mayo

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See also: Mayo and mayó

English

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Pronunciation

Noun

mayo (countable and uncountable, plural mayos)

  1. Clipping of mayonnaise.
    Pass me the mayo please.
  2. (countable, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur, Internet slang) A white person.
  3. (Australia, informal) Exaggeration.
    • 2017 November 20, Rudi Edsall, “Kerry O'Keeffe's Hilarious Story About The One Time He Captained Australia”, in Triple M:
      Judging by the scorecard, Skull may have laid a dollop of mayo on the story, but who cares when the story is that well told?
    • 2023 May 22, Cal Twomey, quoting Twomey and Bailey Smith, “'I'm in a good space now': Gun Dog on life in the spotlight”, in Western Bulldogs:
      [Twomey:] Let's start with one you've never been asked in an interview: did you know Patrick Cripps pulled your hair last week?
      [Smith:] That's a good question. We laughed about it during the game because I put a bit of mayo on it to see if I could milk a free kick.
    • 2023 November 17, Perth Drive (radio), spoken by William McInnes, via ABC Radio Perth:
      …he played a forward defensive shot, and he held it like it was a beautiful cover drive, and someone said, "Oh, mate, stop adding the mayo! It's just a forward defensive, you flog!"

Synonyms

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Aragonese

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Etymology

From Latin Maius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaʝo/
  • Rhymes: -aʝo
  • Syllabification: ma‧yo

Noun

mayo m

  1. May

See also

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmajoʔ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ma‧yo

Adjective

mayò (plural marayo, Basahan spelling ᜋᜌᜓ)

  1. (Naga) absent
    Synonyms: wara, awsente
    Antonym: yaon
    Mayo naman siya sa klase.
    S/he's absent again in class.

Pronoun

mayò (plural marayo, Basahan spelling ᜋᜌᜓ)

  1. (Naga, indefinite) nothing; none; no one; nobody
    Synonyms: wara, dai
    Antonyms: igwa, may
    Mayo baga nin tawo sa harong.
    There's no one in the house.

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of mayonaise.

Pronunciation

Noun

mayo f (plural mayo's)

  1. (informal) mayonnaise
    Synonym: mayonaise

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mayo.

Noun

mayo

  1. May

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

Noun

mayo

  1. t-shirt

Ido

Noun

mayo (plural mayi)

  1. May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

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Japanese

Romanization

mayo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of マヨ

Moose Cree

Alternative forms

Noun

mayo

  1. feces

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Maius, from Maia.

Pronunciation

  • (Galicia) IPA(key): /ˈmaj.o/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmaj.ʊ/

Noun

mayo m (plural mayos)

  1. May

Descendants

  • Galician: maio
  • Portuguese: maio (see there for further descendants)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish mayor and Portuguese maior.

Noun

mayo

  1. parent

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Portuguese

Noun

mayo m (plural mayos)

  1. Obsolete spelling of maio.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmaʝo/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈmaʃo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmaʒo/

  • Rhymes: -aʝo
  • Syllabification: ma‧yo

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin Maius.

Noun

mayo m (plural mayos)

  1. May
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

mayo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mayar

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Further reading

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French maillot.

Pronunciation

Noun

mayo (definite accusative mayoyu, plural mayolar)

  1. swimsuit

Declension

Inflection
Nominative mayo
Definite accusative mayoyu
Singular Plural
Nominative mayo mayolar
Definite accusative mayoyu mayoları
Dative mayoya mayolara
Locative mayoda mayolarda
Ablative mayodan mayolardan
Genitive mayonun mayoların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular mayom mayolarım
2nd singular mayon mayoların
3rd singular mayosu mayoları
1st plural mayomuz mayolarımız
2nd plural mayonuz mayolarınız
3rd plural mayoları mayoları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular mayomu mayolarımı
2nd singular mayonu mayolarını
3rd singular mayosunu mayolarını
1st plural mayomuzu mayolarımızı
2nd plural mayonuzu mayolarınızı
3rd plural mayolarını mayolarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular mayoma mayolarıma
2nd singular mayona mayolarına
3rd singular mayosuna mayolarına
1st plural mayomuza mayolarımıza
2nd plural mayonuza mayolarınıza
3rd plural mayolarına mayolarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular mayomda mayolarımda
2nd singular mayonda mayolarında
3rd singular mayosunda mayolarında
1st plural mayomuzda mayolarımızda
2nd plural mayonuzda mayolarınızda
3rd plural mayolarında mayolarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular mayomdan mayolarımdan
2nd singular mayondan mayolarından
3rd singular mayosundan mayolarından
1st plural mayomuzdan mayolarımızdan
2nd plural mayonuzdan mayolarınızdan
3rd plural mayolarından mayolarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular mayomun mayolarımın
2nd singular mayonun mayolarının
3rd singular mayosunun mayolarının
1st plural mayomuzun mayolarımızın
2nd plural mayonuzun mayolarınızın
3rd plural mayolarının mayolarının

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