pail
English
/peɪl/, [pʰeɪ̯ɫ]
noun
Definitions
- A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
- (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English payle (wooden container) inherited from Old English pæġel (pail, liquid measure, wine vessel, container for liquids) inherited from Proto-Germanic *pagilaz (rake, peg) suffix from English peg derived from Old French paielle (pan, liquid measure, cooking vessel) derived from Latin patella (plate, pan, small pan, a shallow pan, shallow dish).
Origin
Latin
patella
Gloss
plate, pan, small pan, a shallow pan, shallow dish
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- clothespeg English
- footpeg English
- hatpeg English
- lunch English
- lunchpail English
- mumblety peg English
- pailful English
- peg English
- pegboard English
- pegbox English
- peggable English
- peggee English
- pegger English
- peghead English
- pegless English
- peglike English
- pegroots English
- pegtop English
- repeg English
- shoepeg English
- unpeg English
- padela Latin
- patella Latin
- patellifer Latin
- patellula Latin
- padella Italian
- patelle French
- paella Spanish, Castilian
- paila Spanish, Castilian
- πάτελλα Ancient Greek
- *bak- Proto-Indo-European
- *pagilaz Proto-Germanic
- pægel Old English
- pæġel Old English
- payle Middle English
- pegge Middle English
- pægl Danish
- paelle Old French
- paielle Old French
- pato Esperanto
- patel·la Catalan, Valencian
- peli Icelandic
- patela Galician
- padell Welsh
- peyl Middle Dutch
- *pegil Old Dutch
- padiele Friulian
- padella Dalmatian