max
Translingual
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editmax
English
editEtymology
editAbbreviation of maximum.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmax (not comparable)
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editAdverb
editmax (not comparable)
- (informal) at the most; maximum.
- 1962, Poul Anderson, Time and Stars, published 1966, page 88:
- Four days max, then, to get them to safety.
Noun
editmax (countable and uncountable, plural maxes)
- (informal) Clipping of maximum.
- (informal) An extreme, a great extent.
- He pushed himself to the max.
- (obsolete, slang) Gin.
- 1819–1824, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII):
- Oh! for a glass of max!
- 1861, The Old Roman Well, page 243:
- 'I remember,' said the pale man, 'the fust night as the Dandy ever came to this crib; he sat at this very table, and drank max with Charley Chatfield. […]
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editVerb
editmax (third-person singular simple present maxes, present participle maxing, simple past and past participle maxed)
- (usually with out) To reach the limit; to reach the maximum.
- He maxed out his odds of dating Rebecca.
- She maxed out all her credit cards while she was out of work.
- (informal, especially in present particple) To relax.
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editBouyei
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Tai *maːꟲ (“horse”), from Middle Chinese 馬 (MC maeX). Cognate with Thai ม้า (máa), Northern Thai ᨾ᩶ᩣ, Lao ມ້າ (mā), Lü ᦙᦱᧉ (maa²), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥳ (mȧa), Shan မႃႉ (mâ̰a), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), 𑜉𑜡 (mā) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa).
Pronunciation
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editmax
Finnish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInternationalism (compare English max, Latin max.).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editmax (not comparable)
- (in writing or colloquial) at most, max
- Synonyms: enimmillään, maksimissaan
- Siinä menee max vartti.
- It will be fifteen minutes, max.
Ido
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editAdverb
editmax
- (archaic) most
- 1909-1910, Progreso – duesma yaro, page 40:
- Segun sa (sua) opiniono la max importanta neceso por I.L. esas la max granda perfekteso, e ne la amaso di adheranti, [...]
- According to his opionion the most important necessity for an I.L. is the perfection, and not the amount of adherents, [...]
- 1909-1910, Progreso – duesma yaro, page 40:
Synonyms
editItalian
editAdjective
editmax (invariable)
- Abbreviation of massimo (“max”).
Old English
editNoun
editmax n
- Alternative form of masc
Old French
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editmax m
- inflection of mal:
Swedish
editNoun
editmax
- max
- till max
- to the max
Related terms
editNoun
editmax c
- (card games) a max bet
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | max | max |
definite | maxen | maxens | |
plural | indefinite | maxar | maxars |
definite | maxarna | maxarnas |
Adverb
editmax (not comparable)
References
editZazaki
editNoun
editmax
Zhuang
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Tai *maːꟲ (“horse”), from Middle Chinese 馬 (MC maeX). Cognate with Thai ม้า (máa), Northern Thai ᨾ᩶ᩣ, Lao ມ້າ (mā), Lü ᦙᦱᧉ (maa²), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥳ (mȧa), Shan မႃႉ (mâ̰a), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), 𑜉𑜡 (mā) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ma˦˨/
- Tone numbers: ma4
- Hyphenation: max
Noun
editmax (classifier duz, Sawndip forms 馬 or 马 or 獁 or 𮜃, 1957–1982 spelling maч)
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- za:Horses