maple
English

Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#MAPLECategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#MAPLEFrom 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
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪpəl/, [ˈmeɪpɫ̩]Category:English 2-syllable words#MAPLECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#MAPLE
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmæɪpəl/, [ˈmæɪpɫ̩]Category:English 2-syllable words#MAPLECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#MAPLE
- (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈmepɨl/Category:English 2-syllable words#MAPLECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#MAPLE
- Rhymes: -eɪpəlCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪpəl#MAPLECategory:Rhymes:English/eɪpəl/2 syllables#MAPLE
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Amur maple (Acer ginnalaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acer%20ginnala)
- ashleaf mapleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#ashleaf%20maple (Acer negundo)
- ash-leaved maple
- big-leaf maple, bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acer%20macrophyllum)
- bigtooth maple
- bird's-eye maple
- black maple (Acer nigrumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acer%20nigrum)
- box elder maple (Acer negundo)
- broad-leaf mapleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#broad-leaf%20maple (Acer macrophyllumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acer%20macrophyllum)
- bush mapleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#bush%20maple
- Canadian mapleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Canadian%20maple (Acer saccharum)
- Cappadocian mapleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Cappadocian%20maple (Acer cappadocicumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acer%20cappadocicum)
- chalk maple (Acer leucodermeCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acer%20leucoderme)
- dwarf mapleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#dwarf%20maple (Acer glabrumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acer%20glabrum)
- English mapleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#English%20maple (Acer campestre)
- field maple (Acer campestre)
- Florida maple (Acer floridianumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acer%20floridianum)
- flowering maple (Abutilon spp.)
- ground mapleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#ground%20maple (Heuchera spp.)
- hard maple (Acer saccharum)
- hedge mapleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#hedge%20maple (Acer campestre)
- Indian mapleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Indian%20maple (Acer caesiumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acer%20caesium)
- Japanese maple, Japanese maple tree (Acer palmatum)
- Manitoba maple (Acer negundo)
- maple ashCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#maple%20ash (Acer negundo)
- maple bark disease
- maple bark stripper's disease
- maple butter
- Maple Creek
- Maple Cross
- mapled
- maple fever
- maple ham
- Maple Heights
- maple honey
- maple key
- maple leaf, maple-leaf
- maple-leaved
- maplelike
- maple MAGA
- maple molasses
- maple pug
- Maple Ridge
- maple sugar, maple-sugar
- maple syrup
- maple taffy
- mapletini
- maple toffee
- maple tree
- mapley, maply
- Montpellier maple, Montpelier maple (Acer monspessulanum)
- moose maple (Acer pensylvanicum, Acer spicatumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acer%20spicatum)
- mountain maple (Acer spicatumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acer%20spicatum)
- Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
- Oregon maple (Acer macrophyllumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acer%20macrophyllum)
- Pacific maple (Acer macrophyllumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acer%20macrophyllum)
- paperbark mapleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#paperbark%20maple (Acer griseumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acer%20griseum)
- pointed-leaf mapleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#pointed-leaf%20maple (Acer argutumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acer%20argutum)
- Queensland maple (Flindersia brayleanaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Flindersia%20brayleana)
- red maple (Acer rubrum)
- river mapleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#river%20maple (Acer saccharinum)
- rock maple (Acer saccharum)
- Rocky Mountain mapleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Rocky%20Mountain%20maple (Acer glabrumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acer%20glabrum)
- scarlet mapleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#scarlet%20maple (Acer rubrum)
- silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
- snakebark maple
- soft maple (Acer rubrum)
- striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
- sugar maple, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
- swamp maple (Acer saccharinum)
- sycamore maple, sycamore maple tree (Acer pseudoplatanus)
- tiger maple
- vine maple (Acer circinatumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acer%20circinatum)
- white mapleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#white%20maple
Descendants
Translations
References
Anagrams
Category:en:Maples#MAPLEMiddle 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
- alternative form of mapel
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaple/ [ˈma.ple]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#MAPLECategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#MAPLE
- Rhymes: -apleCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aple#MAPLECategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aple/2 syllables#MAPLE
- Syllabification: ma‧ple
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
Further reading
- “maple”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “maple”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
- “maple”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019

