marle

See also: Marle

English

Noun

marle (countable and uncountable, plural marles)

  1. (now UK dialect) Alternative form of marl

See also

Anagrams

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin merula.

Noun

marle m (plural marles)

  1. blackbird

Synonyms

Eastern Arrernte

Noun

marle

  1. girl

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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

Noun

marle (plural marles)

  1. marl[2]

Descendants
  • English: marl
  • Scots: marl
  • Yola: maarl
  • → Irish: marla, márla

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

Old French

Noun

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

  1. marl (mixed earthy substance)

Descendants
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