pail

See also: pa'il

English

A pail (def 1)

Etymology

From Middle English payle (“wooden container”), of uncertain origin.

Possibly from Old English pæġel (“wine vessel, container for liquids, pail; liquid measure”), from Proto-Germanic *pagilaz, equivalent to peg +‎ -le. Compare Middle Dutch pegel (“half-pint”), Danish pægl (“half-pint”).

Alternatively from Old French paielle (“pan, cooking vessel, liquid measure”), from Latin patella (“shallow dish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɪl/, enPR: pāl
  • IPA^(key): [pʰeɪ̯ɫ], [pʰeəɫ]

• (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪl
• Homophone: pale

Noun

pail (plural pails)

1. A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).

   Synonym: bucket

   The milkmaid carried a pail of milk in each hand.

2. (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.

Derived terms

• pailful

Translations

bucket — see bucket

Anagrams

• ALIP, Pali, lipa, pali, pali-, pial, pila

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin pilus.

Noun

pail m

1. (body) hair

See also

• capei