"merle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /mɜːl/ [UK], /mɝl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-merle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: merles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|merle}} Middle English merle, {{der|en|fro|merle}} Old French merle, {{cog|fr|merle}} French merle, {{der|en|la|merula|t=blackbird}} Latin merula (“blackbird”), {{cog|enm|merule}} Middle English merule, {{taxfmt|Turdus merula|species}} Turdus merula, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂mes-||black, blackbird}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂mes- (“black, blackbird”), {{cog|br|moualch||ouzel}} Breton moualch (“ouzel”), {{cog|cy|mwyalch||blackbird, thrush}} Welsh mwyalch (“blackbird, thrush”), {{m|en|ouzel}} ouzel Head templates: {{en-noun}} merle (plural merles)
  1. The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula. Categories (lifeform): Thrushes Translations (The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula): кос (kos) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kos [masculine] (Polish), kos zwyczajny [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-merle-en-noun-snpuYkmo Disambiguation of Thrushes: 72 20 4 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 19 2 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 12 3 3 Disambiguation of 'The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula': 88 12
  2. Any blackbird.
    Sense id: en-merle-en-noun-Cu~bKp9b
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /mɜːl/ [UK], /mɝl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-merle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: merles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l Etymology templates: {{wp|Merle (dog coat)}} Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} merle (countable and uncountable, plural merles)
  1. A type of mottled coloration on dogs. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-merle-en-noun-JKNXtoc6
  2. A dog having this coloration. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-merle-en-noun-mCjFS5aW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [French]

IPA: /mɛʁl/ Audio: Fr-merle.ogg Forms: merles [plural], merlesse [feminine], merlette [feminine]
Etymology: Inherited from Latin merula, the word for the male blackbird being mostly female until the 16th century. Probable influence of the Late Latin masculine form merulus (compare Italian merlo, Spanish mirlo). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|la|merula|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin merula, {{inh+|fr|la|merula}} Inherited from Latin merula, {{inh|fr|LL.|-}} Late Latin, {{m|la||merulus}} merulus, {{cog|it|merlo}} Italian merlo, {{cog|es|mirlo}} Spanish mirlo Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=merlesse|f2=merlette}} merle m (plural merles, feminine merlesse or merlette)
  1. blackbird Tags: masculine Synonyms (blackbird): tchoque [Louisiana]
    Sense id: en-merle-fr-noun-PoGSz6F9 Disambiguation of 'blackbird': 60 40
  2. Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula) Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Birds
    Sense id: en-merle-fr-noun-pYuvKkvt Disambiguation of Birds: 10 90 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: faute de grives on mange des merles, grossier merle, merle blanc, merle d’Amérique

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /ˈmɛr.le/
Rhymes: -ɛrle Head templates: {{head|it|noun form|g=f}} merle f
  1. plural of merla Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: merla
    Sense id: en-merle-it-noun-AbBzlL5~ Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} merle
  1. Alternative form of marle Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: marle
    Sense id: en-merle-enm-noun-gXy55Tl- Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    },
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        "Southern-England"
      ],
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kos",
      "sense": "The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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        "masculine"
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    }
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    "merle"
  ],
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}

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    "English nouns",
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    "English uncountable nouns",
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    "French terms inherited from Latin",
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    },
    {
      "word": "grossier merle"
    },
    {
      "word": "merle blanc"
    },
    {
      "word": "merle d’Amérique"
    }
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "mirlo"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish mirlo",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      "form": "merles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "merlesse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "merlette",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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          "blackbird"
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      ],
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        "masculine"
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      ],
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        [
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          "Eurasian blackbird"
        ],
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        ]
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/mɛʁl/"
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    {
      "sense": "blackbird",
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ],
      "word": "tchoque"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Trésor de la langue française informatisé",
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  ],
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}

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      },
      "expansion": "merle f",
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian non-lemma forms",
        "Italian noun forms",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Rhymes:Italian/ɛrle/2 syllables"
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          "word": "merla"
        }
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}

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        "2": "noun"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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          "word": "marle"
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        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns"
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        "alternative"
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