English Explanatory Dictionary

maple

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.
  2. Wood of such a tree, valued for its hardness and attractive appearance.
  3. The flavor of such a tree's sap, or an imitation of that flavor.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
  3. A town in Wisconsin.
  4. An urban community in Vaughan, York Region, Ontario, Canada.
  5. Clipping of MapleStory.

Pronunciation

/ˈmeɪ.pəl/ [ˈmeɪp(ə)ɫ̩] en-us-maple.ogg /ˈmæɪ.pəl/ [ˈmæɪp(ə)ɫ̩] /meː.pɘl/ [ˈmeːp(ɘ)l]

Word forms

maple maples Mapel

Etymology

From Middle English mapel, from Old English *mapul (attested in mapultrēow and mapulder), from Proto-West Germanic *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”). More at measles.

Related words

Mapler

Derived words

Amur maple ashleaf maple ash-leaved maple big-leaf maple bigleaf maple bigtooth maple bird's-eye maple black maple box elder maple broad-leaf maple bush maple Canadian maple Cappadocian maple chalk maple dwarf maple English maple field maple Florida maple flowering maple ground maple hard maple hedge maple Indian maple Japanese maple Japanese maple tree Manitoba maple maple ash 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 moose maple mountain maple Norway maple
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