maple
Syllables: ma·pleUK/ˈmeɪpl̩//ˈmeɪp(ə)l/
maple noun: any member of any species of genus Acer, characterized by (usually) palmate, five-lobed leaves and winged seeds, and often grown for syrup or wood. Also the abbreviation of maple pea.
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Noun (1)
maple (countable and uncountable, plural maples)
- Any member of any species of genus Acer, characterized by (usually) palmate, five-lobed leaves and winged seeds, and often grown for syrup or wood
- Russian maple
- They have a large maple in their yard.
- A small tree (Acer campestre), known as the common maple, field maple, or hedge maple, which has palmate leaves with five lobes and winged seeds, and is chiefly native to East Asia, Europe, North Africa, and North America.
- The vvarlike Beech, the Aſh for nothing ill, / The fruitfull Oliue, and the Plataine round, / The caruer Holme, the Maple ſeeldom invvard ſound.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 9, page 5
- The great Maple is a beautifull and high tree, vvith a barke of a meane ſmoothnes: the ſubſtance of the vvoode is tender and eaſie to vvorke on it; it ſendeth foorth on euery ſide very many goodly boughes and branches, vvhich make an excellent ſhadovv againſt the heate of the ſunne; […] There is a...1597, John Gerarde [i.e., John Gerard], “Of the Maple Tree”, in The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. […], London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton, →OCLC, book III, page 1299
- Often preceded by a descriptive word: a tree of the genus Acer; especially the sugar maple (Acer saccharum) native to North America which has brightly colored autumn foliage and is the primary source of maple syrup.
- Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: a tree of a genus other than Acer which has an appearance or wood similar to an Acer tree.
- Queensland maple
- Wood of an Acer tree, valued for its attractive appearance and hardness; also, similar wood from a tree of a genus other than Acer; (countable) a particular type of such wood.
- This table is made of maple and also has some fruitwood inlays.
- Eager and never weary we pursued / Our home-amusements by the warm peat-fire / […] / We schemed and puzzled, head opposed to head / In strife too humble to be named in verse: / Or round the naked table, snow-white deal, / Cherry or maple, sate in close array, […]1799–1805 (date written), William Wordsworth, “Book I. Introduction.—Childhood and School-time.”, in The Prelude, or Growth of a Poet’s Mind; an Autobiographical Poem, London: Edward Moxon, […]...
- The light-brown color of the wood of a maple tree (etymology 1, noun sense 3).
- The flavor of maple syrup made from the sap of a maple tree, or an imitation of that flavor.
- What flavour is your ice-cream? Mine’s maple—it’s delicious.
Adjective
maple (not comparable)
Noun (2)
maple (plural maples)
- Synonym of mapau (“any of several trees of New Zealand, especially in the genus Myrsine”).
- The maples – red, white and black – were there, and ribbonwood or lace bark; while rata, or 'Ironwood', so called because of its hardness, made a splash of crimson in summertime.1967, Robert McLatchie, Kathleen Keene, Tang of the Bush: The Story of Robert McLatchie, 1875–1963, as Told to His Daughter, Kathleen Keene […], 2nd edition, Invercargill, New Zealand: […] Copy...
- Synonyms:
- mapau
Proper noun capitalized: Maple
Maple
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
- A town in Wisconsin.
- An urban community in Vaughan, York Region, Ontario, Canada.
- Clipping of MapleStory.
- i'm asking these questions for my friend who has mac, and i want him to be able to play maple.2007 February 5, Gold Dust Woman, “The Truth Is Finally Coming Out!!!”, in Anime Otakus (Google Groups), archived from the original on 31 Oct 2025
- Because when i try to play it, there is always a pop-up that tells me that i can't play maple because my window isnt compatible.2007 April 4, Paul Smith, quoting Making my window^([sic]) compatible to games, “Re: Playing Maple Story”, in microsoft.public.windows.vista.games (Usenet), archived from the original on 31 Oct 2025
Also used as
maple is also the abbreviation of maple pea.
maple meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
maple in Hindi
- मेपल, मैपल
maple in Tamil
- மேப்பிள்
maple in Marathi
- मेपल, मॅपल
maple in Urdu
- میپل, ماپل
More languagesFewer languages
- maple in Bengali
- ম্যাপেল, ম্যাপল
- maple in Telugu
- మాపుల్, మ్యాపిల్, మ్యాపుల్
- maple in Malayalam
- മാപ്പിൾ, മേപ്പിൾ
- maple in Kannada
- ಮೇಪಲ್, ಮ್ಯಾಪಲ್
- maple in Punjabi
- ਮੈਪਲ, ਮੇਪਲ
- maple in Gujarati
- મેપલ, માપલ
- maple in Odia
- ମେପଲ, ମେପଲ୍, ମ୍ଯାପଲ୍
- maple in Nepali
- मेपल, म्यापल, म्यापेल
- maple in Tagalog
- arse
- maple in Arabic
- قَيْقَب qayqab
- maple in Malay
- mapel
- maple in Persian
- افرا afrâ
- maple in Thai
- ก่วม gùuam, เมเปิล mee-bpə̂n
- maple in Vietnamese
- phong, thích
Examples of maple in a sentence
- If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup.
- The naturalized Norway maple often outcompetes the native North American sugar maple.
- Although palmate leaves are typical of most Western maples, a number of species have leaves without lobes.
Synonyms of maple
Forms of maple
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | maples |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Mapel |
Origin of maple
The 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”)). The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun. cognates * Dutch meppel (dialectal) * Old English mæsen (“maple”) * Middle Low German mapeldorn * Old High German mazaltra, mazzaltra (modern German Masseller, Maßholder; Mase (“scar”), Maser (“knob; offshoot; measle, speck”)) * Old Norse mǫpurr, mǫsurr (“maple”) * Old Saxon mapulder
A variant of mapau, influenced by maple (etymology 1).
English surname, from the noun maple.
Words formed from maple
- bird's-eye maple
- flame maple
- maple bark disease
- maple bark stripper's disease
- maple butter
- Maple Creek
- Maple Cross
- mapled
- maple fever
- maple ham
- Maple Heights
- maple honey
- maple key
- maple-leaf
- maple leaf
- maple-leaved
- maplelike
- maple MAGA
- maple molasses
- maple pea
- maple pug
- Maple Ridge
- Maple River
- Maple Shade
- maple-sugar
- maple sugar
- maple syrup
- maple taffy
- mapletini
- maple toffee
- maple tree
- maplewashing
- Maplewood
- mapley
- maply
- tiger maple
Phrases with maple
- red maple
- Amur maple
- hard maple
- maple keys
- maple wash
- rock maple
- soft maple
- vine maple
- black maple
- chalk maple
- field maple
- maple MAGAs
48 more phrasesFewer phrases
- maple sirup
- maple trees
- moose maple
- sugar maple
- swamp maple
- maple leaves
- maple sirups
- maple sugars
- maple sugary
- maple syrups
- maple syrupy
- Maple Valley
- Norway maple
- Oregon maple
- parlor maple
- silver maple
- bigleaf maple
- Florida maple
- maple butters
- maple taffies
- maple toffees
- Pacific maple
- striped maple
- big-leaf maple
- bigtooth maple
- Japanese maple
- Manitoba maple
- maple sugaries
- maple sugaring
- mountain maple
- sycamore maple
- box elder maple
- flowering maple
- maple sugarings
- snakebark maple
- ash-leaved maple
- Montpelier maple
- Queensland maple
- black sugar maple
- Montpellier maple
- Japanese maple tree
- sycamore maple tree
- western sugar maple
- Japanese maple trees
- southern sugar maple
- sycamore maple trees
- Canadian as maple syrup
- maple syrup urine disease
Words that rhyme with maple
Questions about maple
- What does maple mean?
- Maple means any member of any species of genus Acer, characterized by (usually) palmate, five-lobed leaves and winged seeds, and often grown for syrup or wood.
- What is maple in Hindi?
- Maple in Hindi is मेपल, मैपल. See Maple meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is maple?
- Maple can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce maple?
- Maple is pronounced /ˈmeɪpl̩/ (UK).
- What is the plural of maple?
- The plural of maple is maples.
Words near maple in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: maple (page history and authors); Maple (page history and authors); maple (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maple (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maple (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maple (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maple (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maple (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maple (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maple (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maple (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maple (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maple (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maple (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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