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merle en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /mɜːl/ (UK)
• /mɝl/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. A Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula.
2. Any blackbird.

Forms

Translations (3)

pl kos (Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula) · bg кос (Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula) · pl kos zwyczajny (Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula)

merle en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /mɜːl/ (UK)
• /mɝl/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A type of mottled coloration on dogs.
2. (countable, uncountable) A dog having this coloration.

Forms

Deriveds

merled