different between pail vs bucketful

English

Etymology

From Middle English payle (“wooden container”), of uncertain origin.

Possibly from Old English pæ?el (“wine vessel, container for liquids, pail; liquid measure”), from Proto-Germanic *pagilaz, equivalent to peg +? -le. Compare Middle Dutch pegel (“half-pint”), Danish pægl (“half-pint”).

Alternatively from Old French paielle (“pan, cooking vessel, liquid measure”), from Latin patella (“shallow dish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe?l/, enPR: p?l
  • IPA^(key): [p?e???], [p?e??]
• (US)
• Rhymes: -e?l
• Homophone: pale

Noun

pail (plural pails)

1. A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).

   Synonym: bucket

2. (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.

Derived terms

• pailful

Translations

Anagrams

• ALIP, Pali, lipa, pali, pali-, pial, pila

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin pilus.

Noun

pail m

1. (body) hair

See also

• capei

English

Etymology

From bucket +? -ful. Compare Old English b?cful, b?cfull (“bucketful”).

Noun

bucketful (plural bucketfuls or bucketsful)

1. The quantity contained in a bucket.

   Synonym: pailful

2. (by extension) a large quantity

   It was raining in bucketfuls.

Translations