Mercedes

See also: mercedes

English

Etymology

From Spanish Mercedes. The car was named for Mercédès Jellinek, the daughter of Austrian businessman Emil Jellinek who ordered 36 cars from Gottlieb Daimler.[1]

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /mɚˈseɪdiz/, /mɑɹˈseɪdiz/

Proper noun

Mercedes (plural Mercedes)

A female given name occasionally borrowed from Spanish.

Translations

female given name

Catalan: Mercè f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 梅塞德斯, 梅塞德斯 (Méisāidésī)
Finnish: Mercedes

Hungarian: Mercédesz (hu)
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: Мерсе́дес (ru) f (Mɛrsɛ́dɛs)
Spanish: Mercedes (es) f

Noun

Mercedes (plural Mercedes)

Clipping of Mercedes-Benz, a car manufactured by Mercedes-Benz.
Synonyms: Benz, Mercedes-Benz

Derived terms

Merc (abbreviation)

Translations

short form of Mercedes Benz

Chinese:
Mandarin: 奔馳 (zh), 奔驰 (zh) (Bēnchí), 賓士, 宾士 (Bīnshì), 平治 (zh) (Píngzhì), 朋馳, 朋驰 (Péngchí)
Finnish: Mersu
Galician: Mercedes (gl) m
Georgian: მერსედესი (mersedesi)
Japanese: メルセデス (Merusedesu), ベンツ (Bentsu)
Korean: 메르세데스 (Mereusedeseu), 벤츠 (Bencheu)

Macedonian: Мерце́дес m (Mercédes), Ме́чка f (Méčka), Ме́рџо n (Mérdžo)
Polish: Mercedes (pl) m
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: Мерседе́с (ru) m (Mɛrsɛdɛ́s), Мерс m (Mers) (colloquial)
Serbo-Croatian: Mercedes (sh) m
Turkish: Mercedes

References

Michelle Krebs (2001-10-19), “Her Name Still Rings A Bell”, in New York Times‎: “Jellinek agreed to order 36 cars if they bore the name of his daughter -- and if the factory gave him an exclusive sales agency for America and parts of Europe. Daimler agreed.”

Spanish

Etymology

From mercedes (“mercies”), shortened from María (de las) Mercedes, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Mercy".

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /meɾˈθedes/, [meɾˈθeðes]

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /merˈsedes/, [merˈseðes]

Proper noun

Mercedes f

A female given name.

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