mispel

See also: Mispel

Dutch

ripe medlar fruit

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mispele, mespele, from Medieval Latin mespila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪs.pəl/

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• Hyphenation: mis‧pel
• Rhymes: -ɪspəl

Noun

mispel f (plural mispels or mispelen, diminutive mispeltje n or mispelke n)

1. medlar tree, of the genus , now .
2. medlar (fruit)

   M'n pa houdt van rotte vruchten: mispels, bah!

   My dad likes rotten fruit: medlars, yuck!

Derived terms

• mispelboom
• mispelbloem
• Mispelgat
• mispeljam
• mispelvrucht
• mispelteer

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: mespel, mespu, mispel

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Middle High German

Alternative forms

• mëspel, nëspel, mëstel, mistel

Etymology

From Old High German mespil, mespila.

Noun

mispel f

1. medlar

Descendants

• German: Mispel, Mißpel, Mespel, Meßpel (till later 18th century often); Espel, Hespel, Haspel, Nespel, Nispel, Wispel (regional)
• → Old Czech: mišpile, mišpule, nyšpule
  • Czech: mišpule, older often nyšpule
• → Hungarian: naspolya, formerly by region náspolya, naszpolya, nászpolya, noszpolya. lasponya, lásponya, miszpulya, nespolya
• → Polish: myszpuła, niesplik, nieszpuła, nieszpułk
• → Slovak: mišpuľa, dialectally nyšpuľa, nešpuľa
• → Lower Sorbian: hušpula, rušpula
• → Upper Sorbian: nyšpula, nyšpla, nyspla, myšpla