Grammatical class

Noun

mer

(countable) sea (large body of water)

Details

Syllables

mer

Phonetics

mɛʁ

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

233

Freq. (movies)

570

Freq. (news)

1236

Sentences

Ça sent la mer.

It smells like the sea.

A1

La mer est verte.

The sea is green.

A1

La mer est bleue.

The sea is blue.

A1

La mer est calme.

The sea is calm.

A1

La mer est apparue.

The sea came into sight.

A2

La mer était agitée.

The sea was rough.

A2

La mer mugit.

The sea roars.

B1

Je n'ai jamais vu la mer.

I've never seen the sea.

B1

Il chevaucha vers la mer.

He rode towards the sea.

B1

C'est le passage vers la mer.

This is the passage to the sea.

B1

La mer est basse.

The sea is down.

B2

J’aime, j’aime, j’aime la solitude parfois. mais j’aime pas les cris quand ils ne s’arrêtent pas, quand les émotions me plongent en mer enragée, quand le manque de moi me fait divaguer.

I love, I love, I sometimes love the loneliness/solitude. But I don't love the crying [cries] when it [they] won't stop, when the emotions plunge me into the enraged sea, when the absence of myself makes me wander.

C2