pail

Εννοια (English)

1. A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
2. A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.

Synonyms

bucket

🪣

tub

jug

pot

kettle

barrel

chest

cask

bottle

box

📦

can

case

container

jar

🫙

pailful

sack

tank

tin

urn

vessel

cistern

crate

kibble

noggin

buketful

pan

bin

bowk

scuttle

Barl. barrel

barrel bulk

bbl

tumbler

container made from young lontar palm leaves

vat

coffeepot

water tank

drum

🥁

ferry

⛴️

bulk

milk a cow

keg

bucketful

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/peɪl/

Ετυμολογία (English)

Inherited from Μέσα Αγγλικά: payle

Inherited from Παλαιά Αγγλικά: pæġel

Cognate with Γερμανικά: Pegel

Cognate with Μέσα Ολλανδικά: pegel

Cognate with Δανικά: pægl

In summary

From Middle English payle (“bucket, pail, milking pail”), of uncertain origin.
Likely from Old English pæġel (“wine vessel, container for liquids, pail; a liquid measure”), from Proto-West Germanic *pagil, from Proto-Indo-European *bak- (“peg, club”), equivalent to peg + -le. Compare German Pegel (“level of liquid, level”), Middle Dutch pegel (“half-pint”), Danish pægl (“half-pint”).
Alternatively from Old French paielle (“frying pan, warming pan; a liquid measure”), from Latin patella (“small pan, shallow dish, platter”), diminutive of patina (“broad shallow pan, stewpan”). Perhaps a conflation of both.