name
Meaning 1
A wizard in the Arthurian legend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
merlin
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈmɝlɪn/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɜːlɪn/
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name
Meaning 2
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A census-designated place in Josephine County, Oregon, United States.
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noun
Meaning 4
A small falcon, Falco columbarius, that breeds in northern North America, Europe, and Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: pigeon hawk
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A cytoskeletal protein active in the suppression of tumors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: schwannomin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: protein
noun
Meaning 6
small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pigeon hawk, Falco columbarius
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: falcon
noun
Meaning 7
(Arthurian legend) the magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fictional character, fictitious character, character
History
Etymology
From Middle English Merlyn, from Medieval Latin Merlinus and Old French Merlin, from Proto-Brythonic *Mor-ðin (literally “sea-hill”), from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”).
From Middle English merlioun, merlion, marlyon, merlyon, merlinge, from Old French emerillon, esmerillon, from Old Frankish *smiril (“falcon, hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *smirilaz (“falcon, merlin”). Cognate with Old High German smirl (“falcon”), Old Norse smyrill (“falcon”).
Acronym of moesin-Ezrin-Radixin-like protein + -in (“protein”)
Across languages
Translations
79 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مرلين — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Armenian: Մեռլին (Meṙlin) — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Breton: Merzhin — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Breton: Myrdhin — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Catalan: Merlí — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Chinese Mandarin: 梅林 (Méilín) — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Chinese Mandarin: 魔灵 (Mólíng) — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Chinese Mandarin: 密林 (Mìlín) — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Chinese Mandarin: 默林 (Mòlín) — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Chinese Mandarin: 墨林 (Mòlín) — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Chinese Mandarin: 穆林 (Mùlín) — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Cornish: Marzhin — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Dutch: Merlijn — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Finnish: Merlin — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- French: Merlin — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Old French: Merlin — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- German: Merlin — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Greek: Μέρλιν (Mérlin) — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Greek: Μέρλιν ο Μάγος (Mérlin o Mágos) — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Hebrew: מרלין — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Italian: Merlino — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Italian: mago Merlino — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Japanese: マーリン (Mārin) — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Korean: 멀린 (Meollin) — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Latin: Merlinus — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Persian: مرلین — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Polish: Merlin — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Portuguese: Merlin — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Portuguese: Merlim — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Punjabi: مرلن (mrln) — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Romanian: Merlin — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Russian: Ме́рлин (Mérlin) — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Spanish: Merlín — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Thai: เมอร์ลิน — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Ukrainian: Мерлін (Merlin) — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Vietnamese: Merlin — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Welsh: Myrddin — Wizard in Arthurian legend
- Arabic: يؤيؤ — small falcon
- Aragonese: esmerellón — small falcon
- Bashkir: яғалбай (yağalbay) — small falcon
- Basque: belatz txiki — small falcon
- Bulgarian: чучулига́р (čučuligár) — small falcon
- Bulgarian: ма́лък соко́л (málǎk sokól) — small falcon
- Catalan: esmirla — small falcon
- Catalan: esmerla — small falcon
- Catalan: falconet — small falcon
- Chinese Mandarin: 灰背隼 (huībèisǔn) — small falcon
- Czech: dřemlík — small falcon
- Danish: dværgfalk — small falcon
- Dutch: smelleken — small falcon
- Faroese: smyril — small falcon
- Finnish: ampuhaukka — small falcon
- French: faucon émerillon — small falcon
- French: faucon merlin — small falcon
- German: Merlin — small falcon
- Ancient Greek: αἰσάλων (aisálōn) — small falcon
- Hungarian: kis sólyom — small falcon
- Icelandic: smyrill — small falcon
- Japanese: 小長元坊 (kochōgenbō) — small falcon
- Korean: 쇠황조롱이 (soehwangjorong'i) — small falcon
- Kyrgyz: турумтай (turumtay) — small falcon
- Latin: epileus — small falcon
- Nahuatl: picīltōntli cuauhtohtli — small falcon
- Navajo: chʼilhaatʼaʼii — small falcon
- Old Norse: smyrill — small falcon
- Persian: ترمتای (toramtây) — small falcon
- Polish: drzemlik — small falcon
- Portuguese: esmerilhão — small falcon
- Romanian: șoim de iarnă — small falcon
- Russian: кре́чет (kréčet) — small falcon
- Russian: де́рбник (dérbnik) — small falcon
- Inari-Sami: ciskeváálláš — small falcon
- Lule-Sami: dihttá — small falcon
- Northern Sami: cizášfálli — small falcon
- Slovak: sokol kobec — small falcon
- Spanish: esmerejón — small falcon
- Swedish: stenfalk — small falcon
- Ottoman Turkish: چاقر طوغان (çakır doğan) — small falcon
- Volapük: nänöfafalok — small falcon
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