mais

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

Asi

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.

Noun

mais

  1. maize; corn

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈʔis/,
  • IPA(key): /maˈis/,
  • Hyphenation: ma‧is

Noun

maís (Basahan spelling ᜋᜁᜐ᜔)

  1. corn, maize

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.

Noun

mais

  1. maize; a grain crop of the species Zea mays; corn
  2. the grain from this plant

Derived terms

Cuyunon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.

Noun

mais

  1. corn, the grain from Zea mays

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin mē(n)sis. Compare French mois, Italian mese, Portuguese mês, Romansch mais, Spanish mes.

Noun

mais m

  1. month

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑi̯s/, /maːi̯s/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: mais

Noun

mais m (uncountable)

  1. corn, maize
    Ik hou van gegrilde mais op de barbecue.
    I love grilled corn on the barbecue.
    Mais is een belangrijk gewas in vele delen van de wereld.
    Maize is an important crop in many parts of the world.
    We plantten mais in onze tuin dit jaar.
    We planted corn in our garden this year.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: mais, majis
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: mais

Estonian

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Etymology 1

Noun

mais (genitive maisi, partitive maisi)

  1. corn, maize
Declension
Declension of mais (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative mais maisid
accusative nom.
gen. maisi
genitive maiside
partitive maisi maise
maisisid
illative maisi
maisisse 		maisidesse
maisesse
inessive maisis maisides
maises
elative maisist maisidest
maisest
allative maisile maisidele
maisele
adessive maisil maisidel
maisel
ablative maisilt maisidelt
maiselt
translative maisiks maisideks
maiseks
terminative maisini maisideni
essive maisina maisidena
abessive maisita maisideta
comitative maisiga maisidega

Etymology 2

Noun

mais

  1. inessive plural of maa

Etymology 3

Noun

mais

  1. inessive singular of mai

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mais, from Latin magis (“more”).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

mais

  1. but

Adverb

mais

  1. Frades Gaspar's form of máis (“more, -est”)

Determiner

mais

  1. Frades Gaspar's form of máis (“more, yet another”)

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
  • Frades Gaspar, Domingo (2000) Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala‎, 2nd edition, Sa Martín de Trevellu, Spain: Editora Regional de Extremadura, →ISBN, archived from the original on 10 July 2013

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno maisí, mahis (variously spelled).

Noun

mais f (genitive singular maisar, uncountable)
mais n (genitive singular mais, uncountable)

  1. maize

Declension

Declension of mais (singular only)
f2s singular
indefinite definite
nominative mais maisin
accusative mais maisina
dative mais maisini
genitive maisar maisarinnar
n11s Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative mais maisið
Accusative mais maisið
Dative maisi maisinum
Genitive mais maisins

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French mes, mais, from Latin magis.

Conjunction

mais

  1. but, although

Interjection

mais

  1. an expression of surprise, disbelief, or frustration roughly equivalent to the English well, or sometimes yeah
    Mais qu’est-ce que tu fais ? ― What the heck are you doing?

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Louisiana Creole: mé

See also

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

mais m

  1. plural of mai

Anagrams

Galician

Pronunciation

Conjunction

mais

  1. and; with
    Synonym: e
    Eu mais uns amigos ― I and some friends
  2. but
    Synonym: pero
    Eu acepto, mais só baixo unha condición.
    I accept, but only under one condition.

Usage notes

In the sense and sometimes used together with e to reinforce a statement: “Jack e mais eu” – “Jack and I”. When used together with an article the following contractions can occur:

References

  • “mais” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.

Further reading

Gothic

Romanization

mais

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

Noun

maís

  1. maize; corn

Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

From Portuguese mais (“more”), from Old Galician-Portuguese mais (“more”), from Latin magis (“more”).

Adverb

mais

  1. forms the comparative and superlative of adjectives; more
    • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
      Já fallou par su pai aquêl mais piquin, […]
      The youngest one told his father

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish mais, maiss, from Old Irish mass (“mass, lump”), from Latin massa (“mass, bulk; lump; dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mais f (genitive singular maise, nominative plural maiseanna)

  1. (physics, etc.) mass

Declension

Declension of mais

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mais maiseanna
Vocative a mhais a mhaiseanna
Genitive maise maiseanna
Dative mais maiseanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mhais na maiseanna
Genitive na maise na maiseanna
Dative leis an mais

don mhais

leis na maiseanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mais mhais not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “mass”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmajs/
  • Audio (il mais)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ajs
  • Hyphenation: màis

Noun

mais m (invariable)

  1. maize, corn
    Synonyms: frumentone, granoturco, granturco

References

  1. ^ mais in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Further reading

  • mais in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Ivatan

Noun

mais

  1. corn

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno mahís.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məˈis/,
  • Hyphenation: ma‧is

Noun

mais

  1. maize; corn

Derived terms

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

Noun

mais

  1. corn

Kavalan

Noun

mais

  1. corn

Masbatenyo

Noun

maís

  1. corn

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old Northern French meis, from Latin mēnsis.

Norman Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nrf

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Noun

mais m (plural mais)

  1. (Jersey) month
Alternative forms
  • meis (Guernsey, continental Normandy)

Etymology 2

From Latin magis.

Conjunction

mais

  1. (Guernsey) but

Norwegian Bokmål

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Wikipedia no

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maiz, from Taíno mahis.

Noun

mais m (definite singular maisen, indefinite plural maiser, definite plural maisene)

  1. maize, corn (plant, Zea mays)
  2. kernel(s) of maize / corn; sweetcorn; see also maiskorn

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maiz, from Taíno mahis.

Noun

mais m (definite singular maisen, indefinite plural maisar, definite plural maisane)

  1. maize, corn (plant, Zea mays)
  2. kernel(s) of maize / corn; sweetcorn; see also maiskorn

Derived terms

References

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin magis.

Conjunction

mais

  1. but
  2. more, anymore

Descendants

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin magis.

Pronunciation

Adverb

mais

  1. more
    • c. 1170, Bernart de Ventadorn, canso:
      Val us sols jorns mais de cen.
      One single day is worth more than a hundred.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ajs, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
  • Homophones: mas (Brazil), más (Brazil) (both with intrusive /j/)
  • Hyphenation: mais
  • Audio (Brazil)(file)

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese mais, from Latin magis (“more”). Doublet of mas. Displaced collateral form chus.

Alternative forms

  • mays (obsolete spelling)

Adverb

mais (not comparable)

  2. used to form the comparative of adjectives and adverbs; more; -er
  4. preceded by the definitive article, used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; most; -est
    • 2012, Maria José Silvestre, Acaso, Xlibris Corporation, page 85:
      […] , num final de dia muito frio, o mais frio desse ano.
      , in the end of a very cold day, the coldest this year.
  6. more (to a greater degree or extent)
    • 2009, Afonso Zilio, Ensinamentos Através Dos Sonhos, Clube dos Autores, page 143:
      Então eu corri mais, esperando dar tempo de passar.
      So I ran more, hoping there would be enough time to go through.
  7. (with indefinite or interrogative pronoun) else
  9. (in negative sentences) any more, any longer
    Não gosto mais de morar aqui
    I don’t like living here any more
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mais.

Conjunction

mais

  2. (arithmetic) plus (sum of the previous one and the following one)
  4. (Brazil, colloquial) and; with; together with
    Eu mais ela vamos 'tar casando
    She and I are getting married.
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mais.

Noun

mais m (invariable)

  2. plus sign (name of the character +)
    Synonym: sinal de mais

Etymology 2

Alteration of mas through the epenthesis of /j/ in Brazilian Portuguese.

Conjunction

mais

  2. (Brazil) Misspelling of mas.

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin mēnsis. Compare Catalan mes, French mois, Italian mese, Portuguese mês, Spanish mes.

Noun

mais m

  1. month

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno mahís.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧is
  • IPA(key): /maˈʔis/,

Noun

maís (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜁᜐ᜔)

  1. maize; corn, the grain from Zea mays

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Anagrams

Tiruray

Noun

mais

  1. corn

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.

Noun

maís

  1. corn, the grain from Zea mays

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mais c (no plural)

  1. maize, corn

Further reading

  • “mais”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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