"merle" meaning in English

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Noun

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

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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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