"-meal" meaning in English

See -meal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /miːl/
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: From Middle English -mele, from Old English -mǣlum (“at times”), from Proto-Germanic *mēlamiz, instrumental case of Proto-Germanic *mēlą (“measure; time”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian -moal, Dutch -maal, German Low German -maal, German -mal. More at meal. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-mele}} Middle English -mele, {{inh|en|ang|-mǣlum|t=at times}} Old English -mǣlum (“at times”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*mēlamiz}} Proto-Germanic *mēlamiz, {{der|en|gem-pro|*mēlą|t=measure; time}} Proto-Germanic *mēlą (“measure; time”), {{cog|stq|-moal}} Saterland Frisian -moal, {{cog|nl|-maal}} Dutch -maal, {{cog|nds-de|-maal}} German Low German -maal, {{cog|de|-mal}} German -mal, {{l|en|meal}} meal Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -meal, {{en-suffix}} -meal
  1. (rare or no longer productive) Used to denote a fixed number, measure, or amount at a time. Tags: idiomatic, morpheme, rare
    Sense id: en--meal-en-suffix-PHoJHG9K Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters Derived forms: bitmeal, dropmeal, flockmeal, footmeal, heapmeal, inchmeal, leafmeal, littlemeal, pagemeal, piecemeal, stepmeal, stoundmeal, thousandmeal, whilemeal, wordmeal
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /miːl/
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: From Middle English mele, from Old English melu (“meal, flour”), from Proto-Germanic *melwą (“meal, flour”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, mill”). More at meal. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mele}} Middle English mele, {{inh|en|ang|melu|t=meal, flour}} Old English melu (“meal, flour”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*melwą|t=meal, flour}} Proto-Germanic *melwą (“meal, flour”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*melh₂-|t=to grind, mill}} Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, mill”), {{l|en|meal}} meal Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -meal, {{en-suffix}} -meal
  1. Denotes a powder made of ground cereal. Tags: morpheme Derived forms: cornmeal, oatmeal, peasemeal
    Sense id: en--meal-en-suffix-3-pIuisq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for -meal meaning in English (4.1kB)

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