merle

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English

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Etymology 1

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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). Compare Breton moualch (ouzel), Welsh mwyalch (blackbird, thrush). Distantly related to the synonymous ouzel.

Noun

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merle (plural merles)

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

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun

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merle (countable and uncountable, plural merles)

  1. A type of mottled coloration on dogs.
  2. A dog having this coloration.

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin merula, the word for the male blackbird being mostly female until the 16th century.[1] Probable influence of the Late Latin masculine form merulus (compare Italian merlo, Spanish mirlo).

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merle m (plural merles, feminine merlesse or merlette)

  1. blackbird
  2. Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula)

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References

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  1. ^ merle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

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merle f

  1. plural of merla

Middle English

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merle

  1. Alternative form of marle