mijlpaal
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈmɛi̯l.paːl/
noun
Definitions
- (figurative) milestone something that marks an important or notable occasion
- (literal) milepost, milestone milepost or other object marking a mile distance of one mile
Etymology
Compound from Dutch, Flemish mijl (league, Dutch mile) + Dutch, Flemish paal (pole, post, beam, stake).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
paal
Gloss
pole, post, beam, stake
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aanlegpaal Dutch, Flemish
- doelpaal Dutch, Flemish
- flitspaal Dutch, Flemish
- hectometerpaal Dutch, Flemish
- heipaal Dutch, Flemish
- kapperspaal Dutch, Flemish
- krabpaal Dutch, Flemish
- lantaarnpaal Dutch, Flemish
- meerpaal Dutch, Flemish
- mijl Dutch, Flemish
- paal Dutch, Flemish
- paalbewoner Dutch, Flemish
- paaldans Dutch, Flemish
- paaldanser Dutch, Flemish
- paalwerk Dutch, Flemish
- paalwoning Dutch, Flemish
- paalworm Dutch, Flemish
- palen Dutch, Flemish
- pispaal Dutch, Flemish
- schandpaal Dutch, Flemish
- strandpaal Dutch, Flemish
- totempaal Dutch, Flemish
- verkeerspaal Dutch, Flemish
- wurgpaal Dutch, Flemish
- zeemijl Dutch, Flemish
- zevenmijlslaars Dutch, Flemish
- palo Spanish, Castilian
- pal Indonesian
- mile Middle Dutch
- pâel Middle Dutch
- paal Afrikaans