merle
merle · merles
чорний дрізд
чёрный дрозд, американская иволга, желтушник
Amsel, Schwarzdrossel
A Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merulaA Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula.
UK/mɜːl/US/mɝl/
Meaning
4 sensesA Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula.
Any blackbird.
(countable, uncountable)A type of mottled coloration on dogs.
(countable, uncountable)A dog having this coloration.
More definitions
- common black European thrush
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English merle, from Old French merle (French merle), from Latin merula (“blackFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: merlesSynonyms
6 synonymsClose in meaning
- common black European thrush:blackbirdmerlouzelouselEuropean blackbirdTurdus merula
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedmerled