merlot

See also: Merlot

English

Noun

merlot (usually uncountable, plural merlots)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Merlot.

Anagrams

• Molter, Romelt, molter

Catalan

Etymology

From merla (“blackbird”) +‎ -ot. Compare guatllot (“male quail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [mərˈlo̞t]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [mərˈlɔt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [meɾˈlɔt]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [merˈlɔt]
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

merlot m (plural merlots)

1. male blackbird
2. (viticulture) Merlot

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “merlot”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “merlot”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

merlot m (plural merlots)

1. Merlot

Further reading

• “merlot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French merlot.

Noun

merlot n (plural merlot-uri)

1. Merlot

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	merlot	merlotul	merlot-uri	merlot-urile
genitive-dative	merlot	merlotului	merlot-uri	merlot-urilor
vocative	merlotule		merlot-urilor

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Merlot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾˈlo/ [meɾˈlo]
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

merlot m (plural merlots)

1. merlot

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.