mais
Asi Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.
Noun Edit
mais
Bikol Central Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
maís (Basahan spelling ᜋᜁᜐ᜔)
Cebuano Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.
Noun Edit
mais
Derived terms Edit
Cuyunon Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.
Noun Edit
mais
Dalmatian Edit
Etymology Edit
From Latin mē(n)sis. Compare French mois, Italian mese, Portuguese mês, Romansch mais, Spanish mes.
Noun Edit
mais m
Dutch Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
mais m (uncountable)
- 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
Estonian Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Noun Edit
mais (genitive maisi, partitive maisi)
Declension Edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | mais | maisid |
accusative | maisi | maisid |
genitive | maisi | 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 |
Notes | 1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type. |
Etymology 2 Edit
Noun Edit
mais
Etymology 3 Edit
Noun Edit
mais
Fala Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese mais, from Latin magis (“more”).
Pronunciation Edit
Conjunction Edit
mais
Adverb Edit
mais
- Frades Gaspar's form of máis (“more, -est”)
Determiner Edit
mais
- 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)
Declension Edit
Declension of mais (singular only) | ||
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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
Interjection Edit
mais
- 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
See also Edit
Further reading Edit
- “mais”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology 2 Edit
Noun Edit
mais m
Anagrams Edit
Galician Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Conjunction Edit
mais
- and; with
- Eu mais uns amigos ― I and some friends
- but
- 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:
Synonyms Edit
References Edit
- “mais” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
Further reading Edit
- “mais” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Gothic Edit
Romanization Edit
mais
- Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃
Hiligaynon Edit
Etymology Edit
Noun Edit
maís
Indo-Portuguese Edit
Etymology Edit
From Portuguese mais (“more”), from Old Galician-Portuguese mais (“more”), from Latin magis (“more”).
Adverb Edit
mais
- 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)
Declension Edit
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms Edit
- ainmfhocal maise (“mass noun”)
- bithmhais (“biomass”)
- mais adamhach (“atomic mass”)
- maisfhuinneamh (“mass energy”)
- maisghníomhaíocht (“mass action”)
Mutation Edit
Irish mutation | ||
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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, 2013–2023
Italian Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
mais m (invariable)
- maize, corn
- Synonyms: frumentone, granoturco, granturco
References Edit
Further reading Edit
- mais in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams Edit
Ivatan Edit
Noun Edit
mais
Kapampangan Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno mahís.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
mais
Derived terms Edit
Karao Edit
Etymology Edit
Noun Edit
mais
Kavalan Edit
Noun Edit
mais
Masbatenyo Edit
Noun Edit
maís
Norman Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Old Northern French meis, from Latin mēnsis.
Pronunciation Edit
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Noun Edit
mais m (plural mais)
Alternative forms Edit
- meis (Guernsey, continental Normandy)
Etymology 2 Edit
Conjunction Edit
mais
Norwegian Bokmål Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Spanish maiz, from Taíno mahis.
Noun Edit
mais m (definite singular maisen, indefinite plural maiser, definite plural maisene)
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
- “mais” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Spanish maiz, from Taíno mahis.
Noun Edit
mais m (definite singular maisen, indefinite plural maisar, definite plural maisane)
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
- “mais” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
Conjunction Edit
mais
Descendants Edit
- French: mais
Old Occitan Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adverb Edit
mais
- more
- c. 1170, Bernart de Ventadorn, canso:
- Val us sols jorns mais de cen.
One single day is worth more than a hundred.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 1170, Bernart de Ventadorn, canso:
Portuguese Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ajs, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
- Homophones: mas (Brazil), más (Brazil) (both with intrusive /j/)
- Hyphenation: mais
Audio (Brazil) (file)
Etymology 1 Edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese mais, from Latin magis (“more”). Doublet of mas. Displaced collateral (Old Portuguese) form chus.
Alternative forms Edit
- mays (obsolete spelling)
Adverb Edit
mais (not comparable)
- used to form the comparative of adjectives and adverbs; more; -er
- 1914, Alberto Caeiro, O Tejo é mais belo que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia:
- O Tejo é mais bello que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia
- The Tagus is more beautiful than the river that flows through my village
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 246:
- Então continuaram a estudar enquanto o céu lá fora se tornava gradualmente mais escuro.
- Then they continued to study while the sky outside was becoming gradually darker.
- 2009 (3rd edition), Elaine N. Marieb, Katja Hoehn, Anatomia e Fisiologia, Artmed Editora, page 366:
- […] , quanto maior o diâmetro axonal, mais rapidamente ele conduz impulsos.
- […] , the greater the axonal diameter, the faster it conducts impulses.
- 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.
- 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.
- (with indefinite or interrogative pronoun) else
- (in negative sentences) any more, any longer
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 182:
- Ele tem razão, eu não quero mais dormir no mesmo dormitório que ele, ele é doido.
- He is right, I don't want to sleep in the same dormitory as him any more, he is crazy.
- 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
- (arithmetic) plus (sum of the previous one and the following one)
- (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)
- 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
Romansch Edit
Etymology Edit
From Latin mēnsis. Compare Catalan mes, French mois, Italian mese, Portuguese mês, Spanish mes.
Noun Edit
mais m
Tagalog Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno mahís.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
maís (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜁᜐ᜔)
Derived terms Edit
Related terms Edit
See also Edit
Anagrams Edit
Tiruray Edit
Noun Edit
mais
Waray-Waray Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.
Noun Edit
maís
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)
Further reading Edit
- “mais”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011