Merlin

See also: merlin and Merlín

English

Etymology

From Middle English Merlyon, from Medieval Latin Merlinus and Old French Merlin, from Proto-Brythonic *Mor-ðin (literally “sea-hill”), from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɝlɪn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɜːlɪn/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪn

Proper noun

Merlin

1. A wizard in the Arthurian legend.
2. A census-designated place in Josephine County, Oregon, United States.

Translations

Wizard in Arthurian legend

• Arabic: مرلين‎ m
• Armenian: Մեռլին (Meṙlin)
• Breton: Merzhin m, Myrdhin
• Catalan: Merlí m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 梅林 (zh) (Méilín), 魔灵 (Mólíng), 密林 (zh) (Mìlín), 默林 (Mòlín), 墨林 (zh) (Mòlín), 穆林 (Mùlín)

• Cornish: Marzhin
• Dutch: Merlijn (nl) m
• Finnish: Merlin (fi)
• French: Merlin (fr) m

  Old French: Merlin m

• German: Merlin (de) m
• Greek: Μέρλιν m (Mérlin), Μέρλιν ο Μάγος m (Mérlin o Mágos)
• Hebrew: מרלין‎ m
• Italian: Merlino m, mago Merlino m

• Japanese: マーリン (Mārin)
• Korean: 멀린 (meollin)
• Latin: Merlinus m
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: Merlin (pl) m
• Portuguese: Merlin m, Merlim m
• Romanian: Merlin m
• Russian: Ме́рлин (ru) m (Mérlin)
• Spanish: Merlín m
• Thai: เมอร์ลิน
• Ukrainian: Мерлін n (Merlin)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: Myrddin m
• Western Panjabi: مرلن‎

Further reading

• Merlin at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “Merlin”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary
• “Merlin”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Merlin”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Merlin” (US) / “Merlin” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Milner, limner

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Merlim

Etymology

Borrowed from English Merlin.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁ.ˈlĩ/, /ˈmɛʁ.lĩ/

Proper noun

Merlin m

1. (Arthurian legend) Merlin (wizard who helped Arthur)

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Welsh

Proper noun

Merlin

1. Nasal mutation of Berlin.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Berlin	Ferlin	Merlin	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.