different between merlion vs merlon

English

Etymology 1

From mer- +? lion; sense 1 promoted by the Singapore Tourism Board as the name of a statue installed at the mouth of the Singapore River on 15 September 1972.

Alternative forms

• (national symbol of Singapore): Merlion

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m???la??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m??la??n/
• (Singapore English) IPA^(key): /?m???la??n/, (nonstandard) /m??la??n/
• Hyphenation: mer?li?on

Noun

merlion (plural merlions)

1. (Singapore) Often Merlion: a symbolic creature having the head of a lion and the body of a fish, which is a national symbol of Singapore; an image, statue, or other depiction of this creature. [from 1970s]
2. A fictional creature of similar make-up.

Etymology 2

Probably a variant of merlin, from Middle English merlinge, marlyon, merlion, merlone, merlyon, from Old French emerillon, esmerillon, from Frankish *smiril (“falcon, hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *smirilaz (“falcon, merlin”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??l?.?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m??l?.?n/
• Hyphenation: mer?li?on

Noun

merlion (plural merlions)

2. (heraldry) A depiction of a bird similar to a house martin or swallow with stylized feet; a martlet. [from late 15th c.]
3. (rare) Alternative form of merlin (“a small falcon, Falco columbarius”).

See also

• merlette (“mythological bird in French heraldry depicted with no beak or feet”)

References

Further reading

• merlion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• martlet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -morelin, Normile, morinel

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??l?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?l(?)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 *h?ems- (“black; blackbird”). The English word is cognate with Italian mergolo (“battlement; pinnacle”), Portuguese merlão, Spanish merlón (“merlon”).

Noun

merlon (plural merlons)

1. (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)

1. 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 *h?ems- (“black; blackbird”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??.l??/
• Hyphenation: mer?lon

Noun

merlon m (plural merlons)

1. (architecture, military) merlon

Descendants

• ? English: merlon

References

Romanian

Etymology

From French merlon.

Noun

merlon n (plural merloane)

1. merlon

Declension