Meri

See also: meri, méri, mëri, and měri

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Meri

  1. A language of Cameroon.

Further reading

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Meri

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Merida.

Anagrams

Estonian

Proper noun

Meri

  1. A surname​.

Finnish

(index me)

Etymology

From meri (“sea”) at the end of the 19th century. The given name is also a variant of Meeri, from English Mary.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmeri]
  • Hyphenation: Me‧ri

Proper noun

Meri

  1. A female given name.
  2. A Finnish surname​.

Declension

As a given name:

Inflection of Meri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Meri Merit
genitive Merin Merien
partitive Meriä Merejä
illative Meriin Mereihin
singular plural
nominative Meri Merit
accusative nom. Meri Merit
gen. Merin
genitive Merin Merien
partitive Meriä Merejä
inessive Merissä Mereissä
elative Meristä Mereistä
illative Meriin Mereihin
adessive Merillä Mereillä
ablative Meriltä Mereiltä
allative Merille Mereille
essive Merinä Mereinä
translative Meriksi Mereiksi
instructive — Merein
abessive Merittä Mereittä
comitative — Mereineen

As a surname:

Inflection of Meri (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation)
nominative Meri Meret
genitive Meren Merien
Merten
partitive Merta Meriä
illative Mereen Meriin
singular plural
nominative Meri Meret
accusative nom. Meri Meret
gen. Meren
genitive Meren Merien
Merten
partitive Merta Meriä
inessive Meressä Merissä
elative Merestä Meristä
illative Mereen Meriin
adessive Merellä Merillä
ablative Mereltä Meriltä
allative Merelle Merille
essive Merenä Merinä
translative Mereksi Meriksi
instructive — Merin
abessive Merettä Merittä
comitative — Merineen

Maori

Proper noun

Meri

  1. Mary (biblical)
  2. A female given name, equivalent to English Mary.
  • Mere (more common given name form)
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