merlin
French, noun/mɛʁ.lɛ̃/
merlin is a French masculine noun meaning “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” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Long marteau dont les bouchers se servent pour assommer les bœufs”.
What does merlin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesplitting maul: an axe with a long handle, the blade of which is coupled with a broad side that can be used as a sledgehammer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Long marteau dont les bouchers se servent pour assommer les bœufs. 2. Cognée ou hache pour fendre le bois.
noun: 1. Fil à faire le cordage aussière. 2. Petite corde qui sert à faire les rabans, à amarrer les petites poulies, et à lier le bout des gros cordages, composée généralement de 3 fils de caret.
noun: 1. Variante de merlan.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of merlin
- merlins plural
- marlin
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce merlin?
- /mɛʁ.lɛ̃/
- \mɛʁ.lɛ̃\
- [mɛʁ.lɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to merlin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is merlin in French?
merlin appears 4.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).