mercuur

Dutch

Etymology

From Mercuur (“Mercury”), from Latin Mercurius.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛrˈkyːr/
  • Hyphenation: mer‧cuur
  • Rhymes: -yːr

Noun

mercuur m (plural mercuren, diminutive mercuurtje n)

  1. (historical) early type of newspaper/magazine, from the seventeenth or eighteenth century (originally centred on factual reporting, later on becoming a satirical magazine)
  2. (uncommon, archaic) mercury (metal, element)
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