Mêtî

merlette

Mane (Îngilîzî)

  1. (feminine) the merlette
  2. (feminine) female blackbird

Werger

merleta

merlet

merlette gestümmelte Amsel

merlette martlet

merleta

martlet

Merlette

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

From merle + -ette, literally “little blackbird”, the word for the male blackbird being mostly female until the 16th century (a male: "une merle", a little male: "une merlette"). Meaning 2 (hen blackbird) appears in 1839.

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