maíz

Asturian

Noun

maíz m (plural maíces)

1. maize (corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays)

Related terms

• maizal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno mahís.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /maˈiθ/ [maˈiθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /maˈis/ [maˈis]
• Rhymes: -iθ
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: ma‧íz

Noun

maíz m (plural maíces)

1. corn, maize

Derived terms

• harina de maíz
• jarabe de maíz
• maíz negro
• maizal
• maizena
• moler el maíz

 

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: mais
• → Cebuano: mais
• → Cuyunon: mais
• → Dutch: mais
• → English: maize
• → Faroese: mais
• → French: maïs
• → Hiligaynon: mais
• → German: Mais
• → Italian: mais
• → Norwegian Bokmål: mais
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: mais
• → Portuguese: maís
• → Swedish: majs
• → Tagalog: mais
• → Waray-Waray: mais

Further reading

• “maíz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014