maple
Of the light-brown colour of the wood of a maple treeOf the light-brown colour of the wood of a maple tree (etymology 1, noun sense 3).
» Tom likes maple syrup on his pancakes.
Tom mag Ahornsirup auf seinen Pfannkuchen. — Esperantostern
Том любит кленовый сироп на оладьях. — lingvokrolik
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2 senses(not comparable)Of the light-brown colour of the wood of a maple tree (etymology 1, noun sense 3).
(not comparable)Of the flavour of, or made with, maple syrup.
Examples
44 sentencesTom likes maple syrup on his pancakes.
ruТом любит кленовый сироп на оладьях. — lingvokrolik
deTom mag Ahornsirup auf seinen Pfannkuchen. — Esperantostern
Could you pass me the maple syrup?
ruВы не могли бы передать мне кленовый сироп? — marafon
Most of the trees here are maples.
Most of the trees here are maple trees.
Can you pass me the maple syrup, please?
Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English mapel (“tree of species Acer campestre, sole nativThe noun is derived from Middle English mapel (“tree of species Acer campestre, sole native maple of the British Isles); wood of such a tree; artistic representation of a maple leaf; a beam, pole, stake (?)”), from Old English *mapul (attested in mapulder (“maple tree”), mapultrēow (“maple tree”), etc.), from Proto-West Germanic *mapul (“maple tree”), from Proto-Germanic *mapulaz; further etymology uncertain, possibly from *masuraz (“type of wood with spots or veins, such as maple or walnut”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mos- (“skin sore”)) + *aplaz (“apple; fruit”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl (“apple; apple tree”)).
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