merino
See also: Merino
English edit
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- (General American) IPA(key): /məˈɹinoʊ/
Noun edit
merino (countable and uncountable, plural merinos)
- (countable) A sheep of a Spanish breed with long, fine hair.
- (uncountable) The wool of this sheep.
- The fabric made from this wool (or from any similar yarn).
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth (hardback), Duckworth, page 5:
- The Priest pulled the light merino carriage rug higher about his knees.
- A dress made out of merino fabric.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 89:
- "Oh, mamma," cried Georgiana, and the speech was heroic for her who dearly loved dress, "I would rather wear my merino, and then I should keep Isabella in countenance."
- A yarn made from a combination of wool and cotton in imitation of this wool.
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sheep
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mêrino (first-person possessive merinoku, second-person possessive merinomu, third-person possessive merinonya)
- (nonstandard) sheep.
Further reading edit
- “merino” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin maiōrīnus, from maiōr.
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Adjective edit
merino (feminine merina, masculine plural merinos, feminine plural merinas)
- merino (relating to the sheep or wool)
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Noun edit
merino m (plural merinos)
- merino (wool or fabric)
- (historical, Spain) a count who had jurisdiction over a merindad
Descendants edit
- → English: merino
Further reading edit
- “merino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014