medlar

Senso (Inglese)

1. Mespilus germanica, common medlar (now often Crataegus germanica).
2. Any tree of the genus Mespilus, now Crataegus sect. Mespilus, including many species now in other genera.
3. Any of several similar trees that bear similar fruit:
4. Any of several similar trees that bear similar fruit:
5. Any of several similar trees that bear similar fruit:
6. Any of several similar trees that bear similar fruit:
7. Any of several similar trees that bear similar fruit:
8. Any of several similar trees that bear similar fruit:
9. The fruit of such trees, similar to small apples
10. The fruit of such trees, similar to small apples:
11. (derogatory) A woman or a woman's genitalia (as the fruit's appearance resembles an "open-arse").

Concetti

nespola

nespolo

Mespilus germanica

nespolo comune

nespola comune

sinonimi

wild medlar

wild medlar tree

Mespilus germanica

Vangueria infausta

loquat

medlar tree

naseberry

Chinese wolfberry

common medlar

nisberry

Traduzioni

nèfle

Mispel

níspero

nêspera

muşmula

néflier

mispel

Mespilus germanica

μούσμουλο

nespra

mispelboom

Mespilus

nespla

echte Mispel

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈmɛdlə/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: medler

In summary

From Middle English medler, medeler, from Old French medler, meslier, from medle, mesdle (“medlar fruit”), from Latin mespilum, from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον (méspilon). Related to the rare mesple, via Proto-West Germanic *mespilā. Displaced Old English openærs (“open-arse”) (and similar names, from anatomical comparison).