merlette

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English

Etymology

A merlette in French heraldry

From Late Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman merlet (from merle (“blackbird”) + -et (“suffix forming a noun”)), or from Middle French merlette (“female blackbird; merlette (heraldic charge)”) (from merle (“blackbird”) + -ette (“diminutive suffix forming a feminine noun”).[1] Merle is from Latin merula (“blackbird”), from Proto-Indo-European *ams- (“black; blackbird”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: mer‧lette

Noun

merlette (plural merlettes)

  1. (heraldry) In French heraldry, a depiction of a mythological bird without beak or feet.

See also

References

  1. ^ “merlette”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

French

Etymology

From merle +‎ -ette

Noun

merlette f (plural merlettes)

  1. Female blackbird.
  2. (heraldry) The merlette.

Further reading

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