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merlin

/ˈmɜːlɪn/MUR-lin
/ˈmɝlɪn/MUR-lin

Meaninga blackbird

Common meaning: a small falcon

Journey through time

  1. Latinmerula‘a blackbird’source
  2. Old Frenchemerillonsource
  3. Middle Englishmerlionsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa blackbird → a small falconmerlin‘a small falcon’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin merula ‘a blackbird’.

Roots

  • merula Latin “a blackbird”

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