merlot
See also: Merlot
English edit
Noun edit
merlot (usually uncountable, plural merlots)
- Alternative letter-case form of Merlot
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From merla (“blackbird”) + -ot. Compare guatllot (“male quail”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
merlot m (plural merlots)
- male blackbird
Further reading edit
- “merlot” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “merlot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
merlot m (plural merlots)
Further reading edit
- “merlot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
merlot n (plural merlot-uri)
Declension edit
Declension of merlot
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) merlot | merlotul | (niște) merlot-uri | merlot-urile |
genitive/dative | (unui) merlot | merlotului | (unor) merlot-uri | merlot-urilor |
vocative | merlotule | merlot-urilor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French Merlot.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
merlot m (plural merlots)
Usage notes edit
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.