merlot

merlot (usually uncountable, plural merlots)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Merlot.

• Molter, Romelt, molter

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

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

merlot m (plural merlots)

1. male blackbird

• “merlot” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “merlot”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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merlot m (plural merlots)

1. Merlot

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

Borrowed from French merlot.

merlot n (plural merlot-uri)

1. Merlot

Unadapted borrowing from French Merlot.

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

merlot m (plural merlots)

1. merlot

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.