different between caple vs maple

English

Etymology

From Old Norse kapall, from Latin caballus. Doublet of cheval.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ke?p(?)l/

Noun

caple (plural caples)

1. (obsolete or dialect) A horse.
   • Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Friar's Tale

     ‘Herkne, my broþer, herkne, by þy feiþ! / Herestow nat how þat þe cartere seiþ? / Hent it anon, for he haþ yeve it þee,/ Boþe hey and cart, and eek his caples þre.’

Anagrams

• Capel, Place, capel, clape, place

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?sapl?/, [?t?sapl?]

Noun

caple

1. inflection of capla:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Old English *mapul (attested in mapultr?ow and mapulder), from Proto-Germanic *mapulaz (compare Old Saxon mapulder, Old High German mazaltra, mazzaltra; Old Norse m?purr, Middle Low German mapeldorn, dialectal Dutch meppel, German Masseller, Maßholder), perhaps a blend of *masuraz (“knob; maple-tree”) (compare Old English mæsen (“maple”), Old Norse m?surr (“maple”), German Maser (“knob, offshoot”)) and *aplaz (“apple”) (see apple), from *mas? (“lump, knob”) (compare obsolete German Mase (“scar”), modern Maser (“speck, measle”). More at measles.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me?pl?/
• Rhymes: -e?p?l

Noun

maple (countable and uncountable, plural maples)

1. A tree of the Acer genus, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.
2. The wood of such a tree, prized for its hardness and attractive appearance

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Anagrams

• Palme, ample, pelma