maple

B1 Topic:Plants & Agriculture

US /ˈmæɪpəl/ UK /ˈmeɪpəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #11746

Meanings

1

noun
A tree with broad leaves and winged seeds, common in cooler regions.

In autumn the maple in their garden turns bright red.
2

noun
The hard, attractive wood of the maple tree.

This kitchen table is made of solid maple.

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Forms maples

Derived forms maple-leafmaple-leavedmaple-sugarmapledmaplelikemapletinimapleymaply

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maple syrup
a sweet syrup made by concentrating the sap of maple trees

Noun + noun

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.

mapel Middle English *mapul Old English

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# maple

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈmæɪpəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈmeɪpəl/
**Frequency rank:** 11746

## Meanings
1. A tree with broad leaves and winged seeds, common in cooler regions.
2. The hard, attractive wood of the maple tree.

## Examples
- In autumn the maple in their garden turns bright red.
- This kitchen table is made of solid maple.

## Derived Forms
- maple-leaf
- maple-leaved
- maple-sugar
- mapled
- maplelike
- mapletini
- mapley
- maply

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mapel
- Root: *mapul

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Maple comes 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. In present-day English its meanings include a tree with broad leaves and winged seeds, common in cooler regions and the hard, attractive wood of the maple tree. The historical chain runs through mapel (Middle English), *mapul (Old English), and *mapul (Proto-West Germanic).

## Topics
- Plants & Agriculture

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