mais

See also Mais, maïs, maís, máis, and màis

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin mē(n)sis. Compare Italian mese, French mois, Spanish mes, Romansch mais.

Noun

mais m

1. month

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• maïs

Noun

mais n (uncountable)

1. corn, maize

Derived terms

• maiskolf

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Estonian

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Noun

mais (^??? please provide the genitive and partitive!)

1. corn, maize

Declension

This Estonian noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Fala

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mais, from Latin magis (“more”).

Adverb

mais

1. most; -est (forms superlatives)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     O términu de Valverdi, mais grandi, limita con Portugal, precisamenti con dois distintius Departamentos, que eran Beira Alta con capital en Guarda, a Beira Baixa con capital en Castelo Branco.

     The Valverde locality, the biggest, borders Portugal, more precisely with two distinct departments, which were Beira Alta with Guarda as its capital, and Beira Baixa with Castelo Branco as its capital.

Determiner

mais

1. more than what has been specified
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme VI, Chapter 1::

     Poin encontralsi, a o millol, hasta “oito” o mais.

     There can be found, at best, up to “eight” or more.

2. yet another
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 2: Númerus?:

     As lenguas, idiomas, dialectus o falas tenin un-as funciós mui claras desde o principiu dos siglu i si hai contabilizaus en o mundu un-as 8.000 lenguas, ca un-a con sua importancia numérica relativa, a nossa fala é un tesoiru mais entre elas.

     The tongues, languages or regional variants have some very clear functions since the beginning of the centuries and some 8,000 languages have been accounted for in the world, each with its relative numerical importance, Fala is yet another treasure among them.

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French

Etymology

From Latin magis.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /mɛ/, /me/, X-SAMPA: /mE/

Conjunction

mais

1. but

Interjection

mais

1. (Louisiana French) an expression of surprise, disbelief, or frustration roughly equivalent to the English "well", or sometimes "yeah"

See also

• cependant
• sauf

Anagrams

• amis
• misa

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Gothic

Romanization

mais

1. See 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃

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Guernésiais

Etymology

From Latin magis.

Conjunction

mais

1. but

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Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish maíz.

Noun

maís

1. maize, corn

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish mais, maiss, from Old Irish mass (“the primordial mass or formless matter from which creation proceeded; a mass, lump in general”), from Latin massa (“mass, bulk; lump; dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (maza, “bread”).

Noun

mais f (genitive maise, nominative plural maiseanna)

1. (physics) mass

Declension

Declension of mais

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative mais maiseanna Vocative a mhais a mhaiseanna Genitive maise maiseanna Dative mais maiseanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhais na maiseanna Genitive na maise na maiseanna Dative leis an mais don mhais leis na maiseanna

Derived terms

• bithmhais
• mais adamhach
• maisghníomhaíocht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mais	mhais	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Italian

Pronunciation

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Noun

mais m

1. maize, corn

Synonyms

• frumentone
• granoturco
• granturco

Anagrams

• masi
• siam

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old Northern French meis, from Latin mensis.

Noun

mais m (plural mais)

1. month

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Old French

Alternative forms

• mes

Etymology

Latin magis

Conjunction

mais

1. but

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Old Provençal

Etymology

Latin magis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /majs/

Adverb

mais

1. more
   • c. 1170, Bernart de Ventadorn, canso:

     Val us sols jorns mais de cen.

     One single day is worth more than a hundred.

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Oscan

Adverb

mais

1. more

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mays (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mais, from Latin magis (“more”). Displaced collateral form chus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA: /majs/, /majʃ/
• (Brazil) Homophone: mas
• (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmajʃ/
• Hyphenation: mais

Adverb

mais (not comparable)

1. used to form the comparative of adjectives; more
2. preceded by the definitive article, used to form the superlative of adjectives; most
3. more (to a greater degree or extent)
4. any more (from a given time onwards)

   Não gosto mais de morar aqui

   I don’t like living here any more

Conjunction

mais

1. (arithmetic) plus (sum of the previous one and the following one)
2. (Brazil) Common misspelling of mas.

Noun

mais m (plural mais)

1. plus sign (name of the character +)

Synonyms

• sinal de mais

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin mēnsis. Compare Catalan mes, French mois, Italian mese, Portuguese mês, Spanish mes.

Noun

mais m

1. month

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West Frisian

Noun

mais n

1. maize, corn