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English
Etymology
Latin axilla. Doublet of axilla.
Pronunciation
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.
Synonyms
Translations
angle or point of divergence
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Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology
From a conflation of Old English eax and Old Norse ǫxull.
Pronunciation
Noun
axil (plural axils)
- axle (pole which a wheel revolves around)
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References
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *āgïl. Compare Turkish ağıl.
Pronunciation
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, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 15