different between merlin vs peregrine

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?l?n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)l?n

Etymology 1

From Middle English merlone, 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”).

Alternative forms

• marlin, marlion, marlyon, merline, merlion, merlon

Noun

merlin (plural merlins)

1. A small falcon, Falco columbarius, that breeds in northern North America, Europe, and Asia.

   Synonym: pigeon hawk

Translations

Etymology 2

Acronym of moesin-Ezrin-Radixin-like protein +? -in (“protein”)

Noun

merlin (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) A cytoskeletal protein active in the suppression of tumors.

   Synonym: schwannomin

   Hypernym: protein

Related terms

• moesin
• ezrin
• radixin

Anagrams

• Milner, limner

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??.l??/

Noun

merlin m (plural merlins)

1. splitting maul: an axe with a long handle, the blade of which is coupled with a broad side that can be used as a sledgehammer.

Further reading

• “merlin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English peregrin, borrowed from Old French peregrin, from Latin peregr?nus (“foreign”). Doublet of pilgrim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pe?????n/

Adjective

peregrine (comparative more peregrine, superlative most peregrine)

1. Wandering, travelling, migratory.

   The Romani are perpetually peregrine people.

2. Not native to a region or country; foreign; alien.
3. (astrology, of a planet) Lacking essential dignity or debility.
4. Extrinsic or from without; exotic.

Noun

peregrine (plural peregrines)

1. The peregrine falcon.
2. (dated) A foreigner; a person resident in a country other than their own.

Synonyms

• (foreigner): alien, outlander, strangeling; see also Thesaurus:foreigner

Related terms

• peregrinate
• peregrination

Latin

Noun

peregr?ne

1. vocative singular of peregr?nus

Portuguese

Verb

peregrine

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of peregrinar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of peregrinar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of peregrinar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of peregrinar

Spanish

Verb

peregrine

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of peregrinar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of peregrinar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of peregrinar.