marle

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English

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Noun

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marle (countable and uncountable, plural marles)

  1. (now UK dialect) Alternative form of marl

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Anagrams

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Bourguignon

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Etymology

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From Latin merula.

Noun

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marle m (plural marles)

  1. blackbird

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Eastern Arrernte

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Noun

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marle

  1. girl

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman marle, from Late Latin margila.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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marle (plural marles)

  1. marl[2]
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Descendants

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  • English: marl
  • Scots: marl
  • Yola: maarl
  • Irish: marla, márla

References

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  1. ^ Bliss, A. J. (1969) “Vowel-Quantity in Middle English Borrowings from Anglo-Norman”, in Roger Lass, editor, Approaches to English historical linguistics; an anthology[1], New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 186.
  2. ^ marl(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

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Noun

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marle oblique singularf (oblique plural marles, nominative singular marle, nominative plural marles)

  1. marl (mixed earthy substance)

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