Noun: merci
| Singular | merci |
| Plural | mercis |
Sample Sentences
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Few games are won without the merci. In the final deal a King above a card of the same suit automatically blocks the game, and the merci should be used to free such a card. [1995, Peter Arnold, The Book of Card Games, →ISBN, page 15:]
Nouns inflected like merci
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from French merci (“thank you”). Doublet of mercy. See: French Nouns '
merci'.