merger

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

merger

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɜː.d͡ʒə/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) enPR: mûrʹjər, IPA^(key): /ˈmɝ.d͡ʒɚ/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: merg‧er

Etymology 1

From merge +‎ -er.

Noun

merger (plural mergers)

One that merges.

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman merger (verb used as noun).

Noun

merger (plural mergers)

The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.
Club mergers reduced the number of teams by half
(economics) The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.
(law) An absorption of one or more estate(s) or contract(s) into one other, all being held by the same owner; of several counts of accusation into one judgement, etc.
(phonology) A type of sound change where two or more sounds merge into one.
the cot-caught merger

Synonyms

Antonyms

division

Derived terms

Related terms

mergence

Translations

the act or process of merging

Arabic: اِنْدِمَاج (ar) m (indimāj)
Belarusian: зліццё n (zliccjó), зьліцьцё n (zʹlicʹcjó)
Bulgarian: сливане (bg) n (slivane), обединяване (obedinjavane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 合併／合并 (zh) (hébìng)
Czech: fúze (cs) f
Dutch: samensmelting (nl) f, versmelting (nl), fusie (nl) f
Finnish: yhdistyminen (fi), yhteensulautuminen, sulautuminen (fi), sulauttaminen
French: fusionnement (fr) m, fusion (fr) f
Georgian: შერწყმა (šerc̣q̇ma), გაერთიანება (gaertianeba)
German: Verschmelzung (de) f, Fusion (de) f, Zusammenfügung f
Hindi: विलय (hi) m (vilay)
Hungarian: egyesülés (hu), összeolvadás (hu), fúzió (hu)
Italian: fusione (it) f, unione (it) f
Japanese: 合併 (ja) (がっぺい, gappei), 統合 (ja) (とうごう, tōgō)
Korean: 합병 (ko) (hapbyeong)
Macedonian: спојување n (spojuvanje)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sammenslåing (no) m or f
Persian: ادغام (fa) (edğâm)
Polish: fuzja (pl) f
Portuguese: fusão (pt) f
Russian: слия́ние (ru) n (slijánije), поглоще́ние (ru) n (pogloščénije) (takeover, absorption)
Slovak: fúzia f
Spanish: fusión (es) f, unión (es) f
Swedish: sammanslagning (sv)
Ukrainian: злиття́ n (zlyttjá), злива́ння n (zlyvánnja)

an absorption into one estate, contract etc.

Dutch: opslorping, amalgamatie f
Finnish: sulautuminen (fi), sulautuma (fi)
Georgian: შთანთქმა (štantkma), შერწყმა (šerc̣q̇ma)
Russian: слия́ние (ru) n (slijánije), поглоще́ние (ru) n (pogloščénije) (takeover, absorption)

type of sound change merging two or more sounds — see phonemic merger

the legal union of two or more corporations

Armenian: միաձուլում (hy) (miajulum)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 合併／合并 (zh) (hébìng)
Dutch: fusie (nl) f
Finnish: fuusio (fi), yritysfuusio (fi), sulautuminen (fi)
French: fusion (fr) f
Georgian: შერწყმა (šerc̣q̇ma), შეერთება (šeerteba), გაერთიანება (gaertianeba)
German: Fusion (de) f, Firmenzusammenschluss m, Zusammenschluss (de) m
Hindi: विलय (hi) m (vilay)
Indonesian: penggabungan (id)
Japanese: 合併 (ja) (がっぺい, gappei), 統合 (ja) (とうごう, tōgō)
Portuguese: fusão (pt) f
Russian: слия́ние (ru) n (slijánije), поглоще́ние (ru) n (pogloščénije) (takeover, absorption), объедине́ние (ru) n (obʺjedinénije)
Spanish: fusión (es) f
Ukrainian: злиття́ n (zlyttjá)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

German: ^{(please verify)} Zusammenschluss (de) m, ^{(please verify)} Fusion (de) f
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} fusion, ^{(please verify)} fusionamento
Latin: ^{(please verify)} fusio f

References

“merger”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“merger”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

References