merle

(Inglese)

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

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/mɜːl/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: merle

Affine francese: merle

Affine inglese medio: merule

Affine bretone: moualch

Affine gallese: 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.

Concetti

merlo

Turdus merula

sinonimi

blackbird

ousel

ouzel

merl

European blackbird

Turdus merula

Traduzioni

merle

merla

κόσσυφος

turdus merula

kos

kos zwyczjny

melro

ميرل

melro-preto