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merlon.

merlon

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/mɛʁ.lɔ̃/
  1. merlon

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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”).

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