merle

Signification (Anglais)

1. The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula.
2. Any blackbird.

Concepts

merle

turdus merula

Synonymes

blackbird

ousel

ouzel

merl

European blackbird

Turdus merula

Traductions

ميرل

merla

κόσσυφος

merlo

Turdus merula

melro

melro-preto

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mɜːl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: merle

Appartenant à français: merle

Appartenant à moyen anglais: merule

Appartenant à breton: moualch

Appartenant à gallois: mwyalch

In summary

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.