different between pail vs kail

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

Noun

kail (countable and uncountable, plural kails)

1. Alternative form of kale.
2. (Scotland, archaic) Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables.
3. A broth made with kale or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner.

Derived terms

• kailyard
• kaily

Anagrams

• Kali, Laki, Lika, ilka, kali, kila, laik

Estonian

Noun

kail

1. adessive singular of kai

Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kawil (“fishhook”). Cognate to Tagalog kawil (“fishhook”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ka?l]
• Hyphenation: ka?il

Noun

kail (first-person possessive kailku, second-person possessive kailmu, third-person possessive kailnya)

1. fishhook

   Synonym: pancing

2. fishing rod

Derived terms

Further reading

• “kail” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.