pail

English

Etymology

Middle English payle 'wooden container', from Old English pæġel 'wine vessel, container for liquids, pail; liquid measure', from Proto-Germanic *pagilaz 'peg, rake' (compare Middle Dutch/Middle Low German pegel 'half pint', Danish pægel 'id.'), diminutive of *pag-. More at peg.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pāl, IPA: /peɪl/, SAMPA: /peIl/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪl
• Homophone: pale

Noun

pail (plural pails)

1. A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).

   The milkmaid carried a pail of milk in each hand.

2. A company of wasps.

Synonyms

• bucket

Translations

vessel

Alutiiq: wiit'ʀuuq, witʀuuq Armenian: դույլ (hy) (duyl) Bulgarian: ведро (bg) (vedro) n. Catalan: galleda (ca) f. Danish: srand (da) Dutch: emmer (nl) m. Estonian: pang (et), ämber  (et) Finnish: sanko (fi), ämpäri (fi) French: seau (fr) m. German: Eimer (de) m.

Italian: secchio (it) Norwegian: Bokmål: bøtte (no) c., spann (no) n. Nynorsk: bytte (nn) f., spann (nn) n. Polish: wiadro (pl) Portuguese: balde (pt) Romanian: găleată (ro) f., căldare (ro) f. Russian: ведро (ru) (vedró) n. Spanish: cubo (es) m., balde (es) m. Tok Pisin: baket

company of wasps

Finnish: parvi (fi)

Anagrams

• lipa
• pali, Pali
• pial