marle

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

marle (countable and uncountable, plural marles)

  1. (now UK dialect) Alternative form of marl

See also[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Bourguignon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin merula.

Noun[edit]

marle m (plural marles)

  1. blackbird

Synonyms[edit]

Eastern Arrernte[edit]

Noun[edit]

marle

  1. girl

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Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

marle (plural marles)

  1. marl[2]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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[1], 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[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. marl (mixed earthy substance)

Descendants[edit]