merlon

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɜːlən/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɝl(ə)n/ Hyphenation: mer‧lon === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French merlon, from Italian merlone (“merlon”), from merlo (“merlon”) + -one (suffix forming augmentatives). Merlo is derived from Late Latin merulus, merlus, possibly from Latin merula (“blackbird”) (as merlons resemble a row of birds perched on a wall), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- (“black; blackbird”). The English word is cognate with Italian mergolo (“battlement; pinnacle”), Portuguese merlão, Spanish merlón (“merlon”). ==== Noun ==== merlon (plural merlons) (architecture, military, historical) Any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement, originally for archers to shield behind while shooting arrows over the embrasures, or through loopholes in the merlons. Synonyms: cop, (heraldry) embattle ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === A variant of merlin. ==== Noun ==== merlon (plural merlons) Alternative spelling of merlin (“a small falcon, Falco columbarius”). === Notes === === References === === Further reading === merlon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === From Italian merlone (“merlon”), from merlo (“merlon”) + -one (suffix forming augmentatives). Merlo is derived from Late Latin merulus, merlus, possibly from Latin merula (“blackbird”) (as merlons resemble a row of birds perched on a wall), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- (“black; blackbird”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɛʁ.lɔ̃/ Hyphenation: mer‧lon === Noun === merlon m (plural merlons) (architecture, military) merlon ==== Descendants ==== → English: merlon === References === === Further reading === “merlon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French merlon. === Noun === merlon n (plural merloane) merlon ==== Declension ====