merino

See also: Merino

English

A herd of merinos (sense 1) grazing.

Alternative forms

• Merino

Etymology

From Spanish merino.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈɹinoʊ/

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 (hardback), Duckworth, page 5:

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

4. A dress made out of merino fabric.
   • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 89:

     "Oh, mamma," cried Georgiana, and the speech was heroic for her who dearly loved dress, "I would rather wear my merino, and then I should keep Isabella in countenance."

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

Derived terms

• French merino

Translations

sheep

• Esperanto: merinoŝafo
• Finnish: merinolammas
• French: mérinos (fr) m
• Japanese: メリノ種 (Merino-shu)
• Russian: мерино́с[ m (merinós[)
• Turkish: merinos koyunu

Anagrams

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Spanish merino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [məˈri.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, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin maiōrīnus, from maiōr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈɾino/ [meˈɾi.no]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: me‧ri‧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

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: merí, merino

Noun

merino m (plural merinos)

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

Descendants

• → English: merino

Further reading

• “merino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28