maize
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See also maizē
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Spanish maíz, from Taino maisí, mahis (variously spelled).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
maize (uncountable)
Synonyms [edit]
- (Zea mays): corn (US English, Canadian English); green corn, Indian corn, sugar corn, sweet corn
Translations [edit]
corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
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Anagrams [edit]
Latvian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [màizɛ]
Noun [edit]
maize f, 5th declension
- bread (foodstuff, baked from wheat, rye, sometimes corn)
- kviešu, rudzu maize — wheat, rye bread
- neraudzēta maize — unleavened bread
- maizes klaips, šķēle — loaf, slice of bread
- maizes garoza — bread crust
- maizes zupa — bread soup
- cept maizi — to bake bread
- maizes mīkla — bread dough
- maizes ceptuve — bakery (lit. bread baking place)
- maizes veikals — bakery (lit. bread shop)
- maizes krāsns — bread oven
- apziest maizi ar sviestu — spread butter on bread
- ēst maizi ar desu — to eat bread with sausage
- bread dough
- mīcīt maizi — to knead bread
- maize rūgst — the bread (dough) is fermenting
- (poetic) cereals, cereal grains, especially rye, wheat
- priecīgākā diena, kad klētī sāk smaržot jaunā maize — joyful day, when the barn starts to smell like new bread (= wheat)
- (figuratively) food, nutrition
- viņš var ēst tēva maizi bez kādām rūpēm — he can eat his father's bread without any worries
- (figuratively) essential, necessary element
- metāls ir rūpniecības maize — metal is the bread of industry
- (figuratively) livelihood, means of supporting oneself; work
- J. Vītols bija atradis darbu un maizi Pēterpilī — J. Vītols had found work and bread in Pēterpils (St. Petersburg)
- ja kāds aiziet citā maizē: zinātnieka vai inženiera, vai mākslinieka maizē... — if someone goes into another bread (= profession): the scientific or engineering, or the artistic bread (= profession)...
Declension [edit]
declension of maize
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | maize | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | maizi | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | maizes | — |
| dative (datīvs) | maizei | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | maizi | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | maizē | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | maize | — |
Derived terms [edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English terms derived from Taino
- English terms with homophones
- English nouns
- en:Foods
- en:Grains
- en:Vegetables
- Latvian words with falling intonation
- Latvian nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian poetic terms
- Latvian fifth declension nouns
- Latvian noun forms
- Latvian noun forms (vocative)
- lv:Breads
- lv:Foods