Mercury

mercury English Mercury in true color.jpg Refer to caption The planet Mercury (en Q308) Casa dei vettii, vestibolo, oechus affrescato sul peristilio, issione legato alla ruota da vulcano alla presenza di giunone 02.jpg Painting of the Roman god Mercury Mercury-Hermes (en Q1150), antique fresco from Pompeii Etymology en enm Mercurie, from en la Mercurius. Pronunciation en /ˈmɜː.(ɹ)kjʊ.ɹi/ UK en /ˈmɝ.kjə.ɹi/ /ˈmɝ.k(ə)ɹ.i/ US en En-us-Mercury.ogg US en ɜː(ɹ)kjəɹi 3 ɜː(ɹ)kjʊɹi 3 ɜː(ɹ)kəɹi 3 ɜː(ɹ)kɹi 2 Proper noun en Q308 en astronomy The first planet in the Solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by ☿. 1 Thou, first of the children of men, art come to Mercury, where thou and I will journey up and down for a season to show thee the lands and oceans, the forests, plains, and ancient mountains, cities and palaces of this world, Mercury, and the doings of them that dwell therein. en Q1150 en Roman god The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger, wearing winged sandals; the Roman counterpart of the Greek god Hermes. en Philippines en w:Mercury Drug. Synonyms astronomy astrology ☿ Derived terms en Mercury Seven Mercurian mercurism mercuryquake protoMercury Mercury retrograde problem proto-Mercury Translations Q308 planet Abkhaz: ab Меркурий Afrikaans: af Mercurius Albanian: sq Mërkur m Amharic: am ኣጣርድ, am ሜርኩሪ mērikurī Arabic: ar عُطَارِد m Hijazi Arabic: acw عُطارِد m ʕuṭārid Aragonese: an Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܢܵܒ݂ܘܿ nawo m Armenian: hy Մերկուրի, hy Փայլածու Assamese: as বুধ Asturian: ast Mercuriu m Azerbaijani: az Merkuri, az Ütarid Cyrillic: az Үтарид Bashkir: ba Меркурий Basque: eu Merkurio Belarusian: be Мерку́рый m, be Мэрку́рый m Taraškievica Bengali: bn বুধ Breton: br Merc'her Bulgarian: bg Мерку́рий m Burmese: my ဗုဒ္ဓဟူး Buryat: bua Һагба, bua Лхагба Catalan: ca Mercuri m Chechen: ce Меркурий Cherokee: chr ᎹᏓᎵ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 水星 seoi2 sing1 Hokkien: nan-hbl 水星 chúi-chheⁿ, chúi-chhiⁿ Mandarin: cmn 水星 Shuǐxīng, cmn 辰星 Chénxīng historical Chuvash: cv Меркурий Coptic: cop ⲥⲟⲩⲕⲏ, cop ⲉⲣⲙⲏⲥ Cornish: kw Merher m Crimean Tatar: crh Utarit Czech: cs Merkur Danish: da Merkur c Dutch: nl Mercurius m Dzongkha: dz མར་ཀུ་རི mar ku ri Esperanto: eo Merkuro Estonian: et Merkuur Fijian: fj Mekuri Finnish: fi Merkurius French: fr Mercure m f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Merkurius Galician: gl Mercurio m Georgian: ka მერკური German: de Merkur m Greek: el Ερμής m Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug Mekúrio Gujarati: gu બુધ Haitian Creole: ht Mèki Hawaiian: haw Ukaliali‘i Hebrew: he חַמָּה f khamá Hindi: hi बुध m Hungarian: hu Merkúr Icelandic: is Merkúr m, is Merkúríus m Ido: io Merkuro Indonesian: id Merkurius, id Utarid Interlingua: ia Mercurio m Irish: ga Mearcair m Italian: it Mercurio m Jamaican Creole: jam Moerkiuri Japanese: ja 水星 すいせい, Suisei, ja マーキュリー Mākyurī Javanese: jv Merkurius, jv Buda Kannada: kn ಬುಧ Kazakh: kk Меркурий, kk Болпан, kk Кіші Шолпан, kk Таңшолпан Khmer: km ផ្កាយពុធ phkaay put, km ពុធ Korean: ko ^수성(水星), ko ^진성(辰星) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb زاوە Northern Kurdish: kmr Tîr, kmr Zav Kyrgyz: ky Меркурий Lao: lo ພຸດ, lo ດາວພຸດ Latin: la Mercurius m Latvian: lv Merkurs m Lingala: ln Mekulé Lithuanian: lt Merkurijus m, lt Vaivora f Lü: khb ᦡᦱᧁᦓᧄᧉ Macedonian: mk Меркур m Malagasy: mg Merkiora Malay: ms Utarid Malayalam: ml ബുധൻ Maltese: mt Merkurju m Manchu: mnc ᠮᡠᡴᡝ ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ Māori: mi Apārangi, mi Takero Marathi: mr बुध m Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Буд Mongolian script: mn ᠪᠤᠳ Nahuatl: nah Payīnalcītlalli Navajo: nv Mókiwii Nepali: ne बुधग्रह, ne बुध Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Merkur Nynorsk: nn Merkur Odia: or ବୁଧ Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu Єрмисъ m Old Norse: non málsstjarna f Old Tupi: tpw pirapanema Ossetian: os Меркурий Pashto: ps عطارد m atāród Persian: fa تیر tir, fa عطارد 'otâred, fa زاووش zâvuš Middle Persian: pal tyl Polish: pl Merkury m Portuguese: pt Mercúrio m Punjabi: pa ਬੁੱਧ Quechua: qu Qatuylla Romagnol: rgn Romanian: ro Mercur m Russian: ru Мерку́рий m Sanskrit: sa बुध m Santali: sat ᱮᱞᱟᱝ ᱮᱸᱜᱮᱞ Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Мѐркӯр m Latin: sh Mèrkūr m Shona: sn Nyamatsatse Sinhalese: si බුධ Slovak: sk Merkúr m Slovene: sl Merkúr m Somali: so Dusaa Sotho: st Mekhuri Southern Altai: alt Меркурий Spanish: es Mercurio m Swahili: sw Utaridi, sw Zebaki Swedish: sv Merkurius c Tagalog: tl Merkuryo Tajik: tg Уторид, tg Тир Tamil: ta புதன் Tatar: tt Меркурий Telugu: te బుధుడు Thai: th ดาวพุธ daao pút, th พุธ Tibetan: bo གཟའ་ལྷག་པ, bo ལྷག་པ Tok Pisin: tpi Mekyuri Tongan: to Meākuli Tswana: tn Mekhuri Tumbuka: tum Luskaka, tum Chanya la Luskaka Turkish: tr Merkür, tr Utarit archaic Turkmen: tk Merkuriý Ukrainian: uk Мерку́рій m Urdu: ur عطارد m utārid, ur تیر m tīr Uyghur: ug مېركۇرى, ug ئارزۇ, ug ئاتارۇت Uzbek: uz Merkuriy, uz Atorud Cyrillic: uz Меркурий, uz Аторуд Venetan: vec Mercùrio m Vietnamese: vi Sao Thủy (vi 𣋀水) Volapük: vo märkur Welsh: cy Mercher m Wolof: wo Merkuur Yiddish: yi מערקור m Yoruba: yo Mẹ́rkúríù Zhuang: za Ndaundeiqraemx Zulu: zu uMerkuriyu, zu uNomjubane Q1150 Roman god Arabic: ar مِيرْكُورِي m Armenian: hy Մերկուրի Asturian: ast Mercuriu m Azerbaijani: az Merkuri Belarusian: be Мерку́рый m, be Мэрку́рый m Taraškievica Bengali: bn মারকিউরি Breton: br Merc'her Bulgarian: bg Мерку́рий m Catalan: ca Mercuri m Cherokee: chr ᎹᏓᎵ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 墨丘利 mak6 jau1 lei6 Mandarin: cmn 墨丘利 Mòqiūlì Cornish: kw Merher m Czech: cs Merkur m Dutch: nl Mercurius m Esperanto: eo Merkuro m Estonian: et Mercurius Finnish: fi Merkurius French: fr Mercure m Galician: gl Mercurio m Georgian: ka მერკური German: de Merkur m Greek: el Ερμής m, el Μερκούριους m Ancient Greek: grc Ἑρμῆς m Hebrew: he מֶרְקוּרְיוּס m merkúrius Hindi: hi मरक्युरी m Hungarian: hu Merkúr Icelandic: is Merkúríus m Interlingua: ia Mercurio m Irish: ga Mearcair m Italian: it Mercurio m Japanese: ja メルクリウス Merukuriusu, ja マーキュリー Mākyurī Kazakh: kk Меркурий Khmer: km ពុធ Korean: ko ^메르쿠리우스 Kyrgyz: ky Меркурий Latin: la Mercurius m Latvian: lv Merkurs m, lv Merkūrijs m Lithuanian: lt Merkurijus m Macedonian: mk Меркур m Malay: ms Mercurius Maltese: mt Merkurju m Marathi: mr मरक्युरी m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Merkur Nynorsk: nn Merkur Odia: or ମର୍କୁରୀ Persian: fa مرکوری merkuri Polish: pl Merkury m Portuguese: pt Mercúrio m Romanian: ro Mercur m Russian: ru Мерку́рий m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Мѐркӯр m Latin: sh Mèrkūr m Slovak: sk Merkúr m Slovene: sl Merkúr m Spanish: es Mercurio m Swahili: sw Merkyuri Swedish: sv Merkurius Tajik: tg Меркурий Tatar: tt Меркурий Thai: th เมอร์คิวรี Turkish: tr Merkür Turkmen: tk Merkuriý Ukrainian: uk Мерку́рій m Uyghur: ug مېركۇرى Uzbek: uz Merkuriy Vietnamese: vi Méc-cua, vi Mẹt-cu-rơ Welsh: cy Mercher m Zulu: zu uMerkuriyu See also Noun en obsolete alchemy chemistry Quicksilver, mercury. No longer capitalized, as the name of the metal is no longer recognized as that of the planet. en archaic A carrier of tidings. A newsboy, a messenger. 16th–19th c. A footman. Enter Mr. Tulkinghorn, followed by Mercuries with lamps and candles. Someone who carries messages between lovers; a go-between. from 17th c. II 63 His Mercury having made his observations, reported, that there was no body in the coach but Mrs. Hornbeck and an elderly woman, who had all the air of a duenna, and that the servant was not the same footman who had attended them in France. A newspaper. from 17th c. 21 No allusion to it is to be found in the monthly Mercuries. References Further reading Mercury (planet) Mercury (mythology) en eponyms en Newspapers Planets of the Solar System Middle English Proper noun enm proper noun 1 enm Mercurie