esmerejón
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish esmerejón, esmerijón, calque of Old French esmerillon, diminutive of esmeril, from Medieval Latin smerillus, from Proto-West Germanic *smiril, from Proto-Germanic *smirilaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esmeɾeˈxon/ [ez.me.ɾeˈxõn]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: es‧me‧re‧jón
Noun
esmerejón m (plural esmerejones)
- merlin (small falcon)
Further reading
- “esmerejón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014