different between phial vs phaal

English

Alternative forms

• vial

Etymology

From Middle English fiole, from Old French fiole, from Latin phiala (“a broad, flat, shallow cup or bowl”), from Ancient Greek ????? (phiál?). Doublet of vial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa??l/
• Rhymes: -a??l
• Homophone: file

Noun

phial (plural phials)

1. A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines.

Synonyms

• vial

Coordinate terms

• test tube

Translations

Verb

phial (third-person singular simple present phials, present participle phialling or (US) phialing, simple past and past participle phialled or (US) phialed)

1. (transitive) To put or keep in, or as in, a phial.

References

• phial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “phial”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Phila.

Middle English

Noun

phial

1. Alternative form of fiole

English

Noun

phaal (plural phaals)

1. Alternative spelling of phall

Anagrams

• Alpha, alaph, alpha

Kalo Finnish Romani

Etymology

From Romani phral, from Sanskrit ?????? (bhr??t?), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *b?ráHt?, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *b?ráHt?, from Proto-Indo-European *b?réh?t?r. Cognate with English brother.

Noun

phaal m

1. brother

Derived terms

References

• “phaal” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.