Mercury

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Table of contents

1 Noun 1.1 Synonyms 1.2 Related terms 1.3 External links 1.4 Translations 2 Proper noun 2.1 Translations 2.1.1 Translations to be checked 2.2 See also

Noun

mercury (uncountable) (element: Wikipedia:Mercury)

1. A silvery-colored metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg.

Synonyms

• quicksilver

Related terms

• mercurial

External links

For etymology and more information about the chemical element refer to: http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/hg.html (A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

Translations

Afrikaans: kwik Albanian: mërkur Arabic: زئبق Armenian: mercuru Basque: merkurioa Belarusian: Ртуць Bosnian: Živa Breton: merkur Breton: bevargant, arc'hant-bev m Bulgarian: Живак Catalan: mercuri Chinese: 水銀/水银 (shuiyin), 汞 (gong) Cornish: arhans Croatian: Živa Czech: rtuť Danish: kviksølv Dutch: kwik n Esperanto: hidrargo Estonian: elavhõbe Faroese: kviksilvur Finnish: elohopea French: mercure m Frisian: kwik n Friulian: mercuri Gallegan: mercurio Georgian: ვერცxლის German: Quecksilber m Greek (modern): υδράργυρος m Hebrew: כספית Hungarian: higany Icelandic: kvikasilfur Indonesia: merkurius Interlingua: mercurio Irish: mearcair Italian: mercurio m

Japanese: 水銀 (すいぎん, suigin) Kashmiri: tãź Kazakh: Сынап Latin: hydrargyrum Latvian: dzīvsudrabs Lithuanian: gyvsidabris m Luxembourgish: quecksëlwer Macedonian: Жива Malay: merkuri Maltese: merkurju Manx: mercur Mongolian: Улаан Norwegian: kvikksølv Polish: rtęć f Portuguese: mercúrio m Romanian: mercur n, hidrargir] † n, argint viu † Romanica: mercurio m Russian: ртуть f Scottish Gaelic: mearcair Serbian: Жива Slovak: ortuť f Slovenian: živo srebro n Spanish: mercurio m Swedish: kvicksilver Tajik: simob Thai: ปรอท Turkish: civa Ukrainian: Ртуть Uzbek: Симоб Vietnamese: thuỷ Welsh: mercwri

Proper noun

Mercury

1. The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger. He wore winged sandals. Mercury corresponded to the Greek god Hermes.
2. The planet in the solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god.

Translations

Roman god

Dutch: Mercurius m Finnish: Merkurius French: Mercure m German: Merkur m Italian: Mercurio m

Lithuanian: Merkurijus m Polish: Merkury m Portuguese: Mercúrio m Spanish: Mercurio m Vietnamese: Thần Méc-cua

planet

Dutch: Mercurius f Finnish: Merkurius French: (la planète) Mercure f Interlingua: (le planeta) Mercurio Italian: (il pianeta) Mercurio m Japanese: 水星 (すいせい, suisei)

Lithuanian: Merkurijus m Polish: Merkury m Portuguese: (o planeta) Mercúrio m Spanish: (el planeta) Mercurio m Vietnamese: sao Thủy

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above.

• Breton: Merc'her
• Chinese: 水星
• Dutch: Mercurius n
• Esperanto: Merkurio
• Estonian: Merkuur
• German: Merkur m
• Latin: Mercurius m
• Malay: Utarid
• Romanica: Mercurio m
• Russian: Меркурий m
• Slovak: Merkúr m
• Slovene: Merkur m
• Welsh: Mercher m

See also

• Appendix on Planets

pl:mercury