merle

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɜːl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: merle

Cognate with French: merle

Cognate with Middle English: merule

Cognate with Breton: moualch

Cognate with Welsh: 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.

Synonyms

blackbird

ousel

ouzel

merl

European blackbird

Turdus merula

Translations

merle

merla

κόσσυφος

turdus merula

merlo

Turdus merula

kos

kos zwyczjny

melro

ميرل

melro-preto