Mais

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See also: mais, maïs, maís, máis, and màis

English

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Wikipedia

Etymology

Proper noun

Mais

  1. A surname.

German

Mais

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɪ̯s/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯s
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

From Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi.

Noun

Mais m (strong, genitive Maises or Mais, no plural)

  1. maize; corn (US)
    Synonyms: (Austria) Kukuruz, (archaic) türkischer Weizen, (archaic) türkisch Korn, (dated) Welschkorn
Usage notes
  • In German-speaking Europe, maize is commonest as a fodder crop. In cuisine, it is generally regarded and used as a vegetable. Referring to it as a Getreide (cereal) may strike non-specialist German-speakers as unusual or wrong (though it is, of course, biologically correct).
Declension
Descendants
  • Kashubian: majs

Etymology 2

Noun

Mais

  1. genitive singular of Mai

Further reading

  • Mais” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Mais” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Mais” in Duden online
  • Mais on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Spanish maíz

Noun

Mais m (uncountable)

  1. maize, sweetcorn
    Synonym: Tierkesche Weess