"merle" meaning in French

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Noun

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, {{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] Synonyms (blackbird; Missouri): estorneau
    Sense id: en-merle-fr-noun-PoGSz6F9 Disambiguation of 'blackbird': 65 35 Disambiguation of 'blackbird; Missouri': 61 39
  2. Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula) Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Thrushes
    Sense id: en-merle-fr-noun-pYuvKkvt Disambiguation of Thrushes: 15 85 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 32 27 4 3 6 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 28 2 2 4 33 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: faute de grives on mange des merles, grossier merle, merle blanc, merle d’Amérique

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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    },
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