How to pronounce mercantile
American English pronunciation
MUR-kun-teel
- IPA
- /ˈmɝkənˌtil/
- Syllables
- MUR · kun · teel (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
- Also said
- MUR-kun-tyl
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What mercantile means
Having to do with trade and merchants
In a sentence: The old port was a busy mercantile town full of ships and shops.
Where it comes from: It comes from French and Italian, from an Italian word meaning "merchant."
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