mayo

See also: Mayo and mayó

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪ.oʊ/

Noun

mayo (countable and uncountable, plural mayos)

1. Clipping of mayonnaise.

   Pass me the mayo please.

2. (offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur, Internet slang) A white person.

Synonyms

• (white person): see whitey

Anagrams

• Amoy, Moya, moya

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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin Māius.

Noun

mayo m

1. May

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈma.yoʔ/

Pronoun

mayò (Bikol Naga)

1. (indefinite) nothing, none

Adjective

mayò

1. absent

   Synonym: wara

   Antonyms: igwa, may

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Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of mayonaise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.joː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ma‧yo
• Rhymes: -aːjoː

Noun

mayo f (plural mayo's)

1. (informal) mayonnaise

   Synonym: mayonaise

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mayo

Noun

mayo

1. May

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Haitian Creole

Noun

mayo

1. t-shirt

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Ido

Noun

mayo (plural mayi)

1. May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) monati di la Gregoriala kalendario; januaro, februaro, marto, aprilo, mayo, junio, julio, agosto, septembro, oktobro, novembro, decembro ^{(Category: io:Months)}

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Japanese

Romanization

mayo

1. Rōmaji transcription of マヨ

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Moose Cree

Alternative forms

[script needed]

Noun

mayo (transliteration needed)

1. feces

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Māius, from Māia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmajo/

Noun

mayo m

1. May
   • 13th century C.E., Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, , To codex, cantiga 406 (facsimile):

     ben uennas mayo

     Welcome, May!

Descendants

• Galician: maio
• Portuguese: maio
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: mai
  • Kabuverdianu: mai, maiu
  • → Tetum: maiu

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Portuguese

Noun

mayo m (plural mayos)

1. Obsolete spelling of maio

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Māius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmaʝo/, [ˈma.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈmaʃo/, [ˈma.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmaʒo/, [ˈma.ʒo]

Noun

mayo m (plural mayos)

1. May

Derived terms

• como agua de mayo

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: Mayo
• → Cebuano: Mayo
• → Karao: Mayo
• → Masbatenyo: Mayo
• → Tagalog: Mayo
• →⇒ Classical Nahuatl: mētztli mayo

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) mes del calendario gregoriano; enero, febrero, marzo, abril, mayo, junio, julio, agosto, septiembre, octubre, noviembre, diciembre ^{(Category: es:Months)}

Further reading

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

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French maillot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɑjɔ]

Noun

mayo (definite accusative mayoyu, plural mayolar)

1. swimsuit

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	mayo
Definite accusative	mayoyu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mayo	mayolar
Definite accusative	mayoyu	mayoları
Dative	mayoya	mayolara
Locative	mayoda	mayolarda
Ablative	mayodan	mayolardan
Genitive	mayonun	mayoların
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular mayom mayolarım 2nd singular mayon mayoların 3rd singular mayosu mayoları 1st plural mayomuz mayolarımız 2nd plural mayonuz mayolarınız 3rd plural mayoları mayoları

See also

• bikini
• mayokini
• deniz şortu