maple

See also: Maple

English

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striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
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Etymology

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#MAPLECategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#MAPLE

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#MAPLECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#MAPLE mapel, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#MAPLECategory:English terms derived from Old English#MAPLE *mapul (attested in mapultrēow and mapulder), from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#MAPLECategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#MAPLE *mapul.

See also Old Saxon mapulder, Old High German mazaltra, mazzaltra; also Old Norse mǫpurr, Middle Low German mapeldorn, dialectal Dutch meppel, German Masseller, Maßholder; also Old English mæsen (maple), Old Norse mǫsurr (maple), German Maser (knob, offshoot); also German Mase (scar), modern Maser (speck, measle).[1][2] More at measles.

Pronunciation

Noun

maple (countable and uncountable, plural maples)Category:English lemmas#MAPLECategory:English nouns#MAPLECategory:English uncountable nouns#MAPLECategory:English countable nouns#MAPLECategory:English countable nouns#MAPLECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MAPLECategory:Pages with entries#MAPLECategory:Pages with 3 entries#MAPLE

  1. A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.
    They have a large maple in their yard.Category:English terms with usage examples#MAPLE
  2. Wood of such a tree, valued for its hardness and attractive appearance.
    This table is made of maple and also has some fruitwood inlays.Category:English terms with usage examples#MAPLE
  3. The flavor of such a tree's sap, or an imitation of that flavor.
    A: Mmm, this one is strawberry! What flavor is yours? B: This one is maple! I wonder if any of them will turn out to be pineapple!Category:English terms with usage examples#MAPLE

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Kashubian: majpél (Canada, United States)
  • Portuguese: meiple

Translations

References

  1. Friedrich Kluge, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, s.v. "Maser" (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2002).
  2. Francis A. Wood, "Germanic Etymologies", Modern Philology (University of Chicago Press, January 1914), 1.

Anagrams

Category:en:Maples#MAPLE

Middle English

Noun

mapleCategory:Middle English alternative forms#MAPLECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#MAPLECategory:Pages with entries#MAPLECategory:Pages with 3 entries#MAPLE

  1. alternative form of mapel

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

maple m (plural maples)Category:Spanish lemmas#MAPLECategory:Spanish nouns#MAPLECategory:Spanish countable nouns#MAPLECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#MAPLECategory:Spanish masculine nouns#MAPLECategory:Pages with entries#MAPLECategory:Pages with 3 entries#MAPLE

  1. (MexicoCategory:Mexican Spanish#MAPLE) maple syrup
  2. (MexicoCategory:Mexican Spanish#MAPLE) a maple tree
  3. an egg carton
    Synonym: huevera

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