different between manilla vs maxilla

English

Alternative forms

• manilio

Etymology

From Spanish manilla (“bracelet”), from Catalan manilla (“bracelet, armring”); partly from Latin mon?le (“a necklace, collar”), from Proto-Indo-European *mony- (“withers, crest, mane”); and partly from Frankish *m?nili (“moon-shaped ornament”), from *m?no (“moon”), from Proto-Germanic *m?nô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *m?h?n?s (“moon, month”), related to Old High German mânili (“moon-shaped ornament”). More at mane, moon.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

manilla (plural manillas)

1. A penannular armlet, mostly in bronze, copper or gold, which served as a form of money or barter coinage amongst certain West African peoples.

Anagrams

• Alnilam, animall, laminal

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin man?cula, diminutive of manus (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /m??ni.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ma?ni.?a/

Noun

manilla f (plural manilles)

1. bracelet
2. (usually in the plural) handcuff

Further reading

• “manilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “manilla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Finnish

Noun

manilla

1. Adessive singular form of mani.

Spanish

Etymology

From mano +? -illa, or more likely borrowed from Catalan manilla, itself a derivative of mà or from Vulgar Latin *manicla < Latin manicula, whence the inherited Spanish manija. Compare English manacle.

Pronunciation

Noun

manilla f (plural manillas)

1. handle
2. (Spain) door handle
3. (Colombia) bracelet

Related terms

• manillar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin maxilla (“jawbone, jaw”), a diminutive of m?la (“cheekbone, jaw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæk?s?l.?/
• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

maxilla (plural maxillae or (obsolete) maxillæ or maxillas)

1. (anatomy, zootomy) Synonym of jaw.

   Synonym: jawbone

   1. An upper jaw especially of humans and other mammals in which the bony elements are closely fused.

      Synonym: maxillary bone

   2. (anatomy) Either of the two bones that lie with one on each side of the upper jaw lateral to the premaxilla and that in higher vertebrates bear most of the teeth.
2. (zootomy) One of the first or second pair of mouthparts posterior to the mandibles in many arthropods that are used for tasting and manipulating food.

   Synonym: (in arachnids) endite

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “maxilla”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “maxilla”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Latin

Etymology

From m?la (“cheekbone, jaw”) +? -illa (diminutive nominal suffix). Confer with similarly formed ?la–axilla.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ma?k?sil.la/, [mä?k?s??l??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mak?sil.la/, [m?k?sil??]

Noun

m?xilla f (genitive m?xillae); first declension

1. Diminutive of m?la:
   1. (anatomy) jaw, jawbone, bone of the upper jaw
   2. (anatomy) lower part of the face, jaws

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• maxill?ris (adjective)

Descendants

References

• maxilla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maxilla in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• maxilla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• maxilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Noun

maxilla f (plural maxillas)

1. Obsolete spelling of maxila