🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

merci

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈmɛr.tʃi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Goods/ɡʊdz/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1450 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il negozio offre una vasta gamma di merci."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Items that are produced for sale or trade.

    "The store offers a wide variety of goods, from clothing to electronics."
  2. 2

    Personal property or possessions.

    "After the move, they had to unpack all their goods and find a place for everything."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English word 'gōd', meaning good, excellent, or valuable, originating from Proto-Germanic *gōda-. Over centuries, the plural form 'goods' evolved specifically to denote movable property, merchandise, or possessions, shifting from a broad moral or qualitative adjective to a concrete economic noun.

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