"Merlin" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈmɝlɪn/ [General-American], /ˈmɜːlɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Merlin.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Merlins [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪn Etymology: From Middle English Merlyn, from Medieval Latin Merlinus and Old French Merlin, from Proto-Brythonic *Mor-ðin (literally “sea-hill”), from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Merlyn}} Middle English Merlyn, {{der|en|ML.|Merlinus}} Medieval Latin Merlinus, {{der|en|fro|Merlin}} Old French Merlin, {{der|en|cel-bry-pro|*Mor-ðin|lit=sea-hill}} Proto-Brythonic *Mor-ðin (literally “sea-hill”), {{der|en|cel-pro|*mori||sea}} Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”), {{m|cel-pro|*dūnom||stronghold, rampart}} *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Merlin (plural Merlins)
  1. A wizard in the Arthurian legend. Translations (Wizard in Arthurian legend): مرلين [masculine] (Arabic), Մեռլին (Meṙlin) (Armenian), Merzhin [masculine] (Breton), Myrdhin (Breton), Merlí [masculine] (Catalan), 梅林 (Méilín) (Chinese Mandarin), 魔灵 (Mólíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 密林 (Mìlín) (Chinese Mandarin), 默林 (Mòlín) (Chinese Mandarin), 墨林 (Mòlín) (Chinese Mandarin), 穆林 (Mùlín) (Chinese Mandarin), Marzhin (Cornish), Merlijn [masculine] (Dutch), Merlin (Finnish), Merlin [masculine] (French), Merlin [masculine] (German), Μέρλιν (Mérlin) [masculine] (Greek), Μέρλιν ο Μάγος (Mérlin o Mágos) [masculine] (Greek), מרלין [masculine] (Hebrew), Merlino [masculine] (Italian), mago Merlino [masculine] (Italian), マーリン (Mārin) (Japanese), 멀린 (Meollin) (Korean), Merlinus [masculine] (Latin), Merlin [masculine] (Old French), مرلین (Persian), Merlin [masculine] (Polish), Merlin [masculine] (Portuguese), Merlim [masculine] (Portuguese), Merlin [masculine] (Romanian), Ме́рлин (Mérlin) [masculine] (Russian), Merlín [masculine] (Spanish), เมอร์ลิน (Thai), Мерлін (Merlin) [neuter] (Ukrainian), Merlin (Vietnamese), Myrddin [masculine] (Welsh), مرلن (Western Panjabi)
    Sense id: en-Merlin-en-name-ZHGcv3lD Disambiguation of 'Wizard in Arthurian legend': 52 16 32
  2. A male given name. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Derived forms: Merlinic
    Sense id: en-Merlin-en-name-yDfLNrGi
  3. A census-designated place in Josephine County, Oregon, United States. Categories (topical): Arthurian mythology Categories (place): Census-designated places in Oregon, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in Oregon, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Merlin-en-name-RaaDwLsq Disambiguation of Arthurian mythology: 13 16 71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 15 75 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 11 69

Proper name [Portuguese]

IPA: /meʁˈlĩ/ [Brazil], [meɦˈlĩ] [Brazil], /meʁˈlĩ/ [Brazil], [meɦˈlĩ] [Brazil], /meɾˈlĩ/ [São-Paulo], /meʁˈlĩ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], /meɻˈlĩ/ [Southern-Brazil]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English Merlin. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pt|en|Merlin}} Unadapted borrowing from English Merlin Head templates: {{head|pt|proper noun|||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} Merlin m, {{pt-proper noun|m}} Merlin m
  1. (Arthurian legend) Merlin (wizard who helped Arthur) Wikipedia link: pt:Merlin Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Arthurian mythology Synonyms: Merlim
    Sense id: en-Merlin-pt-name-AWtFdvTi Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Proper name [Welsh]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Berlin [mutation, mutation-radical], Ferlin [mutation, mutation-soft], Merlin [mutation, mutation-nasal]
Head templates: {{head|cy|mutated proper noun}} Merlin Inflection templates: {{cy-mut|Berlin}}
  1. Nasal mutation of Berlin. Tags: form-of, mutation-nasal Form of: Berlin
    Sense id: en-Merlin-cy-name-fsUzfjXV Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header based on style, BUT Welsh is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS; cleaned text: Ferlin, style: padding-bottom:4px;////NodeKind.TABLE_CELL",
  "path": [
    "Merlin"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Merlin",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/2512",
  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header based on style, BUT Welsh is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS; cleaned text: unchanged, style: padding-bottom:4px;////NodeKind.TABLE_CELL",
  "path": [
    "Merlin"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Merlin",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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