different between axil vs axillary

English

Etymology

Latin axilla.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?æk.s?l/, /?æk.s?l/

Noun

axil (plural axils)

1. (botany) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.

Synonyms

• axilla

Related terms

• axillar
• axillary

Translations

See also

• axile

Anagrams

• Alix

Middle English

Alternative forms

• auxil, axle

Etymology

From a conflation of Old English eax and Old Norse ?xull.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?aks?l/

Noun

axil (plural axils)

1. axle (pole which a wheel revolves around)

Derived terms

• axiltre

Descendants

• English: axle
• Scots: aixle

References

• “axel, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *?gïl. Compare Turkish a??l.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???x?l/

Noun

axil m (Arabic spelling ?????)

1. fenced-in area for sheep or cattle, pen, corral

Declension

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) , “axil”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press

English

Etymology

Alteration by association with -ary of the French axillaire (“of the axilla”), itself an alteration of the earlier forms aisselliere and aissellaire, both from the assumed Latin etymon *axill?ris, from axilla (“armpit”), diminutive form of the assumed *axula.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æks?l??i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æk?s?l??i/ (etymologically correct)
• Rhymes: -æks?l??i, -?l??i
• Rhymes: -æks?l???i

Adjective

axillary (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit.
2. (botany) Situated in, or rising from, an axil; relating to an axil.

Derived terms

• axillary artery
• axillary gland
• axillary hair
• axillary nerve
• axillary vein
• transaxillary

Translations

Noun

axillary (plural axillaries)

1. Alternative form of axillar

See also

• auxiliary