mai

See also Appendix:Variations of "mai"

Aragonese

Noun

mai f.

1. mother

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Catalan

Adverb

mai

1. never

Antonyms

• sempre

See also

• jamai

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Estonian

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Etymology

From German Mai.

Noun

mai (genitive mai, partitive maid)

1. May

Declension

Declension of mai (type koi)

	singular	plural
nominative	mai	maid
genitive	mai	maide
partitive	maid	maisid
illative	maisse	maidesse
inessive	mais	maides
elative	maist	maidest
allative	maile	maidele
adessive	mail	maidel
ablative	mailt	maidelt
translative	maiks	maideks
terminative	maini	maideni
essive	maina	maidena
abessive	maita	maideta
comitative	maiga	maidega

Synonyms

• lehekuu
• lehehakkamiskuu
• õiekuu
• toomekuu
• meiukuu
• nelipühakuu

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) jaanuar, veebruar, märts, aprill, mai, juuni, juuli, august, september, oktoober, november, detsember ^{(Category: et:Months) [edit]}

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Faroese

Noun

mai m.

1. May (month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) januar, februar, mars, apríl, mai, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, desember ^{(Category: fo:Months) [edit]}

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Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic (compare Indonesian mari).

Verb

mai (always together with lako, , as lako mai)

1. come

Preposition

mai

1. in
2. from

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French

Etymology

From Latin (mensis) māius.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /mɛ/, SAMPA: /mE/

Noun

mai m. (plural mais)

1. May (month)

Anagrams

• ami

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Hungarian

Etymology

ma + -i

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɒji/
• Hyphenation: mai

Adjective

mai

1. of today

   a mai újság - today's newspaper

Antonyms

• régi, antik

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin magis.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

mai

1. never, ever

Related terms

• casomai / caso mai
• come mai?
• giammai
• mai dire mai (proverb)
• mai e poi mai
• mai più
• meglio tardi che mai (proverb)
• ormai
• ora o mai più
• quasi mai

Anagrams

• ami
• mia

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Kaurna

Noun

mai

1. vegetable food, bush tucker

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Mandarin

Romanization

mai

1. Nonstandard spelling of mái.
2. Nonstandard spelling of mǎi.
3. Nonstandard spelling of mài.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Maori

Adverb

mai

1. hither

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Norwegian

Noun

mai

1. May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) månad i den gregorianske kalenderen, måned i den gregorianske kalender; januar, februar, mars, april, mai, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, desember ^{(Category: no:Months) [edit]}

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Occitan

Etymology 1

Latin magis.

Adverb

mai

1. but
2. more

Synonyms

• (more): pus

Etymology 2

Latin mensis maius.

Noun

mai m.

1. May (month)

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Pitjantjatjara

Noun

mai

1. food
2. vegetable

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Rapa Nui

Preposition

mai

1. from, since

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Romanian

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Latin (mensis) māius through Greek Μάιος (Máios) and partially Slavic maĩ, maj. Less likely a direct derivation from Latin.

Noun

mai m.

1. May

Synonyms

• florar (popular)

Etymology 2

From Latin magis.

Adverb

mai

1. more

Usage notes

This word regards degree rather than number, for which a form of the word mult should be appended.

• mai ușor - easier (more easy)
• mai fericit - happier (more happy)
• mai multă fericire - more happiness
• mai mulți băieți - more boys

Etymology 3

From Latin malleus (“hammer”).

Noun

mai n. (plural maiuri)

1. mallet, maul, sledgehammer, rammer, club

Declension

declension of mai

	singular		plural
gender n.	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un mai	maiul	niște maiuri	maiurile
genitive/dative	unui mai	maiului	unor maiuri	maiurilor

Related terms

• măior

Etymology 4

From Hungarian máj

Noun

mai n. (plural maiuri)

1. (anatomy) liver

Synonyms

• ficat

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) matg
• (Puter) meg

Etymology

From Latin māius (“of May”).

Proper noun

mai m.

1. (Vallader) May

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Sydney

Noun

mai

1. eye

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Welsh

Noun

mai 

1. May

Conjunction

mai

1. that (in regards to one's occupation)

   Mae e'n dweud mai athro yw ef — He says that he is a teacher

   Roedden ni arfer credu mai gŵr drwg oedd ef — We used to think that he was a bad man

See also

• y
• bod
• i