merle

Other forms of merle

plural

merles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about merle

What does merle mean?

merle means "common black European thrush".

How many syllables are in merle?

merle has 1 syllable: merle. In IPA it is /ˈmɝl/.

What is another word for merle?

Close synonyms include blackbird, merl, ouzel, ousel, European blackbird. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is merle a common word?

merle is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with merle?

1 word rhymes with merle. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.