pail

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English payle (“bucket, pail, milking pail”), of uncertain origin. Likely from Old English pæġel (“wine vessel, container for liquids, pail; a liquid measure”), from Proto-West Germanic *pagil, from Proto-Indo-European *bak- (“peg, club”), equivalent to peg +‎ -le. Compare West Frisian pegel (“liquid measure, fourth of a litre, half-pint”), German Pegel (“level of liquid, level”), Middle Dutch pegel (“half-pint”), Danish pægl (“half-pint”). Doublet of peil. Alternatively from Old French paielle (“frying pan, warming pan; a liquid measure”), from Latin patella (“small pan, shallow dish, platter”), diminutive of patina (“broad shallow pan, stewpan”). Perhaps a conflation of both. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /peɪl/, [pʰeɪ̯ɫ], [pʰeəɫ], enPR: pāl Rhymes: -eɪl Homophone: pale === Noun === pail (plural pails) 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 (in technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Kashubian: pil (Canada, United States) ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === ALIP, Lipa, Pali, Piła, lipa, pali, pali-, pial, pila == Dalmatian == === Etymology === From Latin pilus. === Noun === pail m (body) hair ==== See also ==== capei