axil

== English == === Etymology === From Latin axilla. Doublet of axilla. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈæk.sɪl/, /ˈæk.səl/ Rhymes: -æksəl Homophones: axel, axle Hyphenation: ax‧il === Noun === axil (plural axils) (botany) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs. Synonym: axilla Near-synonyms: crotch, fork ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === Alix == Middle English == === Alternative forms === auxil, axle === Etymology === From a conflation of Old English eax and Old Norse ǫxull. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaksəl/ === Noun === axil (plural axils) axle (pole which a wheel revolves around) ==== Derived terms ==== axiltre ==== Descendants ==== English: axle Scots: aixle ==== References ==== “axel, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 April 2018. == Northern Kurdish == === Etymology === From Proto-Turkic *āgïl. Compare Turkish ağıl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑːˈxɪl/ === Noun === axil m (Arabic spelling ئاخل) fenced-in area for sheep or cattle, pen, corral ==== Declension ==== === References === Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “axil”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[2], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 15