different between axilla vs axil

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin axilla (“side, armpit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æk?s?l?/
• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

axilla (plural axillae)

1. The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
2. (botany, uncommon) Alternative form of axil

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

• ascella (Late and Vulgar Latin)

Etymology

Diminutive form of ?la (“wing”) (from its earlier form axla). Confer with similarly formed m?la - maxilla.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?k?sil.la/, [ä?k?s??l??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ak?sil.la/, [?k?sil??]

Noun

?xilla f (genitive ?xillae); first declension

1. little wing
2. axilla, armpit

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• axilla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• axilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• axilla in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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