maple

See also: Maple

English

striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪpəl/, [ˈmeɪpɫ̩]

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmæɪpəl/, [ˈmæɪpɫ̩]
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈmepɨl/
• Rhymes: -eɪpəl

Noun

maple (countable and uncountable, plural maples)

1. A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.

   They have a large maple in their yard.

2. Wood of such a tree, valued for its hardness and attractive appearance.

   This table is made of maple and also has some fruitwood inlays.

3. The flavor of such a tree's sap, or an imitation of that flavor.

   A: Mmm, this one is strawberry! What flavor is yours? B: This one is maple! I wonder if any of them will turn out to be pineapple!

Derived terms

• Amur maple (Acer ginnala)
• ashleaf maple (Acer negundo)
• ash-leaved maple
• big-leaf maple, bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum)
• bigtooth maple
• bird's-eye maple
• black maple (Acer nigrum)
• box elder maple (Acer negundo)
• broad-leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum)
• bush maple
• Canadian maple (Acer saccharum)
• Cappadocian maple (Acer cappadocicum)
• chalk maple (Acer leucoderme)
• dwarf maple (Acer glabrum)
• English maple (Acer campestre)
• field maple (Acer campestre)
• Florida maple (Acer floridianum)
• flowering maple (Abutilon spp.)
• ground maple (Heuchera spp.)
• hard maple (Acer saccharum)
• hedge maple (Acer campestre)
• Indian maple (Acer caesium)
• Japanese maple, Japanese maple tree (Acer palmatum)
• Manitoba maple (Acer negundo)
• maple ash (Acer negundo)
• maple bark disease
• maple bark stripper's disease
• maple butter
• Maple Creek
• Maple Cross
• mapled
• maple fever
• maple ham
• Maple Heights
• maple honey
• maple key
• maple leaf, maple-leaf
• maple-leaved
• maplelike
• maple MAGA
• maple molasses
• maple pug
• Maple Ridge
• maple sugar, maple-sugar
• maple syrup
• maple taffy
• mapletini
• maple toffee
• maple tree
• mapley, maply
• Montpellier maple, Montpelier maple (Acer monspessulanum)
• moose maple (Acer pensylvanicum, Acer spicatum)
• mountain maple (Acer spicatum)
• Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
• Oregon maple (Acer macrophyllum)
• Pacific maple (Acer macrophyllum)
• paperbark maple (Acer griseum)
• pointed-leaf maple (Acer argutum)
• Queensland maple (Flindersia brayleana)
• red maple (Acer rubrum)
• river maple (Acer saccharinum)
• rock maple (Acer saccharum)
• Rocky Mountain maple (Acer glabrum)
• scarlet maple (Acer rubrum)
• silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
• snakebark maple
• soft maple (Acer rubrum)
• striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
• sugar maple, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
• swamp maple (Acer saccharinum)
• sycamore maple, sycamore maple tree (Acer pseudoplatanus)
• tiger maple
• vine maple (Acer circinatum)
• white maple

Descendants

• → Kashubian: majpél (Canada, United States)
• → Portuguese: meiple

Translations

tree of the Acer genus

• Abkhaz: ачамҳа (ačamḥa)
• Adyghe: ланчъэ (lanĉɛ)
• Albanian: panjë (sq) f, ulzë (sq) f, krekë (sq) f
• Arabic: قَيْقَب m (qayqab)
• Armenian: թխկի (hy) (tʻxki)
• Azerbaijani: ağcaqayın
• Bashkir: саған (sağan)
• Basque: astigar, gaztigar
• Belarusian: клён m (kljon)
• Breton: skav-gwrac'h (br) m
• Bulgarian: клен (bg) m (klen), явор (bg) m (javor)
• Bunun: dala'
• Catalan: auró m
• Chechen: къахк (qʼaxk)
• Cherokee: ᏢᏩᎵᎦ (tlvwaliga)
• Cheyenne: me'êškema
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 槭樹 / 槭树 (zh) (qìshù), 楓樹 / 枫树 (zh) (fēngshù)

• Chuvash: вӗрене (vĕrene)
• Cree: ᓭᓯᐹᐢᑲᐧᑖᐦᑎᐠ (sesipâskwatâhtik)
• Czech: javor (cs) m
• Dalmatian: vaple m
• Danish: ahorn (da) n, (rare) løn (da) c, (rare) ær c
• Dutch: esdoorn (nl) m
• Erzya: укштор (ukštor)
• Esperanto: acero (eo)
• Estonian: vaher (et)
• Evenki: ачакта (açakta), монон (monon)
• Faroese: lynur m, ahorn n
• Finnish: vaahtera (fi)
• French: érable (fr) m
• Frisian:

  North Frisian: spasahorn, ahornboom

  Saterland Frisian: alhouden

  West Frisian: eskdoarn

• Galician: pradairo (gl) m
• Gaulish: opolos
• Georgian: ნეკერჩხალი (neḳerčxali)
• German: Ahorn (de) m
• Greek: σφενδάμι (el) n (sfendámi)

  Ancient Greek: σφένδαμνος f (sphéndamnos)

• Hebrew: אדר (he) m (éder)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: juhar (hu)
• Icelandic: hlynur (is)
• Ingrian: vaaher
• Irish: mailp
• Italian: acero (it) m (A. platanoides), loppio m (A. campestre)
• Japanese: かえで (ja) (kaede), 楓 (ja) (kaede)
• Kabardian: блашэ (kbd) (blašɛ)
• Kaitag: гья́рце (hə́rce)
• Karachay-Balkar: юрге (ürge)
• Kazakh: үйеңкі (üieñkı)
• Korean: 단풍나무 (ko) (danpungnamu)
• Kumyk: уьрге (ürge)
• Kyrgyz: зараң (ky) (zaraŋ)
• Latgalian: kļovs m
• Latin: acer (la) n
• Latvian: kļava (lv) f
• Lithuanian: klevas m
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: apeldoorn

  German Low German: Löön, Löhn, Zockaboom, Ahorn, flader

• Macedonian: јавор m (javor)
• Malay: mapel
• Manx: maplys, mabbyl
• Māori: meipara
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: ваштар (vaštar)

  Western Mari: ваштар (vaštar)

• Mazanderani: افرا (efrâ), پلت (palat) (Deylami)
• Middle English: mapel
• Mingrelian: ლაკინჩხა (laḳinčxa)
• Mohawk: wáhtaʼ, wáhta
• Moksha: уштор (uštor)
• Mongolian: агч мод (agč mod)
• Nanai: бултухэ (bultuxe), гинэлэ̄н (ginelēn), монон (monon), мокчохали (mokčoxali)
• Navajo: sóól
• Negidal: ачакта (ačakta), монон (monon)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lønn (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: lønn m or f

• Ojibwe: ᐊᓂᓈᑎᒃ aninaatig
• Old English: hlin m, hlyn m
• Old Norse: hlynr m
• Old Saxon: ahorn
• Oroch: моно (mono)
• Ossetian:

  Digor Ossetian: уесхъӕдӕ (wesqædæ)

  Iron Ossetian: уисхъӕд (wisqæd)

• Persian: افرا (fa) (afrâ)
• Plautdietsch: zockaboom
• Polabian: klen m
• Polish: klon (pl) m
• Portuguese: bordo (pt) m, ácer (pt) m, zelha f
• Romanian: paltin (ro) m (A. pseudoplatanus), arțar (ro) m (A. platanoides)
• Romansch: ischi m
• Russian: клён (ru) m (kljon)
• Scottish Gaelic: malpas m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јавор m

  Latin: javor (sh) m

• Slovak: javor (sk) m
• Slovene: javor (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: klon m (genus Acer), jawor m (A. platanoides)

  Upper Sorbian: klon m (genus Acer), jawor m (A. platanoides)

• Spanish: arce (es) m, maple (es) m (Mexico)
• Svan: ბიკენჩხალ (biḳenčxal)
• Swahili: mshira
• Swedish: lönn (sv) c
• Tagalog: arse
• Tajik: please add this translation if you can
• Tatar: çağan, öräñge
• Thai: เมเปิล (mee-bpə̂n), ก่วม (gùuam)
• Thao: lhalha
• Tibetan: གཡའ་ཤིང (g.ya' shing, literally “rust-wood”)
• Turkish: akçaağaç (tr), isfendan (tr)
• Turkmen: kerkaw
• Udihe: моно (mono), могдохоли (mogdoxoli)
• Udmurt: бадяръёсты (baďarjosty)
• Ukrainian: клен (uk) m (klen)
• Ulch: моно (mono)
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can
• Uzbek: zarang (uz)
• Venetan: òpio (vec) m
• Vietnamese: phong (vi), thích (vi)
• Welsh: gwiniolen, masarnen f, gwenwialen f, masarnwydden f
• Yiddish: נעצבוים m (netsboym)
• Zazaki: afrag

Anagrams

• Mapel, Palme, ample, pelma

Middle English

Noun

maple

1. alternative form of mapel

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaple/ [ˈma.ple]
• Rhymes: -aple
• Syllabification: ma‧ple

Noun

maple m (plural maples)

1. (Mexico) maple syrup
2. (Mexico) a maple tree
3. an egg carton

   Synonym: huevera

Further reading

• “maple”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “maple”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “maple”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019