maile

See also: Maile and mailé

English

Wikispecies

Etymology 1

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Noun

maile (plural mailes)

1. A flowering Hawaiian vine, of the genus , used to make lei.
   • 1910, The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist (page 165)

     All about the tents were ferns, while the fragrant maile trailed from every tree and bush […]

Etymology 2

Variant of mail.

Noun

maile (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of mail (chainmail).

Anagrams

• Lamie, ameli, e-mail, email

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Danish

Etymology

From English mail (“[delivery of] letters and small parcels”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛjlə/, [ˈmɛjlə]

Verb

maile (imperative mail, infinitive at maile, present tense mailer, past tense mailede, perfect tense er/har mailet)

1. e-mail (to compose and send an e-mail) [from 1989]

Synonyms

• e-maile

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

maile

1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of mailen

Anagrams

• e-mail, email

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛl/

Verb

maile

1. first-person singular present indicative of mailer
2. third-person singular present indicative of mailer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of mailer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of mailer
5. second-person singular imperative of mailer

Anagrams

• email, émail
• mêlai

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German

Pronunciation

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Verb

maile

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of mailen.
2. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of mailen.
3. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of mailen.
4. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of mailen.

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Gothic

Romanization

mailē

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌴

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Hawaiian

Noun

1. (botany) maile

Derived terms

• Maile
• Kamaile
• maile lau liʻi

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Samoan

Noun

maile

1. dog