stail

English

Noun

stail (plural stails)

  1. (UK, obsolete) Alternative form of stale (a long, thin handle, as of mops, rakes, etc.).

Anagrams

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from English style.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stail/

Noun

stail

  1. style

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English stallion.

Pronunciation

Noun

stail f (genitive singular staile, nominative plural staileanna)

  1. stallion

Usage notes

Despite the meaning, this noun is feminine and is referred back to using the feminine pronoun .

Declension

Declension of stail (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative stail staileanna
vocative a stail a staileanna
genitive staile staileanna
dative stail staileanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an stail na staileanna
genitive na staile na staileanna
dative leis an stail
don stail
leis na staileanna

Malay

Etymology

From English style.

Noun

stail (Jawi spelling ستاءيل, plural stail-stail)

  1. style (manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art)
  2. style (particular way in which one grooms, adorns, dresses, or carries oneself)

Further reading

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English style.

Noun

stail

  1. style