different between wool vs merino

English

Etymology

From Middle English wolle, from Old English wull, from Proto-Germanic *wull? (cognate with Saterland Frisian Wulle, German Low German Wull, Dutch wol, German Wolle, Norwegian ull), from Proto-Indo-European *h?w??h?neh? (compare Welsh gwlân, Latin l?na, Lithuanian vìlna, Russian ?????? (vólos), Bulgarian ???? (vlas), Albanian lesh (“wool, hair, fleece”)). Doublet of lana.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /w?l/
• (General American) enPR: wo?ol, IPA^(key): /w?l/, [w???], [w??]
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

wool (usually uncountable, plural wools)

1. The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.
   • 2006, Nigel Guy Wilson, Ancient Greece, page 692

     The sheep were caught and plucked, because shears had not yet been invented to cut the wool from the sheep's back.

2. A cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep.
3. Anything with a texture like that of wool.
   • 1975, Anthony Julian Huxley, Plant and Planet, page 223

     The groundsels have leaves covered in wool for insulation […]

4. A fine fiber obtained from the leaves of certain trees, such as firs and pines.
5. (obsolete) Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
6. (Britain, New Zealand) yarn (including that which is made from synthetic fibers.)
7. (Liverpudlian) Derogatory term for residents of the satellite towns outside Liverpool, such as St Helens or Warrington. See also Yonner.

Hyponyms

• (cloth or yarn): felt, tweed, worsted

Coordinate terms

• (hair of sheep): goathair, horsehair, qiviut

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (?ru)

Translations

See also

• wool on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Cornish

Noun

wool

1. Soft mutation of gool.

English

Alternative forms

• Merino

Etymology

From Spanish merino.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /m???ino?/

Noun

merino (countable and uncountable, plural merinos)

1. (countable) A sheep of a Spanish breed with long, fine hair.
2. (uncountable) The wool of this sheep.
3. The fabric made from this wool (or from any similar yarn).
   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 5

     The Priest pulled the light merino carriage rug higher about his knees.

4. A yarn made from a combination of wool and cotton in imitation of this wool.

Translations

Anagrams

• E minor, Minero, Monier, Normie, Romine, monier, normie

Indonesian

Etymology

From Spanish merino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m??ri.no]
• Hyphenation: mê?ri?no

Noun

mêrino (first-person possessive merinoku, second-person possessive merinomu, third-person possessive merinonya)

1. (nonstandard) sheep.

   Synonyms: biri-biri, domba

Further reading

• “merino” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Verb

merino

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of meriare
2. third-person plural imperative of meriare

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin mai?r?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me??ino/, [me??i.no]

Adjective

merino (feminine merina, masculine plural merinos, feminine plural merinas)

1. merino (relating to the sheep or wool)

Derived terms

• mezclar churras y merinas

Noun

merino m (plural merinos)

1. merino (wool or fabric)
2. (historical, Spain) a count who had jurisdiction over a merindad

Further reading

• “merino” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.