mai

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Contents 1 Aragonese 1.1 Noun 2 Catalan 2.1 Adverb 2.1.1 See also 3 Estonian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Synonyms 3.2.2 See also 4 Faroese 4.1 Noun 5 Fijian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Verb 5.3 Preposition 6 French 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 7 Hungarian 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronunciation 7.3 Adjective 7.3.1 Antonyms 8 Italian 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Adverb 8.2.1 Related terms 9 Kaurna 9.1 Noun 10 Mandarin 10.1 Verb 10.2 Verb 10.2.1 Derived terms 10.3 Pinyin syllable 10.3.1 Usage notes 11 Maori 11.1 Adverb 12 Norwegian 12.1 Noun 13 Pitjantjatjara 13.1 Noun 14 Romanian 14.1 Pronunciation 14.2 Etymology 1 14.2.1 Noun 14.3 Etymology 2 14.3.1 Adverb 14.3.1.1 Usage notes 14.4 Etymology 4 14.4.1 Noun 14.4.1.1 Synonyms 15 Sydney 15.1 Noun 16 Welsh 16.1 Noun 16.2 Conjunction 16.2.1 See also

[edit] Aragonese

[edit] Noun

mai f.

1. mother

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Adverb

mai

1. never

[edit] See also

• jamai

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[edit] Estonian

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[edit] Etymology

From German Mai.

[edit] Noun

mai

1. May

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• lehekuu

[edit] See also

• (Months): jaanuar - veebruar - märts - aprill - mai - juuni - juuli - august - september - oktoober - november - detsember

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[edit] Faroese

• Month of the Year: mai
  • Preceding: apríl
  • Next: juni

[edit] Noun

mai m.

1. The month of May

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[edit] Fijian

[edit] Etymology

Common Oceanian, compare Indonesian mari.

[edit] Verb

mai

1. come (always together with lako, as lako mai)

[edit] Preposition

mai

1. in
2. from

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}
• IPA: /mɛ/, SAMPA: /mE/

[edit] Noun

mai m.

1. May (month)

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Etymology

ma + -i

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɒji/
• Hyphenation: mai

[edit] Adjective

mai

1. of today

   a mai újság - today's newspaper

[edit] Antonyms

• régi, antik

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

Latin magis.

[edit] Adverb

mai

1. never, ever

[edit] Related terms

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

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[edit] Kaurna

[edit] Noun

mai

1. vegetable food, bush tucker

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Verb

mai (Pinyin mǎi, traditional 買, simplified 买)

1. to buy, to purchase
   • ni xiang mǎi na ben shu?

   Which book do you want to buy?

   • ni mǎile shenme cài?

   what food for making dish have you bought?

   • ni mǎile shenme sòngcài?

   what food for making dish have you bought?

[edit] Verb

mai (Pinyin mài, traditional 賣, simplified 卖)

1. to sell

   na ben shu mài duoshao qian? (nà běn shū mài duōshao qián? 那本书卖多少钱?) — How much is that book?

[edit] Derived terms

• guayangtoumaigourou

[edit] Pinyin syllable

mai

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, mái, mǎi, or mài.

[edit] 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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[edit] Maori

[edit] Adverb

mai

1. hither

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

mai

1. May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

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[edit] Pitjantjatjara

[edit] Noun

mai

1. food
2. vegetable

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin (mensis) māius.

[edit] Noun

mai m.

1. May

[edit] Etymology 2

Latin

[edit] Adverb

mai

1. more

[edit] Usage notes

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

• mai uşor - easier (more easy)
• mai fericit - happier (more happy)
• mai multă fericire - more happiness
• mai mulţi băieţi - more boys

[edit] Etymology 4

Hungarian máj

[edit] Noun

mai n. (plural maiuri)

1. (anatomy) liver

[edit] Synonyms

• ficat

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[edit] Sydney

[edit] Noun

mai

1. eye

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[edit] Welsh

[edit] Noun

mai

1. May

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

• y
• bod
• i