mayo

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

mayo

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪ.əʊ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪəʊ

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.

Synonyms

• (white person): see Thesaurus:white person

Anagrams

• Amoy, Moya, moya

Aragonese

Aragonese Wikipedia has an article on:

mayo

Wikipedia ^an

Etymology

From Latin Maius.

Noun

mayo m

1. May

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) chinero, febrero, marzo, abril, mayo, chunio, chulio, agosto, setiembre, octubre/otubre, nobiembre, abiento ^{(Category: an:Months)}

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmajoʔ/,

• (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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.joː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ma‧yo
• Rhymes: -aːjoː

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

• IPA^(key): /majo/

Noun

mayo

1. t-shirt

Ido

Noun

mayo (plural mayi)

1. May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) monati di la Gregoriala kalendario; januaro, februaro, marto, aprilo, mayo, junio, julio, agosto, septembro, oktobro, novembro, decembro ^{(Category: io:Months)}

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

1. May
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, To codex, cantiga 406 (facsimile):

     ben uennas mayo

     Welcome, May!

Descendants

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

Portuguese

Noun

mayo m (plural mayos)

1. Obsolete spelling of maio

Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: ma‧yo

Etymology 1

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

mayo

Wikipedia ^es

Inherited from Latin Maius.

Noun

mayo m (plural mayos)

1. May

Derived terms

Descendants

• > Chavacano: Mayo (inherited)
• → Bikol Central: Mayo
• → Cebuano: Mayo
• → Hiligaynon: Mayo
• → Ilocano: Mayo
• → Karao: Mayo
• → Masbatenyo: Mayo
• → Kapampangan: Mayu
• → Tagalog: Mayo
• → Waray-Waray: Mayo
• →⇒ Classical Nahuatl: mētztli mayo

Etymology 2

Verb

mayo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mayar

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) mes del calendario gregoriano; enero, febrero, marzo, abril, mayo, junio, julio, agosto, septiembre, octubre, noviembre, diciembre ^{(Category: es:Months)}

Further reading

• “mayo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French maillot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

mayo (definite accusative mayoyu, plural mayolar)

1. swimsuit

Declension

See also