mercantile

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɜːkənˌtaɪl/    美 /ˈmɝ.kənˌtaɪl/|/-ˌtil/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Concerned with the exchange of goods for profit. not-comparable
    — No sign was over his door; in fact—as with old banks and mercantile houses—advertising in any shape was scorned, and it would have been felt as beneath his dignity to paint, for the benefit of strangers, the name of an establishment the trade of which came solely by connection based on personal respect.
  2. Of or relating to mercantilism. not-comparable

词形变化

merchantile alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
mercantilely mercantilist mercantilistic nonmercantile unmercantile
相关词
merchant

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *merks
Latin merx
Latin mercor
Latin mercantem
Italian mercante
Latin -īlemder.
Italian -ile
Italian mercantilebor.
French mercantilebor.
English mercantile
Borrowed from French mercantile, from Italian mercantile, from mercante (“merchant”), from Latin mercāns (“trading”).
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