Mais

See also: mais, maïs, maís, máis, and màis

English

Etymology

• As an English surname (Durham), variant of Mayes.
• As a German surname, from the obsolete Middle High German meiz (“cleared land”).

Proper noun

Mais

1. A surname.

German

Mais

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɪ̯s/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

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Etymology 1

From Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi.

Noun

Mais m (strong, genitive Maises or Mais, no plural)

1. maize; corn (US)

   Synonyms: (Austria) Kukuruz, (archaic) türkischer Weizen, (archaic) türkisch Korn, (dated) Welschkorn

Usage notes

• In German-speaking Europe, maize is commonest as a fodder crop. In cuisine, it is generally regarded and used as a vegetable. Referring to it as a Getreide (“cereal”) may strike non-specialist German-speakers as unusual or wrong (though it is, of course, biologically correct).

Declension

Declension of Mais [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mais
genitive	eines	des	Maises, Mais
dative	einem	dem	Mais
accusative	einen	den	Mais

Descendants

• → Kashubian: majs

Etymology 2

Noun

Mais

1. genitive singular of Mai

Further reading

• “Mais” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mais” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Mais” in Duden online
• Mais on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Spanish maíz

Noun

Mais m (uncountable)

1. maize, sweetcorn

   Synonym: Tierkesche Weess