maple

See also: Maple

English

striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Old English *mapul (attested in mapultrēow and mapulder), from Proto-Germanic *mapulaz (compare Old Saxon mapulder, Old High German mazaltra, mazzaltra; Old Norse mǫpurr, Middle Low German mapeldorn, dialectal Dutch meppel, German Masseller, Maßholder), perhaps a blend of *masuraz (“knob; maple-tree”) (compare Old English mæsen (“maple”), Old Norse mǫsurr (“maple”), German Maser (“knob, offshoot”)) and *aplaz (“apple”) (see apple), from *masą (“lump, knob”) (compare obsolete German Mase (“scar”), modern Maser (“speck, measle”). More at measles.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪpl̩/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪpəl

Noun

maple (countable and uncountable, plural maples)

1. A tree of the Acer genus, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.
2. The wood of such a tree, prized for its hardness and attractive appearance

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Amur maple ()
• ashleaf maple (Acer negundo)
• big-leaf maple ()
• black maple ()
• box elder maple (Acer negundo)
• broad-leaf maple ()
• bush maple
• Canadian maple (Acer saccharum)
• chalk maple ()
• dwarf maple ()
• English maple (Acer campestre)
• field maple (Acer campestre)
• Florida maple ()
• flowering maple (Abutilon spp.)
• ground maple (Heuchera spp.)
• hard maple (Acer saccharum)
• hedge maple (Acer campestre)
• Indian maple ()
• Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
• Manitoba maple (Acer negundo)
• maple ash (Acer negundo)
• mapled
• maple ham
• maple leaf
• maple syrup
• maple sugar
• maple tree

• maplelike
• Montpellier maple (Acer monspessulanum)
• moose maple (Acer pensylvanicum, )
• mountain maple ()
• Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
• Oregon maple ()
• Pacific maple ()
• paperbark maple ()
• pointed-leaf maple ()
• Queensland maple ()
• red maple (Acer rubrum)
• river maple (Acer saccharinum)
• rock maple (Acer saccharum)
• Rocky Mountain maple ()
• scarlet maple (Acer rubrum)
• silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
• soft maple (Acer rubrum)
• striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
• sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
• swamp maple (Acer saccharinum)
• sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus)
• tiger maple
• vine maple ()
• white maple

Translations

tree of the Acer genus

• Abkhaz: ачамҳа (ačamḥa)
• Albanian: panjë (sq) f
• Arabic: قَيْقَب m (qayqab)
• Armenian: թխկի (hy) (tʻxki)
• Azerbaijani: ağcaqayın
• Bashkir: саған (sağan)
• Basque: astigar
• Belarusian: клён m (kljon)
• Breton: skav-gwrac'h (br) m
• Bulgarian: клен (bg) m (klen)
• Catalan: auró m
• Chechen: къахк (qʼaxk)
• Cherokee: ᏢᏩᎵᎦ (hlvwaliga)
• Cheyenne: me'êškema
• Chinese:

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

• Chuvash: вӗрене (vĕrene)
• Czech: javor (cs) m
• Dalmatian: vaple m
• Danish: ahorn (da) n, (rare) løn (da) c, (rare) ær c
• Dutch: esdoorn (nl) m
• Eastern Mari:
• Esperanto: acero (eo)
• Estonian: vaher (et)
• Evenki: ачакта (açakta), монон (monon)
• Faroese: lynur m, ahorn n
• Finnish: vaahtera (fi)
• French: érable (fr) m
• Galician: pradairo (gl) m
• Georgian: ნეკერჩხალი (neḳerčxali)
• German: Ahorn (de) m
• Greek: σφενδάμι (el) n (sfendámi)

  Ancient: σφένδαμνος f (sphéndamnos)

• Hebrew: אדר (he) m
• Hungarian: juhar (hu)
• Icelandic: hlynur (is)
• Irish: mailp
• Italian: acero (it) m (A. platanoides), loppio m (A. campestre)
• Japanese: かえで (ja) (楓, kaede)
• Karachay-Balkar: юрге (ürge)
• Kazakh: үйеңкі (üieñkı)
• Korean: 단풍나무 (ko) (danpung-namu)
• 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

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• Macedonian: јавор m (javor)
• Malay: mapel
• Manx: maplys, mabbyl
• Maori: meipara
• Mohawk: wáhta
• Mongolian: агч мод (agč mod)
• Nanai: бултухэ (bultuxe), гинэлэ̄н (ginelēn), монон (monon), мокчохали (mokčoxali)
• Navajo: sóól
• Negidal: ачакта (ačakta), монон (monon)
• North Frisian: spasahorn, ahornboom
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lønn (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: lønn m or f

• Old English: hlin,hlyn
• Old Norse: hlynr m
• Old Saxon: ahorn
• Oroch: моно (mono)
• Persian: افرا (fa) (afrâ), آچ (fa) (âč), افراغ (afrāγ), بوسیاه (būsiyāh)
• Plautdietsch: zockaboom
• 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)
• Saterland Frisian: alhouden
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јавор m

  Roman: 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
• Swahili: mshira
• Swedish: lönn (sv) c
• Tagalog: arse
• Tatar: çağan, öräñge
• Turkish: akçaağaç (tr), isfendan (tr)
• Udihe: моно (mono), могдохоли (mogdoxoli)
• Ukrainian: клен m (klen)
• Ulch: моно (mono)
• Uzbek: zarang (uz)
• Venetian: òpio (vec) m
• Vietnamese: phong (vi), thích (vi)
• Welsh: gwiniolen, masarnen f, gwenwialen f, masarnwydden f
• West Frisian: eskdoarn
• Yiddish: klon, nezboim, netsboym

Anagrams

• Palme, ample, pelma