Mai

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mai"

English

Proper noun

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 of Chinese or German origin.

Anagrams

• AIM, AMI, I am, I'm a, I'm a', I'm'a, I'm-a, I'ma, IAM, Ima, Ima', MIA, Mia, aim, i'm'a, i'ma, ima, mia

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Danish

Proper noun

Mai

1. A female given name, variant of Maj.

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Estonian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Mai

1. A female given name.

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Ewe

Proper noun

Mai

1. May (month)

Related terms

• Damɛ

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin māius.

Noun

Mai

1. May

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɪ/

• audio

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Noun

Mai m (genitive Mais or Mai, plural Maie)

1. May (month)

Declension

Declension of Mai

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mai	die	Maie
genitive	eines	des	Mais	der	Maie
dative	einem	dem	Mai	den	Maien
accusative	einen	den	Mai	die	Maie

Derived terms

• Maibaum

Descendants

• → Estonian: mai

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Monat im gregorianischen Kalender (Gregorianischen Kalender); Januar / Jänner, Februar, März, April, Mai, Juni (Junius), Juli (Julius), August, September, Oktober, November, Dezember ^{(Category: de:Months)}

Further reading

• “Mai” in Duden online

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Japanese

Romanization

Mai

1. Rōmaji transcription of まい

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Latin

Proper noun

Maī

1. genitive/vocative singular of Maius

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Mai

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

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 梅.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maːj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [maːj˧˧]
• Homophone: mai

Proper noun

Mai

1. A surname​.
2. A female given name from Chinese

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Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Māius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mai̯/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Mai m

1. May

Synonyms

• cyntefin

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Ionawr, Chwefror, Mawrth, Ebrill, Mai, Mehefin, Gorffennaf, Awst, Medi, Hydref, Tachwedd, Rhagfyr ^{(Category: cy:Months)}

Mutation

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.