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Merle
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merle
English
Etymology 1
en :bor fr:Merle + 1
Proper noun
s
en French of en fr - origin.
en male surnames.
en May 3 1968 w:Al Aronowitz New Country Twang Hits Town Life Magazine 12 Merle Haggard is a name out of a morality play. And that's the kind of songs he sings.
Etymology 2
English 19th-century bird name from en merle blackbird, possibly also a variant of en Muriel, en Merrill, etc.
Proper noun
s
en female English.
en 1887 Emily Frances Adeline Sergeant Jacob's Wife 92 Her name was Merle, and to her name she always said she owed the fact that Gilbert Vanborough ever looked at her.
en 1976 From These Hills, From These Valleys: Pennsylvania Writers' Collection 186 University of Pittsburgh Press 082291123X "I wish I had a name like Merle Oberon or Miriam Hopkins," Mary Agnes said dreamily as she scanned the display of Coming Attractions.
Anagrams
en eelmr Lemer Elmer Emler
en unisex given names
Estonian
Etymology
Modern coinage, possibly from et en Merle, associated with similar sounding names like et Merili Muriel or et Merilin Marilyn.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female
French
Etymology
Originally a nickname or an occupational name from fr merle blackbird.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-boulevard Vivier-Merle.wav
Proper noun
fr
Anagrams
fr mêler
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈmɛrlə/ [ˈmɛʁ.lə] [ˈmɛɐ̯.lə]
Etymology 1
de la-vul la
From de gmh merle, from de goh merla, from de gmw-pro *merlā blackbird. de Amsel blackbird.
Noun
f
de now chiefly dialectal blackbird
de Amsel Schwarzdrossel
de 1844 w:Annette von Droste-Hülshoff Die Nadel im Baume Gedichte Stuttgart 221 Eine schlanke schmächtige Erle, Da saßen wir oft in wachendem Traum Und horchten dem Schlage der Merle; Die hatte ihr struppiges Nest gebaut Grad in der schwankenden Krone[.] A slim and slender alder, There we often sat in waking dream And listened to the blackbird’s cry; She had built her scrubby nest Right in the swaying top[.]
Declension
f
Etymology 2
de en Merle with a de 1 (likely reinforced by etymology 1 above).
Proper noun
f.gen:s:-[with an article]
de female modern