Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maile

/mˈeɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables: maile
IPA: /mˈeɪl/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flowering Hawaiian vine (Alyxia stellata), of the genus Alyxia, used to make lei.

Uncountable

noun

Obsolete form of mail (“chainmail”).

Obsolete; Uncountable

name

A female given name from Hawaiian.

name

Example Sentences

"All about the tents were ferns, while the fragrant maile trailed from every tree and bush […]"
"Over at the unofficial Memories of Elvis store are two of his most diehard fans. Ramona Carey-Farias was kissed by Elvis in Las Vegas in 1972, named her daughter Maile, after the love interest in Blue Hawaii, and bought a house down the road to be close to Graceland."
"The Democrat announced that she had given birth to her second daughter, Maile Pearl Bowlsbey, on Monday."
"In late 2011, Frank moved to Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife, Tywana, and their son Caleb, then nine, as well as two of Frank’s biological daughters, Maile and Kailani, aged eight and nine."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *maile Hawaiian mailebor. English maile Borrowed from Hawaiian maile.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Maile

Usage

Homonyms

maille mayle

Rhymes With

sale male scale full-scale mail they'll email jail fail detail trail rail

Questions

How do you pronounce maile?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈeɪl/.
What does maile mean?: A flowering Hawaiian vine (Alyxia stellata), of the genus Alyxia, used to make lei.
Where does maile come from?: It is traced to German.

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