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maille

See also: maillé and mäille

English

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Noun

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maille (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of mail

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Finnish

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Noun

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maille

  1. allative plural of maa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maj/
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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old French maille, from Vulgar Latin *macla, inherited from Latin macula. Doublet of macule, which was borrowed. Compare Italian maglia.

Noun

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maille f (plural mailles)

  2. (sewing) stitch
  3. mesh, the gap between threads in cloth etc.
  4. link (in chainmail etc.)
  5. (graph theory) girth
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Etymology 2

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From Early Medieval Latin medālia, from Late Latin mediālis, from Latin medius. Doublet of médaille, which was borrowed via Italian.

Noun

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maille f (plural mailles)

  2. (obsolete) ancient currency, equivalent to half of a denier
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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maille

  1. inflection of mailler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Irish

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Noun

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maille

  1. genitive singular of maill

Mutation

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Mutated forms of maille
radical lenition eclipsis
maille mhaille not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle English

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Noun

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maille

  1. Alternative form of mayle

Old French

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula.

Noun

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maille oblique singular, f (oblique plural mailles, nominative singular maille, nominative plural mailles)

  1. chainmail; mail

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