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English
Noun
maille (uncountable)
- Alternative form of mail
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
maille
- allative plural of maa
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old French maille, from Vulgar Latin *macla, inherited from Latin macula. Doublet of macule, which was borrowed. Compare Italian maglia.
Noun
maille f (plural mailles)
- (sewing) stitch
- mesh, the gap between threads in cloth etc.
- link (in chainmail etc.)
- (graph theory) girth
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Early Medieval Latin medālia, from Late Latin mediālis, from Latin medius. Doublet of médaille, which was borrowed via Italian.
Noun
maille f (plural mailles)
- (obsolete) ancient currency, equivalent to half of a denier
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
maille
- inflection of mailler:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Irish
Noun
maille
- genitive singular of maill
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Middle English
Noun
maille
- Alternative form of mayle
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula.
Noun
maille oblique singular, f (oblique plural mailles, nominative singular maille, nominative plural mailles)
- chainmail; mail
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