different between feline vs maila

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fi?la?n/
• Rhymes: -i?la?n

Etymology 1

From Latin f?l?nus, from f?l?s (“wildcat, marten”).

Adjective

feline (comparative more feline, superlative most feline)

1. Of or pertaining to cats.
2. catlike (resembling a cat)

Synonyms

• catly

Translations

Etymology 2

Substantive use of the adjective feline, from Latin f?l?nus

Noun

feline (plural felines)

1. (formal) A cat; member of the cat family Felidae.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:feline

Translations

Related terms

• feliform
• felis
• Felix
• felinity
• felinely

See also

• canine
• cattus
• Felidae

Anagrams

• feelin', nelfie

Italian

Adjective

feline

1. feminine plural of felino

Anagrams

• fenile

Latin

Adjective

f?l?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of f?l?nus

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fe?line]

Noun

feline f

1. indefinite plural of felin?
2. indefinite genitive/dative singular of felin?

Finnish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Swedish malj, from French mail, from Latin malleus. Metathesis took place in order to avoid the form *malja, which would have been homonymous with malja (“goblet, bowl, cup, chalice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?i?l?/, [?m?i?l?]
• Rhymes: -?il?
• Syllabification: mai?la

Noun

maila

1. (sports) an implement used to handle the object being played with, such as a ball or a puck; translation into English depends on the kind of implement and the particular sport
   1. (tennis, squash (sport), badminton) racket
   2. (baseball, cricket, pesäpallo) bat
   3. (field hockey or ice hockey) stick
   4. (golf) club
   5. (table tennis) paddle
   6. (polo, croquet) mallet
2. (pinball) flipper

Declension

References

Anagrams

• ilmaa, limaa, maali, malia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.la/

Verb

maila

1. third-person singular past historic of mailer

Anagrams

• lamai, Lamia

Hawaiian

Etymology

From mai (“hither”) +? l? (“there, then”)

Particle

maila

1. hither, this way, towards the speaker

Synonyms

• mai

Antonyms

• akula, aku