how to pronounce mercury

/ˈmɜː.kjə.ɹi/

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mercury is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of mercury in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… cinnabar and ore of mercury the bay …”

meanings of mercury

noun:

A carrier of tidings; a newsboy, a messenger.
An annual plant, annual mercury (Mercurialis annua), formerly grown for its medicinal properties; French mercury, herb mercury.
A similar edible plant (Blitum bonus-henricus), otherwise known as English mercury or allgood.
Any of several types of plant.
Liveliness, volatility.
Someone who carries messages between lovers; a go-between.
Ambient pressure or temperature (from the use of mercury in barometers and thermometers).
Any plant of any species of the genus and the genus Mercurialis.
A newspaper.
A silvery-colored, toxic, metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg.
The poison oak or poison ivy.
One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals.
A metal.

name:

The planet in the solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by ☿.
The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger. He wore winged sandals. Mercury corresponded to the Greek god Hermes.

mercury frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word mercury occurs in english on average 11.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.