melro

Galician

Alternative forms

merlo

Etymology

Attested since 1418 (melrra). From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin merŭlum, from Latin merula.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmɛlrʊ]

Noun

melro m (plural melros)

blackbird
Synonyms: merla, merliño

References

Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “melr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “melro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “melro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “merlo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese melrro, from Late Latin merŭlum, from Latin merula.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛw.ʁu/ [ˈmɛʊ̯.hu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛw.ʁu/ [ˈmɛʊ̯.χu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛw.ʁo/ [ˈmɛʊ̯.ho]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛl.ʁu/ [ˈmɛɫ.ʁu]

Hyphenation: mel‧ro

Noun

melro m (plural melros, feminine mélroa or melra, feminine plural mélroas or melras)

Eurasian blackbird (A common true thrush, Turdus merula)
Synonyms: merlo, mérula

Derived terms

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