marle

English edit

Noun edit

marle (countable and uncountable, plural marles)

(now UK dialect) Alternative form of marl

See also edit

Marle Green

Anagrams edit

Maler, Lamer, realm, meral, Lemar, lamer, Armel, maerl, Almer, maler, Lerma

Bourguignon edit

Etymology edit

From Latin merula.

Noun edit

marle m (plural marles)

blackbird

Synonyms edit

miâle

Eastern Arrernte edit

Noun edit

marle

girl

References edit

2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

marl, merle

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman marle, from Late Latin margila.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈmarl(ə)/, /ˈmaːrl(ə)/^[1]

Noun edit

marle (plural marles)

marl^[2]

Related terms edit

marlen

Descendants edit

English: marl
Scots: marl
Yola: maarl
→ Irish: marla, márla
- → English: marla

References edit

^ Bliss, A. J. (1969) “Vowel-Quantity in Middle English Borrowings from Anglo-Norman”, in Roger Lass, editor, Approaches to English historical linguistics; an anthology‎^[1], New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 186.
^ “marl(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French edit

Noun edit

marle oblique singular, f (oblique plural marles, nominative singular marle, nominative plural marles)

marl (mixed earthy substance)

Descendants edit

French: marne
→ Middle English: marle, marl, merle
- English: marl
- Scots: marl
- Yola: maarl
- → Irish: marla, márla
  - → English: marla

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