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