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

Asi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.

Noun edit

mais

  1. maize; corn

Bikol Central edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /maˈʔis/, [maˈʔis]
  • IPA(key): /maˈis/, [maˈis]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧is

Noun edit

maís (Basahan spelling ᜋᜁᜐ᜔)

  1. corn, maize

Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.

Noun edit

mais

  1. maize; a grain crop of the species Zea mays; corn
  2. the grain from this plant

Derived terms edit

Cuyunon edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.

Noun edit

mais

  1. corn, the grain from Zea mays

Dalmatian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin mē(n)sis. Compare French mois, Italian mese, Portuguese mês, Romansch mais, Spanish mes.

Noun edit

mais m

  1. month

Dutch edit

 
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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mɑi̯s/, /maːi̯s/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: mais

Noun edit

mais m (uncountable)

  1. corn, maize
    Ik hou van gegrilde mais op de barbecue.
    I love grilled corn on the barbecue.
    Mais is een belangrijk gewas in vele delen van de wereld.
    Maize is an important crop in many parts of the world.
    We plantten mais in onze tuin dit jaar.
    We planted corn in our garden this year.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Negerhollands: mais, majis
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: mais

Estonian edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

mais (genitive maisi, partitive maisi)

  1. corn, maize
Declension edit
Declension of mais (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative mais maisid
accusative nom.
gen. maisi
genitive maiside
partitive maisi maise
maisisid
illative maisi
maisisse
maisidesse
maisesse
inessive maisis maisides
maises
elative maisist maisidest
maisest
allative maisile maisidele
maisele
adessive maisil maisidel
maisel
ablative maisilt maisidelt
maiselt
translative maisiks maisideks
maiseks
terminative maisini maisideni
essive maisina maisidena
abessive maisita maisideta
comitative maisiga maisidega

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

mais

  1. inessive plural of maa

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

mais

  1. inessive singular of mai

Fala edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese mais, from Latin magis (more).

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

mais

  1. but

Adverb edit

mais

  1. Frades Gaspar's form of máis (more, -est)

Determiner edit

mais

  1. Frades Gaspar's form of máis (more, yet another)

References edit

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
  • Frades Gaspar, Domingo (2000) Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala[2], 2nd edition, Sa Martín de Trevellu, Spain: Editora Regional de Extremadura, →ISBN, archived from the original on 2013-07-10

Faroese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno maisí, mahis (variously spelled).

Noun edit

mais f (genitive singular maisar, uncountable)
mais n (genitive singular mais, uncountable)

  1. maize

Declension edit

Declension of mais (singular only)
f2s singular
indefinite definite
nominative mais maisin
accusative mais maisina
dative mais maisini
genitive maisar maisarinnar
n11s Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative mais maisið
Accusative mais maisið
Dative maisi maisinum
Genitive mais maisins

Derived terms edit

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old French mes, mais, from Latin magis.

Conjunction edit

mais

  1. but, although

Interjection edit

mais

  1. an expression of surprise, disbelief, or frustration roughly equivalent to the English well, or sometimes yeah
    Mais qu’est-ce que tu fais ?What the heck are you doing?

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Louisiana Creole:

See also edit

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

mais m

  1. plural of mai

Anagrams edit

Galician edit

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

mais

  1. and; with
    Synonym: e
    Eu mais uns amigosI and some friends
  2. but
    Synonym: pero
    Eu acepto, mais só baixo unha condición.
    I accept, but only under one condition.

Usage notes edit

In the sense and sometimes used together with e to reinforce a statement: “Jack e mais eu” – “Jack and I”. When used together with an article the following contractions can occur:

References edit

  • mais” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.

Further reading edit

Gothic edit

Romanization edit

mais

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃

Hiligaynon edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

Noun edit

maís

  1. maize; corn

Indo-Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese mais (more), from Old Galician-Portuguese mais (more), from Latin magis (more).

Adverb edit

mais

  1. forms the comparative and superlative of adjectives; more
    • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
      Já fallou par su pai aquêl mais piquin, []
      The youngest one told his father []

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish mais, maiss, from Old Irish mass (mass, lump), from Latin massa (mass, bulk; lump; dough), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, bread).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mais f (genitive singular maise, nominative plural maiseanna)

  1. (physics, etc.) mass

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mais mhais not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • mass”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mais m (invariable)

  1. maize, corn
    Synonyms: frumentone, granoturco, granturco

References edit

  1. ^ mais in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Further reading edit

  • mais in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams edit

Ivatan edit

Noun edit

mais

  1. corn

Kapampangan edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno mahís.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /məˈis/, [məˈis]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧is

Noun edit

mais

  1. maize; corn

Derived terms edit

Karao edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

Noun edit

mais

  1. corn

Kavalan edit

Noun edit

mais

  1. corn

Masbatenyo edit

Noun edit

maís

  1. corn

Norman edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Northern French meis, from Latin mēnsis.

 
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Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Noun edit

mais m (plural mais)

  1. (Jersey) month
Alternative forms edit
  • meis (Guernsey, continental Normandy)

Etymology 2 edit

From Latin magis.

Conjunction edit

mais

  1. (Guernsey) but

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish maiz, from Taíno mahis.

Noun edit

mais m (definite singular maisen, indefinite plural maiser, definite plural maisene)

  1. maize, corn (plant, Zea mays)
  2. kernel(s) of maize / corn; sweetcorn; see also maiskorn

Derived terms edit

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish maiz, from Taíno mahis.

Noun edit

mais m (definite singular maisen, indefinite plural maisar, definite plural maisane)

  1. maize, corn (plant, Zea mays)
  2. kernel(s) of maize / corn; sweetcorn; see also maiskorn

Derived terms edit

References edit

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin magis.

Conjunction edit

mais

  1. but
  2. more, anymore

Descendants edit

Old Occitan edit

Etymology edit

From Latin magis.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

mais

  1. more
    • c. 1170, Bernart de Ventadorn, canso:
      Val us sols jorns mais de cen.
      One single day is worth more than a hundred.

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ajs, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
  • Homophones: mas (Brazil), más (Brazil) (both with intrusive /j/)
  • Hyphenation: mais
  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese mais, from Latin magis (more). Doublet of mas. Displaced collateral form chus.

Alternative forms edit

  • mays (obsolete spelling)

Adverb edit

mais (not comparable)

  1. used to form the comparative of adjectives and adverbs; more; -er
  2. preceded by the definitive article, used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; most; -est
    • 2012, Maria José Silvestre, Acaso, Xlibris Corporation, page 85:
      [] , num final de dia muito frio, o mais frio desse ano.
      [] , in the end of a very cold day, the coldest this year.
  3. more (to a greater degree or extent)
    • 2009, Afonso Zilio, Ensinamentos Através Dos Sonhos, Clube dos Autores, page 143:
      Então eu corri mais, esperando dar tempo de passar.
      So I ran more, hoping there would be enough time to go through.
  4. (with indefinite or interrogative pronoun) else
  5. (in negative sentences) any more, any longer
    Não gosto mais de morar aqui
    I don’t like living here any more
Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mais.

Conjunction edit

mais

  1. (arithmetic) plus (sum of the previous one and the following one)
  2. (Brazil, colloquial) and; with; together with
    Eu mais ela vamos 'tar casando
    She and I are getting married.
Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mais.

Noun edit

mais m (invariable)

  1. plus sign (name of the character +)
    Synonym: sinal de mais

Etymology 2 edit

Alteration of mas through the epenthesis of /j/ in Brazilian Portuguese.

Conjunction edit

mais

  1. (Brazil) Misspelling of mas.

Romansch edit

Etymology edit

From Latin mēnsis. Compare Catalan mes, French mois, Italian mese, Portuguese mês, Spanish mes.

Noun edit

mais m

  1. month

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno mahís.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ma‧is
  • IPA(key): /maˈʔis/, [mɐˈʔis]

Noun edit

maís (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜁᜐ᜔)

  1. maize; corn, the grain from Zea mays

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

See also edit

Anagrams edit

Tiruray edit

Noun edit

mais

  1. corn

Waray-Waray edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.

Noun edit

maís

  1. corn, the grain from Zea mays

West Frisian edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

mais c (no plural)

  1. maize, corn

Further reading edit

  • mais”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011