maksi

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: mak‧si

Etymology 1

From English maxi, a back-formation from maximum.

Adjective

maksi

  1. maxi: having a hemline at ankle length

Etymology 2

Blend of makan +‎ siang.

Noun

maksi (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) short for makan siang (lunch).

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French maxi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmak.si/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aksi
  • Syllabification: mak‧si

Adjective

maksi (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. maxi (being of the largest size in its category of items)
    Antonym: mini
  2. (of clothes) maxi (long, ankle-length)
    Antonym: mini

Noun

maksi f (indeclinable)

  1. (colloquial) maxi, maxiskirt
    Antonyms: mini, miniówka, minispódniczka

Further reading

  • maksi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • maksi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English maxi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mâksi/
  • Hyphenation: mak‧si

Adjective

mȁksi (Cyrillic spelling ма̏кси) (indeclinable)

  1. maxi

References

  • maksi”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English marks.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

maksi class IX (plural maksi class X)

  1. mark (academic score)

References

  1. ^ Batibo, Herman M. (2002) “The Evolution of the Kiswahili Syllable Structure”, in South African Journal of African Language, volume 22, number 1, →DOI, page 6 of 1-10