maille

See also: maillé and mäille

English

Noun

maille (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of mail

Anagrams

• mallei

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Finnish

Noun

maille

1. (deprecated template usage) allative plural of maa

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maj/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• cotte de mailles
• maillon

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin medālia, a dissimilated form of the unattested *mediālia, neuter plural (taken for a feminine singular) of the adjective *mediālis, from medius. Doublet of médaille.

Noun

maille f (plural mailles)

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

Derived terms

• avoir maille à partir

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

maille

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

Further reading

• “maille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula.

Noun

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

1. chainmail; mail
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Hauberc li vest de buene maille

     The hauberk clothed him with good chainmail

Descendants

• English: mail
• French: maille