different between axil vs axle

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æks?l/
• Rhymes: -æks?l
• Homophones: axel, axil

Etymology 1

From Middle English axel, axle, eaxle, from Old English eaxl (“shoulder, armpit”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahsl? (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?s-l-eh?, from *h?e?s- (“axis, axle”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian acsle (“shoulder”), Dutch oksel (“armpit”), German Achsel (“armpit”), Swedish axel (“shoulder”), Latin axilla (“armpit”), Latin axis (“axle”),Greek ?????? (áxonas, “axle”), Sanskrit ???? (ák?a, “axle”), Sanskrit ???? (kak?á, “room, armpit”), Russian ??? (os?, “axle”).

Noun

axle (plural axles)

1. (obsolete) Shoulder.

Etymology 2

From Middle English axil, in turn a combination of Old English eax and Old Norse ?xull.

Noun

axle (plural axles)

1. The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
2. A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
3. (geometry, astronomy, archaic) An axis.

   the Sun's axle

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• axle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Axle in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• Alex, Axel, Lexa, axel

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English eaxl.

Noun

axle

1. Alternative form of axel

Etymology 2

A conflation of Old English eax and Old Norse ?xull.

Noun

axle

1. Alternative form of axil