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Synecdochic figure of speech
extremes. Some definitions specifies that a merism must contain only two contrasting elements; a merism with this definition is sometimes referred to
Merism
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up mer or -mer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mer or MER may refer to: Management expense ratio Market exchange rate Merrill Lynch's former NYSE
Mer
Viral respiratory infection
respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory infection caused by Middle East respiratory syndrome–related coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Symptoms may range
MERS
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up mers or MERS in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mers may refer to: MERS, Middle East respiratory syndrome Middle East respiratory syndrome–related
Mers
Subprefecture and commune in Hauts-de-France, France
Boulogne-sur-Mer (French: [bulɔɲ syʁ mɛʁ] ; Picard: Boulonne-su-Mér; Dutch: Bonen; Latin: Gesoriacum or Bononia), often called just Boulogne (UK: /bʊˈlɔɪn/
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Book by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Outre-Mer: A Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea is a prose collection by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It was the first major work by Longfellow and
Outre-Mer
Soft redirect to Wiktionary
have an article on "-mer", but its sister project Wiktionary does: Read the Wiktionary entry "-mer" You can also: Search for -mer in Wikipedia to check
-mer
Parts of France located outside Metropolitan France
departments and regions of France (French: départements et régions d'outre-mer, pronounced [depaʁtəmɑ̃ e ʁeʒjɔ̃ dutʁəmɛʁ]; DROM) are the five departments
Overseas departments and regions of France
Overseas_departments_and_regions_of_France
Type of French territorial collectivity
In France, an overseas collectivity (French: collectivité d'outre-mer, abbreviated as COM) is a first-order administrative division, on the same level
Overseas_collectivity
Substrings of length k contained in a biological sequence
3-mers (AGA and GAT) and one 4-mer (AGAT). More generally, a sequence of length L will have L−k+1 k-mers and there exist nk total possible k-mers, where
K-mer
French overseas collectivity in the Pacific
overseas territory (territoire d'outre-mer, or TOM). In 2003, it became an overseas collectivity (collectivité d'outre-mer, or COM). Its statutory law of 27
French_Polynesia
French state archive of materials related to the French colonial empire
The Archives nationales d'outre-mer (National Overseas Archives) in Aix-en-Provence is a branch of the Archives Nationales of France that documents the
Archives nationales d'outre-mer
Archives_nationales_d'outre-mer
French painter (1840–1926)
Hildebrand Gurlitt. Examples of Nazi-looted Monet works include: Bord de Mer, purchased by Austrians Adalbert and Hilda Parlagi in 1936. After the Anschluss
Claude_Monet
Item sequences in computational linguistics
numbers, "one-mer", "two-mer", "three-mer", etc. are used in computational biology for polymers or oligomers of a known size, called k-mers. When the items
N-gram
2009 American film
Timer (stylized as TiMER) is a 2009 science fiction romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Jac Schaeffer in her directorial debut. The
Timer_(film)
First verse of the first chapter of the Book of Genesis
ha'aretz (הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ): "the heavens and the earth"; this is a merism, a figure of speech indicating the two stand not for "heaven" and "earth"
Genesis_1:1
Topics referred to by the same term
La mer may refer to: La mer (Debussy), an orchestral composition by Claude Debussy "La Mer" (song), a 1946 song by Charles Trenet La Mer (horse), (born
La_mer
NASA Mars rover deployed in 2004
Opportunity, also known as MER-B (Mars Exploration Rover – B) or MER-1, and nicknamed Oppy, is a robotic rover that was active on Mars from 2004 until
Opportunity_(rover)
Marine foodstuff
value. Sea cucumbers and the food product are commonly known as bêche-de-mer in French, from Portuguese bicho do mar (lit. 'sea animal'), espardenya in
Sea_cucumbers_as_food
Children's sing-along song from North America
sing-along song from North America. Originally titled "Skid-dy-mer-rink-adink-aboomp" or "Skiddy-Mer-Rink-A-Doo", the initial version of the song was written
Skidamarink
American multinational cosmetics company
after L'Oréal. The company owns a diverse portfolio of brands, including La Mer, Jo Malone London, Clinique and Tom Ford Beauty, among many more, distributed
Estée_Lauder_Companies
Latin for a part (taken) for the whole
concept is used or taken to represent its entirety. It is distinct from a merism, which is a reference to a whole by an enumeration of parts; and metonymy
Pars_pro_toto
Molecule which reacts with other monomers to form a polymer
A monomer (/ˈmɒnəmər/ MON-ə-mər; mono-, "one" + -mer, "part") is a molecule that can react together with other monomer molecules to form a larger polymer
Monomer
Monégasque government-owned company
The Société des bains de mer (French pronunciation: [sɔsjete de bɛ̃ d(ə) mɛʁ]; SBM) is a publicly traded company registered in the Principality of Monaco
Société des bains de mer de Monaco
Société_des_bains_de_mer_de_Monaco
Salutation
binary (see gender binary). "Ladies and gentlemen" is also an example of a merism: the phrase does not refer to only those who are ladies or gentlemen, but
Ladies and gentlemen (salutation)
Ladies_and_gentlemen_(salutation)
Ethnic group of Gujarat, India
Mer, Maher or Mehar (Gujarati: ISO 15919: Mēr, Mahēr, Mēhar) is a caste from the Saurashtra region of Gujarat in India. They are largely based in the
Mer_(community)
French top-level subdivision applied to certain overseas entities
The term overseas territory (French: territoire d'outre-mer, TOM) is an administrative division of France and is currently only applied to the French
Overseas_territory_(France)
Subprefecture and commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Rochefort or Rochfort), also known as Rochefort-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʃfɔʁ syʁ mɛʁ]; Occitan: Ròchafòrt de Mar) for disambiguation, is a
Rochefort,_Charente-Maritime
Sea of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by North, Central, and South America
Territorial evolution of the Caribbean West Indies (Spanish: Mar Caribe; French: Mer des Caraïbes; Haitian Creole: Lanmè Karayib; Jamaican Patois: Kiaribiyan
Caribbean_Sea
Territories under French sovereignty
Overseas France (French: France d'outre-mer, also France ultramarine) consists of 13 French territories outside Europe, mostly the remnants of the French
Overseas_France
NASA mission to explore Mars via two rovers
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission was a robotic space mission involving two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, exploring the planet Mars.
Mars_Exploration_Rover
Free and open-source software distribution
Mer is a discontinued free and open-source software distribution, targeted at hardware vendors to serve as a middleware for Linux kernel-based mobile-oriented
Mer_(software_distribution)
2023 documentary miniseries
MerPeople is a documentary miniseries that premiered May 23, 2023, on Netflix. It explores the subculture and performing art of "mermaiding". Morgana
MerPeople
Island off the coast of Brittany
Belle-Île (French pronunciation: [bɛl il]), Belle-Île-en-Mer (French pronunciation: [bɛl il ɑ̃ mɛʁ]), or Belle Isle (Breton: Ar Gerveur, [arˌɡɛrˈvøːr]; Old
Belle_Île
Orchestral composition by Claude Debussy
La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre (French for The sea, three symphonic sketches for orchestra), or simply La mer (The Sea), L. 109,
La_mer_(Debussy)
1947 English-language version of French song "La mer"
"Beyond the Sea" is the English-language version of the French song "La Mer" by Charles Trenet, popularized by Bobby Darin in 1959. While the French original
Beyond_the_Sea_(song)
Epidemic of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
the Middle East. The virus, which causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), is a novel coronavirus that was first identified in a patient from Jeddah
MERS_outbreak
In Judaism and Christianity, a tree in the Garden of Eden
evil". This may be an example of the type of figure of speech known as merism, a literary device that pairs opposite terms together in order to create
Tree of the knowledge of good and evil
Tree_of_the_knowledge_of_good_and_evil
1946 single by Charles Trenet
"La Mer" ("The Sea") is a song by the French composer, lyricist, singer, and showman Charles Trenet. The song was first recorded by the French singer
La_Mer_(song)
Species of virus
coronavirus (MERS-CoV, Betacoronavirus cameli) or EMC/2012 (HCoV-EMC/2012), is the virus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). It is a species
MERS-related_coronavirus
Organic chemical compound
chemistry, a carbo-mer (often carbo-mer or carbomer) is an expanded molecule obtained by insertion of C2 units into a given molecule. Carbo-mers differ from
Carbo-mer
Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
pronunciation: [bɛʁk]), sometimes referred to as Berck-sur-Mer in French or Berck-su-Mér in Picard (transl. Berck on Sea), is a commune in the northern
Berck
Former NASA Mars rover, active from 2004 to 2010
Spirit, also known as MER-A (Mars Exploration Rover – A) or MER-2, is a Mars robotic rover, active from 2004 to 2010. Spirit was operational on Mars for
Spirit_(rover)
2000 studio album by A Perfect Circle
Mer de Noms (French for "Sea of Names") is the debut studio album by American rock supergroup A Perfect Circle. The album was released on May 23, 2000
Mer_de_Noms
Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Villefranche-sur-Mer (US: /ˌviːl(ə)ˈfrɒ̃ʃ sʊər ˈmɛər/; French: [vilfʁɑ̃ʃ syʁ mɛʁ]; Occitan: Vilafranca de Mar [ˌvilɔˈfʀaŋkɔ de ˈmaʀ]; Italian: Villafranca
Villefranche-sur-Mer
French government agency
Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer ('Marine Accident Investigation Office'), known as BEAmer, is the French agency that investigates accidents
French Marine Accident Investigation Office
French_Marine_Accident_Investigation_Office
American live-action/animated children's television series
cupcake. Gabby & MerCat’s Ship & Spa: Gabby & MerCat's Ship & Spa (set number: 10786) consists of 88 pieces, mini-doll figure of Gabby and MerCat figure. Buildable
Gabby's_Dollhouse
Neologistic personal pronoun
Neopronouns, or xenopronouns, are neologistic third-person personal pronouns beyond those that already exist in a language. In English, neopronouns replace
Neopronoun
Slavic names by country
Slavic names include: Two-base names, e.g., ending in mir/měr (Ostromir/měr, Tihomir/měr, Němir/měr), *voldъ (Vsevolod, Rogvolod), *pъlkъ (Svetopolk, Yaropolk)
Slavic_names
Special administrative region in South Central Coast, Vietnam
the official name of the island was Poulo-Cécir-de-Mer (sometimes written as Pulau Cecir de Mer). Phú Quý comprises a total of ten islands, with Phú
Phú_Quý
Municipality in Oran, Algeria
Mers El Kébir (Arabic: المرسى الكبير, romanized: al-Marsā al-Kabīr, lit. 'The Great Harbor' pronunciation) is a port on the Mediterranean Sea, near Oran
Mers_El_Kébir
Class of primary sauces in French cooking
French cuisine, the mother sauces (French: sauces mères, pronounced [sos mɛʁ]), also known as greater sauces (grandes sauces, pronounced [ɡʁɑ̃d sos])
French_mother_sauces
1870 science fiction novel by Jules Verne
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (French: Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers) is a science fiction adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne. It
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
Twenty_Thousand_Leagues_Under_the_Seas
1997 French film
See the Sea (original title: Regarde la mer) is a 1997 French thriller film written and directed by François Ozon and starring Sasha Hails as a young
See_the_Sea
Rajput clan
Sandhīs, Pīñjārās, Vāñjhās, Dhūḷadhōyās, Rāvaḷs, Vāgharīs, Bhīls, Āñjaṇās, Mer and Ḍhēḍhs. Mani Singh Bachittar Singh Udai Singh Yashwant Singh Parmar Talwinder
Parmar_(clan)
English-based creole language of Vanuatu
became popular in the early-19th century, from French biche de mer or bêche de mer, sea cucumber, itself an alteration of the Portuguese bicho do mar
Bislama
Topics referred to by the same term
outre-mer or outremer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Outre-Mer is an 1830s prose collection by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Outre-Mer may
Outre-Mer_(disambiguation)
King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553
successful, ended with military withdrawal from Scotland and Boulogne-sur-Mer in exchange for peace. The transformation of the Church of England into a
Edward_VI
Part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy
Terracina Terme Vigliatore Italian: Mar Tirreno [mar tirˈrɛːno] French: Mer Tyrrhénienne [mɛʁ tiʁenjɛn] Latin: Tyrrhēnum mare, Sardinian: Mare Tirrenu, Corsican:
Tyrrhenian_Sea
German visual artist and academic
Adelheid Mers (born 1960, Düsseldorf) is a German visual artist and academic. She is a professor and the Chair of the Department of Arts Administration
Adelheid_Mers
Currency used in the French Pacific overseas collectivities
used in the French overseas collectivities (French: collectivités d'outre-mer, or COM) of French Polynesia, New Caledonia, and Wallis and Futuna. The initials
CFP_franc
Mascots of 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Lyo and Merly were the official mascots of the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore. Lyo is an anthropomorphic red male lion whose name
Lyo_and_Merly
Israeli holding company
Mer Group Ltd. is an Israeli holding company comprising 3 autonomous business divisions, each headed by a company with subsidiaries, manufacturing facilities
Mer_Group
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
L'Islet-sur-Mer, and the parish municipality of Saint-Eugène. The municipality got its name from a small island in the river near the village of L'Islet-sur-Mer.
L'Islet,_Quebec
Prefecture and city in France
Saint-Antonin-du-Var Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole Sainte-Maxime Saint-Julien Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer Saint-Martin-de-Pallières
Toulon
French wine growing region
Entre-Deux-Mers is a French region, well known as a Bordeaux wine growing region. The geographical area is situated between the rivers Garonne and Dordogne
Entre-Deux-Mers
Monarch of Aššūrāyu
Ilu-Mer (Akkadian: 𒀭𒈨𒅕, romanized: Ilu-Me-Er) was according to the Assyrian King List (AKL) the 21st Assyrian monarch, ruling in Assyria's early period
Ilu-Mer
Metropolitan and overseas legal districts of France
(collectivités d'outre-mer, or COM) with a semi-autonomous status: French Polynesia (designated as an "overseas country", French: pays d'outre-mer) is divided into
Administrative divisions of France
Administrative_divisions_of_France
Medical condition
Dysphoric milk ejection reflex (D-MER) is a condition in which people who breastfeed develop negative emotions that begin just before the milk ejection
Dysphoric milk ejection reflex
Dysphoric_milk_ejection_reflex
Arrondissement of Casablanca in Casablanca-Settat, Morocco
Mers Sultan (Arabic: مرس السلطان) is an arrondissement of Casablanca, in the Al Fida - Mers Sultan district of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco
Mers_Sultan
Family of American rockets
suborbital scientific payloads. The SLV-1C was also chosen as the rocket for the MER-6A interim ERCS (Emergency Rocket Communications System) vehicle; this provided
Scout_(rocket_family)
Canal in France
with the 193 km (120 mi) long Canal de Garonne, forms the Canal des Deux Mers, joining the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. Strictly speaking, "Canal du
Canal_du_Midi
Musical artist
Simone Rosemonde Mignot (born 20 April 1995), better known as Vendredi sur Mer (French for "Friday by the Sea"), is a Swiss singer-songwriter and photographer
Vendredi_sur_Mer
Anecdotal medical condition
Tateoka in 2025 distinguished SNS from dysphoric milk ejection reflex (D-MER), and found SNS to occur in about 12% of women in their survey. As of 2026
Sad_nipple_syndrome
Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Beaulieu-sur-Mer (French: [boljø syʁ mɛʁ]; Occitan: Bèuluec de Mar; Italian: Belluogo, formerly), or simply Beaulieu, is a seaside commune on the French
Beaulieu-sur-Mer
1940 British attack on the French Navy
The attack on Mers-el-Kébir (Battle of Mers-el-Kébir) on 3 July 1940, during the Second World War, was a British naval attack on French Navy ships at
Attack_on_Mers-el-Kébir
Species of palm tree native to Africa
The nut and tree of the coco de mer is a rare species of palm tree native to Africa, in the Seychelles archipelago in the Indian Ocean. It is the subject
Legends_of_the_coco_de_mer
Section of a polymer whose repetition would reproduce the polymer chain
A repeat unit or repeating unit, or mer, is a part of a polymer whose repetition would produce the complete polymer chain (except for the end groups)
Repeat_unit
World War II landing operation in Europe
Courseulles-sur-Mer, St Aubin-sur-Mer, and Bernières-sur-Mer. The towns had to be cleared in house-to-house fighting. Soldiers on their way to Bény-sur-Mer, 5 kilometres
Normandy_landings
American electronic musician
Star Amerasu (also known by her DJ name Ah-Mer-Ah-Su) is an American musician, DJ, actress, filmmaker and internet personality. First gaining popularity
Star_Amerasu
Rhetorical figure
[clarification needed] Antanaclasis Cognate object Hendiadys Legal doublet Merism Pleonasm (the use of more words than necessary to express an idea) Polyptoton
Figura_etymologica
Castle in Hauts-de-France, France
Château de Boulogne-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [ʃato də bulɔɲ syʁ mɛʁ]) is a castle in the French seaport of Boulogne-sur-Mer, in the Pas-de-Calais
Château_de_Boulogne-sur-Mer
Marginal sea in British Columbia and Washington state
British Columbia Geographical Names Office in February 2010. The French name Mer des Salish is also official in Canada. In a 2019 survey of residents in the
Salish_Sea
Historic house in Rhode Island, United States
Chateau-sur-Mer is one of the first grand Bellevue Avenue mansions of the Gilded Age in Newport, Rhode Island. Located at 474 Bellevue Avenue, it is now
Chateau-sur-Mer
Commune in Normandy, France
Benerville-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [bənɛʁvil syʁ mɛʁ]) is a commune in the Calvados department and Normandy region of north-western France. Communes
Benerville-sur-Mer
Commune in Normandy, France
Tracy-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [tʁasi syʁ mɛʁ] , literally Tracy on Sea) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern
Tracy-sur-Mer
Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃tmaʁi d(ə) la mɛʁ], alternatively with the definite article Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, lit. "(the) Saint
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
2013 book by Mark Forsyth
metaphors to describe distinct parts of her body. Calling this "extended merism, the dismemberment of the loved one", Forsyth quotes: Her yellow locks exceed
The_Elements_of_Eloquence
Subprefecture and commune in Hauts-de-France, France
Montreuil-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tʁœj syʁ mɛʁ] , lit. 'Montreuil on Sea'; Picard: Montreu-su-Mér or Montreul-su-Mér; Dutch: Monsterole) is
Montreuil-sur-Mer
2004 French–Belgian film
Le Silence de la mer (lit. 'The silence of the sea') is a 2004 French-Belgian TV drama film directed by Pierre Boutron, based on the 1942 book of the
Le Silence de la Mer (2004 film)
Le_Silence_de_la_Mer_(2004_film)
Highest-ranking official in Moscow, Russia
The Mayor of Moscow (Russian: Мэр Москвы, romanized: Mer Moskvy) is the head and the highest-ranking official of Moscow, who leads the Government of Moscow
Mayor_of_Moscow
Compound with a metal center bound to ligands
the metal ion are in one plane, the isomer is said to be meridional, or mer. A mer isomer can be considered as a combination of a trans and a cis, since
Coordination_complex
Artificially manufactured fibers, often based on polymers
comes from the Greek prefix 'poly,' which means 'many,' and the suffix 'mer,' which means 'single units'. (Note: each single unit of a polymer is called
Synthetic_fiber
Submarine-launched ballistic missile
Navy. Designed to replace the M45 SLBM (in French terminology the MSBS – Mer-Sol-Balistique-Stratégique "Sea-ground-Strategic ballistic"), it was first
M51_(missile)
Border region between Wales and England
The Welsh Marches (Welsh: Y Mers) is an imprecisely defined area along the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom. The precise meaning
Welsh_Marches
1998 studio album by Madonna
together they expanded the original compositions. The only exception was "Mer Girl", which Madonna recorded largely as presented, completing the vocal
Ray_of_Light
Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Cagnes-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [kaɲ syʁ mɛʁ], literally Cagnes on Sea; Occitan: Canha de Mar) is a French Riviera commune near Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes
Cagnes-sur-Mer
Aboriginal Australian language family
the 400 Aboriginal languages of Australia. The name "Pama–Nyungan" is a merism: it is derived from the two end-points of the range, the Pama languages
Pama–Nyungan_languages
Government ministry of the Soviet Union
Secretary, the organisational structure of the MER mostly stayed the same. As many other Soviet agencies, the MER had an inner-policy group known as the Collegium
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union)
Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Soviet_Union)
Genus of plant, Coco de Mer
Lodoicea, commonly known as the sea coconut, coco de mer, or double coconut, is a monotypic genus in the palm family. The sole species, Lodoicea maldivica
Lodoicea
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