axil

See also: áxil

English

Etymology

Latin axilla.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.sɪl/, /ˈæk.səl/
• Rhymes: -æksəl
• Homophones: axel, axle

Noun

axil (plural axils)

1. (botany) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.

Synonyms

• axilla

Related terms

• axillar
• axillary

Translations

angle or point of divergence

• Catalan: axil·la (ca) f
• French: aisselle (fr) f
• German: Blattachsel (de) f
• Ido: axelo (io)
• Irish: ascaill f
• Korean: 잎겨드랑이 (ipgyeodeurang'i)
• Spanish: axila (es) f

See also

• axile

Anagrams

• Alix

Middle English

Alternative forms

• auxil, axle

Etymology

From a conflation of Old English eax and Old Norse ǫxull.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaksəl/

Noun

axil (plural axils)

1. axle (pole which a wheel revolves around)

Derived terms

• axiltre

Descendants

• English: axle
• Scots: aixle

References

• “axel, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āgïl. Compare Turkish ağıl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈxɪl/

Noun

axil m (Arabic spelling ئاخل)

1. fenced-in area for sheep or cattle, pen, corral

Declension

Declension of axil

Definite masculine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	axil	axil
Construct	axilê	axilên
Oblique	axilî	axilan
Demonstrative oblique	wî axilî	wan axilan
Vocative	axilo	axilino
Indefinite masculine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	axilek	axilin
Construct	axilekî	axiline
Oblique	axilekî	axilinan

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “axil”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 15