different between maile vs maple

English

Wikispecies

Etymology 1

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Noun

maile (uncountable)

1. A flowering Hawaiian vine, of the genus Alyxia, used to make lei.
   • 1910, The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist (page 165)

     All about the tents were ferns, while the fragrant maile trailed from every tree and bush […]

Etymology 2

Variant of mail.

Noun

maile (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of mail (“chainmail”).

Anagrams

• Lamie, ameli, e-mail, email

Danish

Etymology

From English mail (“[delivery of] letters and small parcels”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?jl?/, [?m?jl?]

Verb

maile (imperative mail, infinitive at maile, present tense mailer, past tense mailede, perfect tense er/har mailet)

1. e-mail (to compose and send an e-mail) [from 1989]

Synonyms

• e-maile

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

maile

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of mailen

Anagrams

• e-mail, email

Estonian

Etymology 1

Noun

maile

1. allative plural of maa

Etymology 2

Noun

maile

1. allative singular of mai

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?l/

Verb

maile

1. first-person singular present indicative of mailer
2. third-person singular present indicative of mailer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of mailer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of mailer
5. second-person singular imperative of mailer

Anagrams

• email, émail
• mêlai

German

Pronunciation

Verb

maile

1. inflection of mailen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Gothic

Romanization

mail?

1. Romanization of ????????????????????

Hawaiian

Noun

maile

1. (botany) maile

Derived terms

• Maile
• Kamaile
• maile lau li?i

Samoan

Noun

maile

1. dog

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.?i.le/
• Hyphenation: ma?i?le

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian [Term?]. Cognates include Samoan maile.

Noun

maile

1. dog (Canis familiaris)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *maile. Cognates include Hawaiian maile and Samoan maile.

Noun

maile

1. giant swordfern (Nephrolepis biserrata)

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary?^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 199

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

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Palme, ample, pelma