mispel

See also: Mispel

Dutch

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch mispele, mespele, from Old Dutch *mespila, from Proto-West Germanic *mespilā, from Late Latin mespila.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪs.pəl/
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  • Hyphenation: mis‧pel
  • Rhymes: -ɪspəl

Noun

mispel f (plural mispels or mispelen, diminutive mispeltje n or mispelke n)

  1. medlar; any tree of the genus Mespilus, now Crataegus sect. Mespilus
  2. medlar (fruit)
    M'n pa houdt van rotte vruchten: mispels, bah!
    My dad likes rotten fruit: medlars, yuck!

Derived terms

  • mispelbloem
  • mispelboom
  • Mispelgat
  • mispeljam
  • mispelteer
  • mispelvrucht

Descendants

  • Papiamentu: mespel, mespu, mispel
  • Sranan Tongo: mispu
    • Aukan: mesupu

Middle High German

Alternative forms

  • mëspel, nëspel, mëstel, mistel

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German mespil, mespila.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈmɪs̠pəl/

Noun

mispel f

  1. medlar

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • German: Mispel, Mißpel, Mespel, Meßpel (till later 18th century often), Espel, Hespel, Haspel, Nespel, Nispel, Wispel (regional)
  • Old Czech: mišpile, mišpule, nyšpule
  • Hungarian: naspolya, formerly by region náspolya, naszpolya, nászpolya, noszpolya. lasponya, lásponya, miszpulya, nespolya
  • Polish: nieszpułka, nieszpułk, nieszpuła, niesplik, myszpuła
  • Slovak: mišpuľa, dialectally nyšpuľa, nešpuľa
  • Lower Sorbian: hušpula, rušpula
  • Upper Sorbian: nyšpula, nyšpla, nyspla, myšpla