merger

English

Etymology

From merge +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(General American) enPR: mûrʹjər, IPA^(key): /ˈmɝdʒɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɜːdʒə/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: merg‧er

Noun

merger (plural mergers)

The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.
Club mergers reduced the number of teams by half
(economics) The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.
(law) An absorption of one or more estate(s) or contract(s) into one other, all being held by the same owner; of several counts of accusation into one judgement, etc.
(phonology) A type of sound change where two or more sounds merge into one.
the cot-caught merger

Synonyms

Antonyms

division

Derived terms

Related terms

mergence

Translations

the act or process of merging

Dutch: samensmelting f, versmelting, fusie (nl) f
Finnish: yhdistyminen (fi), yhteensulautuminen, sulautuminen (fi), sulauttaminen
Georgian: შერწყმა (šerc̣q̇ma), გაერთიანება (gaertianeba)
German: Verschmelzung (de) f, Fusion (de) f, Zusammenfügung f
Hindi: विलय (hi) m (vilay)
Italian: fusione (it) f, unione (it) f

Japanese: 合併 (ja) (がっぺい, gappei), 統合 (ja) (とうごう, tōgō)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sammenslåing (no) m or f
Portuguese: fusão (pt) f
Russian: слия́ние (ru) n (slijánije), поглоще́ние (ru) n (pogloščénije) (takeover, absorption)
Spanish: fusión (es) f, unión (es) f
Swedish: sammanslagning (sv)

an absorption into one estate, contract etc.

Dutch: opslorping, amalgamatie f
Finnish: sulautuminen (fi), sulautuma (fi)

Georgian: შთანთქმა (štantkma), შერწყმა (šerc̣q̇ma)
Russian: слия́ние (ru) n (slijánije), поглоще́ние (ru) n (pogloščénije) (takeover, absorption)

type of sound change merging two or more sounds — see phonemic merger

the legal union of two or more corporations

Armenian: միաձուլում (hy) (miajulum)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 合併 (zh), 合并 (zh) (hébìng)
Dutch: fusie (nl) f
Finnish: fuusio (fi), yritysfuusio (fi), sulautuminen (fi)
French: fusion (fr) f
Georgian: შერწყმა (šerc̣q̇ma), შეერთება (šeerteba), გაერთიანება (gaertianeba)

German: Fusion (de) f, Firmenzusammenschluss m, Zusammenschluss (de) m
Hindi: विलय (hi) m (vilay)
Japanese: 合併 (ja) (がっぺい, gappei), 統合 (ja) (とうごう, tōgō)
Portuguese: fusão (pt) f
Russian: слия́ние (ru) n (slijánije), поглоще́ние (ru) n (pogloščénije) (takeover, absorption), объедине́ние (ru) n (obʺjedinénije)
Spanish: fusión (es) f

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Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} union (fr), ^{(please verify)} absorption (fr)
German: ^{(please verify)} Zusammenschluss (de) m, ^{(please verify)} Fusion (de) f

Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} fusion, ^{(please verify)} fusionamento
Latin: ^{(please verify)} fusio f