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Etymology [edit]
Middle English mayde, maide, abbreviation of maiden.
Pronunciation [edit]
maid (plural maids)
- (dated or poetic) A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
- Note - maid is often used in the common or species names of flowering plants.
- A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
- (archaic) A virgin of either gender.
- 14th century Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
- Crist was a mayde and shapen as a man.
- 1601 Wm. Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
- You are betrothed both to a maid and man.
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
young female
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- Portuguese: donzela (pt) f, moça (pt) f
- Russian: девица (ru) (devíca) f, дева (ru) (déva) f, девушка (ru) (dévuška) f
- Scots: deem
- Scottish Gaelic: ainnir (gd) f, maighdeann (gd) f, rìbhinn (gd) f, òigh (gd) f, gruagach (gd) f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: дева (sh) f, дјева (sh) f, девојка (sh) f, дјевојка (sh) f, мома (sh) f
- Roman: deva (sh) f, djeva (sh) f, devojka (sh) f, djevojka (sh) f, moma (sh)
- Spanish: doncella (es) f, señorita (es) f
- Swahili: wafanyikazi (sw)
- Swedish: mö (sv) c, jungfru (sv) c
- Telugu: కన్య (te) (kanya)
- Urdu: لڑکی (ur) (laṛkī) f
- Vietnamese: con gái (vi), thiếu nữ (vi) (少女 (vi))
- Welsh: merch (cy) f, geneth (cy) f, rhiain (cy) f, morwyn (cy) f
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female servant or cleaner
- Arabic: خادمة (ar) (xādima) f
- Armenian: աղախին (hy) (aġaxin)
- Catalan: criada (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 女僕 (cmn), 女仆 (cmn) (nǚpú), 女傭 (cmn), 女佣 (cmn) (nǚyòng), 傭婦 (cmn), 佣妇 (cmn) (yōngfù), 侍女 (cmn) (shìnǚ)
- Czech: služka (cs) f
- Dutch: meid (nl) f, dienstmeid (nl) f
- Esperanto: servistino (eo)
- Finnish: palvelustyttö (fi), piika (fi)
- French: bonne (fr) f, bonne à tout faire (fr) f, domestique (fr) f
- German: Dienstmädchen (de) n
- Hindi: नौकरानी (hi) (naukrānī) f
- Hungarian: szobalány (hu)
- Indonesian: pembantu (id), babu (id)
- Interlingua: serviente (ia)
- Irish: cailín (ga) m
- Italian: cameriera (it) f
- Japanese: 女中 (ja) (じょちゅう, jochū), メイド (ja) (meido)
- Korean: 하녀 (ko) (hanyeo) (下女 (ko))
- Marathi: बाई (mr) (bāī) f, कामवाली बाई (mr) (kāmavālī bāī) f
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- Northern Sami: biiga
- Norwegian: pike (no) m, stuepike (no) m, tjenestejente (no) m
- Portuguese: empregada (pt) f, servente (pt) f
- Russian: горничная (ru) (górničnaja) f, служанка (ru) (služánka) f
- Scots: deem
- Scottish Gaelic: ban-òglach (gd) f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: слушкиња (sh) f, собарица (sh) f, служавка (sh) f
- Roman: sluškinja (sh) f, sobarica (sh) f, služavka (sh) f
- Spanish: (inoffensive terms) criada (es) f, doméstica (es) f, empleada doméstica (es) f, muchacha de servicio (es) f, sirvienta (es) f, asesora del hogar (es) f (Chile, formal usage), asistenta (es) f (Spain), mucama (es) f (Argentina, Uruguay), nana (es) f (Chile), señora de servicio (es) f (Venezuela), (offensive terms) cachifa (es) f (Venezuela), chacha (es) f (Mexico, Spain), cholera (es) f (El Salvador, Guatemala), chopa (es) f (Dominican Republic), fregona (es) f (Spain), gata (es) f (Mexico), muca (es) f (Guatemala), nacha (es) f (Honduras)
- Swahili: mfanyikazi (sw)
- Swedish: hembiträde (sv) c
- Telugu: పనిపిల్ల (te) (panipilla)
- Tok Pisin: haus meri (tpi)
- Urdu: نوکرانی (ur) (naukrānī) f
- Vietnamese: đầy tớ gái (vi), hầu gái (vi)
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Anagrams [edit]
Northern Sami [edit]
Adverb [edit]
maid
- also, too
maid
- milk
