English

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Etymology

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Chinese surname with several origins:

As a German surname, variant of May.

Proper noun

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Mai

  1. A female given name, a rare spelling variant of Mae/May, or borrowed from Scandinavia, with the same ultimate origin.
  2. A surname from Chinese of Chinese or German origin.

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Bavarian

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with German Maul.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mai̯/ (West Central Bavarian)

Noun

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Mai n

  1. mouth

Etymology 2

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Cognate with German Mai.

Proper noun

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Mai

  1. May

Danish

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Proper noun

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Mai

  1. a female given name, variant of Maj

Estonian

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Etymology

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Short form of Maia, from Maarja / Maria; also associated with the month mai (May).

Proper noun

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Mai

  1. a female given name

Proper noun

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Mai

  1. May (month)
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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin maius.

Noun

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Mai

  1. May

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German meie, from Old High German meio, from Latin (mensis) Maius, the Italic goddess of growth.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maɪ/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Noun

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Mai m (strong, genitive Mais or Mai, plural Maie)

  1. May (month)

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • Mai” in Duden online
  • Mai” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Japanese

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Romanization

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Mai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まい

Latin

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Proper noun

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Maī

  1. genitive/vocative singular of Maius

Norwegian

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Proper noun

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Mai

  1. a female given name, short for Maja, Maria, or from the month

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from .

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Mai

  1. a surname from Chinese
  2. a female given name from Chinese

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh Mey, from Latin Maius.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Mai m

  1. May

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Mai Fai unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.