mercy, from Old French merci, from Latin mercēdem (“wages, fee, price”). Used as an interjection of gratitude since at least the early 12th century, originally as grand merci, for instance spelled granz merciz in Li coronemenz Looïs.

noun, masculine/mɛʁ.si/plural: mercis

merci is masculine in French.

thanks, an expression of gratitude, the word merci

Related: mille mercis, un grand merci

From Middle French merci, mercy, from Old French merci, from Latin mercēdem (“wages, fee, price”). Used as an interjection of gratitude since at least the early 12th century, originally as grand merci, for instance spelled granz merciz in Li coronemenz Looïs.