mercantil

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French mercantile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [mər.kənˈtil]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [meɾ.kanˈtil]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [mer.kanˈtil]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

mercantil m or f (masculine and feminine plural mercantils)

1. mercantile

Derived terms

• mercantilisme
• mercantilista

Related terms

• mercant

Further reading

• “mercantil”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “mercantil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “mercantil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “mercantil”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *merks

Latin merx

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -or

Latin mercor

Latin mercantemder.

Portuguese mercante

Proto-Indo-European *-elis

Proto-Italic *-elis

Latin -īlislbor.

Portuguese -il

Portuguese mercantil

From mercante + -il.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/ [meh.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/ [meh.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meɾ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/ [meɾ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meʁ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/ [meχ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /meɻ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/ [meɻ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾ.kɐ̃ˈtil/ [mɨɾ.kɐ̃ˈtiɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾ.kɐ̃ˈtil/ [mɨɾ.kɐ̃ˈtiɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾ.kɐ̃ˈti.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
• Hyphenation: mer‧can‧til

Adjective

mercantil m or f (plural mercantis)

1. (economics) mercantile (related to the exchange of goods for profit)

Further reading

• “mercantil”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mercantil”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “mercantil”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mercantile.

Adjective

mercantil m or n (feminine singular mercantilă, masculine plural mercantili, feminine/neuter plural mercantile)

1. mercantile

Declension

Declension of mercantil

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	mercantil		mercantilă	mercantili	mercantile
	definite	mercantilul		mercantila	mercantilii	mercantilele
genitive- dative	indefinite	mercantil		mercantile	mercantili	mercantile
	definite	mercantilului		mercantilei	mercantililor	mercantilelor

Spanish

Etymology

From mercante (“merchant, mercantile”) + -il.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾkanˈtil/ [meɾ.kãn̪ˈt̪il]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: mer‧can‧til

Adjective

mercantil m or f (masculine and feminine plural mercantiles)

1. mercantile

Derived terms

• derecho mercantil
• mercantilizar
• registro mercantil

Related terms

• mercader
• mercado
• mercar

Further reading

• “mercantil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025