merlot

See also: Merlot

English

Noun

merlot (usually uncountable, plural merlots)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Merlot

Anagrams

• Molter, Romelt, molter

Catalan

Etymology

From merla (“blackbird”) +‎ -ot. Compare guatllot (“male quail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mərˈlɔt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [meɾˈlɔt]
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

merlot m (plural merlots)

1. male blackbird

Further reading

• “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

Pronunciation

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Noun

merlot m (plural merlots)

1. Merlot

Further reading

• “merlot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French merlot.

Noun

merlot n (plural merlot-uri)

1. Merlot

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	merlot	merlotul		merlot-uri	merlot-urile
genitive-dative	merlot	merlotului		merlot-uri	merlot-urilor
vocative	merlotule			merlot-urilor

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Merlot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾˈlo/ [meɾˈlo]
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

merlot m (plural merlots)

1. merlot

Usage notes

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.