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maple

See also: Maple

English edit

 
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striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
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Etymology edit

From Middle English mapel, from Old English *mapul (attested in mapultrēow and mapulder), from Proto-Germanic *mapulaz (compare Old Saxon mapulder, Old High German mazaltra, mazzaltra; Old Norse mǫpurr, Middle Low German mapeldorn, dialectal Dutch meppel, German Masseller, Maßholder), perhaps a blend of *masuraz (“knob; maple-tree”) (compare Old English mæsen (“maple”), Old Norse mǫsurr (“maple”), German Maser (“knob, offshoot”)) and *aplaz (“apple”) (see apple), from *masą (“lump, knob”) (compare obsolete German Mase (“scar”), modern Maser (“speck, measle”).[1][2] More at measles.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeɪpl̩/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪpəl

Noun edit

maple (countable and uncountable, plural maples)

  1. A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.
  2. The wood of such a tree, prized for its hardness and attractive appearance

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • → Portuguese: meiple

Translations edit

References edit

  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.

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Noun edit

maple

  1. Alternative form of mapel

Spanish edit

Noun edit

maple m (plural maples)

  1. (Mexico) maple syrup
  2. (Mexico) a maple tree

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