mispel

See also: Mispel

Dutch

ripe medlar fruit

Etymology

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)

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

Derived terms

mispelboom
mispelbloem
Mispelgat
mispeljam
mispelvrucht
mispelteer

Descendants

→ Papiamentu: mespel, mespu, mispel
→ Sranan Tongo: mispu
- → Aukan: mesupu

Middle High German

Alternative forms

mëspel, nëspel, mëstel, mistel

Etymology

From Old High German mespil, mespila.

Noun

mispel f

medlar

Descendants

German: Mispel, Mißpel, Mespel, Meßpel; Espel, Hespel, Haspel, Nespel, Nispel, Wispel
→ Old Czech: mišpile, mišpule, nyšpule
- Czech: mišpule, older often 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

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