mainel

mainel

1. adessive singular of maine

From Old French *meienel, from Vulgar Latin *medianellus, from Latin mediānus (“middle, central”). Cognate of French meneau, Catalan mainell.

• IPA^(key): /majˈnɛl/

mainel m (plural maineis)

1. (architecture) mullion
2. (architecture) transom window
3. (architecture) small vent

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mainel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mainel”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mainel”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from Old French mainel, from Latin manuālis (“suitable to be hand-held”).

• Hyphenation: mai‧nel

mainel m (plural mainéis)

1. handrail

   Synonym: corrimão

2. (architecture) mullion

• IPA^(key): /maiˈnel/ [mai̯ˈnel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: mai‧nel

mainel m (plural maineles)

1. handrail
2. (architecture) mullion

• “mainel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024