Mercedes

Language: en

🇬🇧 /məˈseɪdiːz/ 🇺🇸 /mɜrˈseɪdiːz/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A German luxury automobile brand, formally known as Mercedes-Benz, manufactured by Daimler AG.; A female given name of Spanish origin, derived from the title of the Virgin Mary, María de las Mercedes.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: mercedes

Collocations

drive a mercedesmercedes dealermercedes-benzown a mercedes

Derivatives

mercedes-benz

Commonly confused

merc
EN: 'Merc' is an informal/slang abbreviation of Mercedes, commonly used in British English.

Spelling tips

EN: The original Spanish name carries an accent (Mercedes), often omitted in English. The word is frequently mispronounced as 'mer-SEE-deez' instead of the correct 'mer-SAY-deez'.

💬 Examples

  1. She drove a silver Mercedes to the gala event.

  2. Mercedes is a popular name in Spanish-speaking countries.