different between wallet vs maila

English

Etymology

From Middle English walet (“bag, knapsack”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from an assumed Old Northern French *walet (“roll; bag; knapsack”), from Proto-Germanic *wal- (“to roll”). More at walk, well, wallow.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?l?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?l?t/, /?w?l?t/
• Rhymes: -?l?t

Noun

wallet (plural wallets)

1. A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.

   The thief stole all the money and credit cards out of the old man's wallet.

2. (by extension, informal) A person's bank account or assets.

   It's unknown if the pro running back's recent sex scandal will hit him in the wallet or not.

3. A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves in which compact discs may be stored.

   I won an auction online for a cheap CD wallet.

4. (archaic) A bag or pouch.

   He brought with him a large wallet with some provisions for the road.

5. (slang) A person's buttocks (the area of the body nearest where one keeps one's wallet).

   He fell down and landed on his wallet.

Synonyms

• billfold
• pocketbook

Translations

See also

• purse
• scrip

Anagrams

• Atwell, Etwall, all wet

German

Verb

wallet

1. second-person plural subjunctive I of wallen

Finnish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Swedish malj, from French mail, from Latin malleus. Metathesis took place in order to avoid the form *malja, which would have been homonymous with malja (“goblet, bowl, cup, chalice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?i?l?/, [?m?i?l?]
• Rhymes: -?il?
• Syllabification: mai?la

Noun

maila

1. (sports) an implement used to handle the object being played with, such as a ball or a puck; translation into English depends on the kind of implement and the particular sport
   1. (tennis, squash (sport), badminton) racket
   2. (baseball, cricket, pesäpallo) bat
   3. (field hockey or ice hockey) stick
   4. (golf) club
   5. (table tennis) paddle
   6. (polo, croquet) mallet
2. (pinball) flipper

Declension

References

Anagrams

• ilmaa, limaa, maali, malia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.la/

Verb

maila

1. third-person singular past historic of mailer

Anagrams

• lamai, Lamia

Hawaiian

Etymology

From mai (“hither”) +? l? (“there, then”)

Particle

maila

1. hither, this way, towards the speaker

Synonyms

• mai

Antonyms

• akula, aku