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See also: Merino
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Merino_sheep.png/220px-Merino_sheep.png)
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /məˈɹinoʊ/
Noun
[edit]merino (countable and uncountable, plural merinos)
- (countable) A sheep of a Spanish breed with long, fine hair.
- (uncountable) The wool of this sheep.
- The fabric made from this wool (or from any similar yarn).
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth (hardback), Duckworth, page 5:
- The Priest pulled the light merino carriage rug higher about his knees.
- A dress made out of merino fabric.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 89:
- "Oh, mamma," cried Georgiana, and the speech was heroic for her who dearly loved dress, "I would rather wear my merino, and then I should keep Isabella in countenance."
- A yarn made from a combination of wool and cotton in imitation of this wool.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]sheep
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Anagrams
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mêrino (first-person possessive merinoku, second-person possessive merinomu, third-person possessive merinonya)
- (nonstandard) sheep.
Further reading
[edit]- “merino” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Late Latin maiōrīnus, from maiōr.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]merino (feminine merina, masculine plural merinos, feminine plural merinas)
- merino (relating to the sheep or wool)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Noun
[edit]merino m (plural merinos)
- merino (wool or fabric)
- (historical, Spain) a count who had jurisdiction over a merindad
Descendants
[edit]- → English: merino
Further reading
[edit]- “merino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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