merle

See also: Merle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɜːl/

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• IPA^(key): /mɝl/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l

Etymology 1

From Middle English merle, from Old French merle (French merle), from Latin merula (“blackbird”) (whence the directly borrowed Middle English merule, and compare the taxonomic name Turdus merula), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mes- (“black, blackbird”). Confer Breton moualch (“ouzel”), Welsh mwyalch (“blackbird, thrush”). Distantly related to the synonymous ouzel.

Noun

merle (plural merles)

1. The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula.
2. Any blackbird.

Translations

The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula

• Bulgarian: кос (bg) m (kos)
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Etymology 2

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Noun

merle (uncountable)

1. A type of mottled colouration on dogs.

Anagrams

• Elmer, Lemer

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French

Etymology

From Latin merula, the word for the male blackbird being mostly female until the 16th century. Probable influence of the Late Latin masculine form merulus (compare Italian merlo, Spanish mirlo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛʁl/

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Noun

merle m (plural merles, feminine merlesse or merlette)

1. blackbird
2. Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula)

Synonyms

• (blackbird): (Louisiana) tchoque

Derived terms

• faute de grives on mange des merles
• grossier merle
• merle blanc
• merle d’Amérique

Anagrams

• mêler

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛr.le/
• Rhymes: -ɛrle
• Hyphenation: mèr‧le

Noun

merle f

1. plural of merla

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Middle English

Noun

merle

1. Alternative form of marle