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Definition: Merle |
MerleNoun1. Common black European thrush. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Merle" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the bright sea". |
Date "merle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Synonyms: MerleSynonyms: blackbird (n), merl (n), ousel (n), ouzel (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Merle |
| English words defined with "merle": collegial. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "merle": Merulidan. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Merle" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (blackbird). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Le Merle (1958) | |
Song Titles | Are The Good Times Really Over (performing artist: Merle Haggard) If We Make It Through December (performing artist: Merle Haggard) Mama Tried (performing artist: Merle Haggard) Okie From Muskogee (performing artist: Merle Haggard) Pancho & Lefty (performing artist: Merle Haggard / Willie Nelson) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Doctor Merle T. Adkins. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Merle Curti, bust portrait, facing slightly right. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Merle Thorpe. Portrait of Merle Thorpe from sketch I. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Merle" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Merle" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 21 | 76,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "merle" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Merle | First name Female | 11,000 | 839 |
| Merle | First name Male | 21,000 | 468 |
| Merle | Last name | 1,000 | 18,087 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Merle" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the bright sea". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Merle." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Merla | Female | English | Merle |
| Merle | Female, Male | English | Merrill |
| Merletta | Female | English | Merle |
| Merrill | Male, Female | English | Muriel |
| Muriel | Female | English | Muirgheal |
| Muriel | Female | French | Muirgheal |
| Muirgheal | Female | Irish | N/A |
| Muriel | Female | Irish | Muirgheal |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "merle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ίόσσυφοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erlemay Merecimento (desert, deserving, merit, value, worth). (various references) черный дрозд (blackbird). (various references) Mirlo (blackbird, ouzel). (various references) Koltrast (blackbird). (various references) чорний "різд (Colly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "merle": merles. (additional references) | |
Words containing "merle": camerlengo, camerlengos, hammerless. (additional references) | |
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"Merle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amerle, Emberley, erlen, erlo, marla, Marle, Marlee, marler, Marlet, Marlex, marli, marlo, martle, meale, meekle, meeler, meglio, meile, meilee, mekle, mele, meleh, melle, melraw, Meole, meral, Merce, merde, meree, Merie, Meriem, merlan, Merlay, merlet, merley, Merli, Merlo, meroe, merol, merse, Mertle, merula, Merule, Merzey, metle, Meuli, Miehle, Mierle, Mierlo, Mirela, mirl, morcle, Morle, morlse, Muehlen, murel, Murl, murle, murtle, nerl, nurle, terle, verle, werle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "merle" (pronounced mer"l) |
| 3 | m er" l | merl. |
| 2 | -er" l | birle, Burl, curl, earl, girl, herl, hurl, Pearl, swirl, twirl, unfurl, whirl, whorl. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-l-m-r" | |
-1 letter: leer, mere, merl, reel. | |
-2 letters: eel, elm, eme, ere, lee, mel, ree, rem. | |
-3 letters: el, em, er, me, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-l-m-r" | |
+1 letter: elmier, melder, melter, merely, merles, mewler, relume, remelt. | |
+2 letters: eelworm, emerald, empaler, gleamer, gomerel, klezmer, lemures, mealier, meddler, melders, melters, mewlers, modeler, morelle, premeal, reclame, relumed, relumes, remelts, remodel, resmelt, smeller, smelter, thermel, tremble, vermeil. | |
+3 letters: aldermen, amarelle, atremble, cameleer, comelier, demersal, demurely, eelworms, electrum, embalmer, emblazer, emeralds, empalers, employer, empurple, empyreal, enameler, exemplar, gleamers, gleamier, gomerels, homelier, impeller, klezmers, lamenter, lemurine, limbered, limberer, lumbered, lumberer, mackerel, marveled, materiel, meagerly, meagrely, measlier, meddlers, mellower, modelers, modeller, moldered, molester, morelles, morseled, motleyer, muleteer, murrelet, overmelt, periblem, preamble, preflame, realtime, rebeldom, reclames, reemploy, refilmed, relumine, remailed, remedial, remelted, remodels, remolade, remolded, remotely, resample, resemble, resmelts, riflemen, seemlier, smellers, smellier, smelters, smeltery, solemner, telegram, telemark, telomere, termless, thermels, timelier, trameled, trembled, trembler, trembles, vermeils, welcomer, yarmelke. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 65 72 6C 65 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- . .-. .-.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100101 01110010 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M e r l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0065 0072 006C 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4771847871 |
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