May

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Proper noun 1.4.1 Usage notes 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Related terms 1.4.4 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 Norwegian 2.1 Proper noun 3 Swedish 3.1 Proper noun

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• (female given name): Mae

[edit] Etymology

Middle English, from Old English, from Old French mai, from Latin māius, Maia's month, from Maia, a Roman earth goddess, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *magya, she who is great, from Proto-Indo-European base *meg-, great

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: mā, IPA: /meɪ/, SAMPA: /meI/
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  Rhymes: -eɪ

[edit] Proper noun

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Singular May

Plural countable and uncountable; Mays

May (countable and uncountable; plural Mays)

1. The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June.
2. The hawthorn or its blossoms (as it blooms in May)
3. A female given name, pet name for Mary and Margaret, reinforced by the month and plant meaning
4. A surname.

[edit] Usage notes

• May (or Mae) is often used in conjoined names (e.g., Lillie Mae, Katie Mae, Fannie Mae).

[edit] Derived terms

Barcelona May Days Black May Bloody May Constitution of 3 May 1791 have climbed May Hill Italian may King of May, King of the May Lady of the May Lord of May, Lord of the May May and January May and December May apple, mayapple May Ball May-bean May beetle May-bird, maybird May bishop May blob May bloom May blossom May bug May Bumps May-bush May butter May-chafter

May-cherry May-chick May-chit May Coup d'Etat May curlew May Day May-December May dew May-drink may duke, mayduke May examination Mayey, Mayie Mayfair May-fern May fish, mayfish May flower mayflower May fly, May-fly, mayfly May Fourth Movement May fowl May-gad May game May gowan May grapes May grass

May gray May-haw, mayhaw May highflyer May-house Maying, maying May-jack May-king May lady May laws May lily May-lord May Marian May meetings May-morn, May-morning May Morning May parr May peal May pole, maypole May-pop May queen May races May Revolution May-roll May-rose

May-sel May-September romance May-skate May skin May-sucker may tag, maytag May-term May thorn Maytime may tree May Uprising may-weed May-week, May Week May whaap May whaup May wine May wool May-worm May-wort Memphis in May mid-May ne'er cast a clout till May be out Queen of May, Queen of the May Sun of May

[edit] Related terms

• Cinco de Mayo

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: Amy
• Mya, MYA
• yam

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Proper noun

May

1. A female given name borrowed from English.

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Proper noun

May

1. A female given name borrowed from English.