maille

maille (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of mail

• mallei

maille

1. Allative plural form of maa.

• IPA^(key): /maj/

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From Old French maille, from Vulgar Latin *macla, inherited from Latin macula. Doublet of macule, which was borrowed. Compare Italian maglia.

maille f (plural mailles)

1. (sewing) stitch
2. mesh, the gap between threads in cloth etc.
3. link (in chainmail etc.)
4. (graph theory) girth

• cotte de mailles
• maillon

From Medieval Latin medālia, a dissimilated form of the unattested *mediālia, neuter plural (taken for a feminine singular) of the adjective *mediālis, from medius. Doublet of médaille.

maille f (plural mailles)

1. (obsolete) ancient currency, equivalent to half of a denier

• avoir maille à partir

See the etymology of the main entry.

maille

1. first-person singular present indicative of mailler
2. third-person singular present indicative of mailler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of mailler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of mailler
5. second-person singular imperative of mailler

• “maille” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula.

maille f (oblique plural mailles, nominative singular maille, nominative plural mailles)

1. chainmail; mail
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Hauberc li vest de buene maille

     The hauberk clothed him with good chainmail

• English: mail
• French: maille