max

See also: Max, MAX, мах, max., and -max

Translingual

Symbol

max

1. (mathematics) maximum

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English

Etymology

Abbreviation of maximum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæks/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æks

Adjective

max (not comparable)

1. (informal) maximum; maximal.

Derived terms

• max Q

Synonyms

• maxi

Translations

abbreviation for maximum

• French: max (fr)
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• Polish: maks (pl)
• Swedish: max (sv)

Noun

max (countable and uncountable, plural maxes)

1. (informal) Clipping of maximum.
2. (informal) An extreme, a great extent.

   He pushed himself to the max.

3. (obsolete, slang) Gin.
   • c. 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan

     Oh! for a glass of max!

   • 1861, The Old Roman Well (page 243)

     'I remember,' said the pale man, 'the fust night as the Dandy ever came to this crib; he sat at this very table, and drank max with Charley Chatfield. […]

Antonyms

• min

Verb

max (third-person singular simple present maxes, present participle maxing, simple past and past participle maxed)

1. (usually with out) to reach the limit, to reach the maximum.

   He maxed out his odds of dating Rebecca

   She maxed out all her credit cards while she was out of work

Derived terms

• max out

Anagrams

• XMA, ǀXam

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• max.

Etymology

Internationalism (compare English max, Latin max.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑks/, [ˈmɑ̝ks̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑks
• Syllabification^(key): max

Adverb

max (not comparable)

1. (in writing or colloquial) at most, max

   Siinä menee max vartti.

   It will be fifteen minutes, max.

   Synonyms: enimmillään, maksimissaan

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Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *maːꟲ (“horse”), from Middle Chinese 馬 (MC maeX). Cognate with Thai ม้า (máa), Northern Thai ᨾ᩶ᩣ, Lao ມ້າ (mā), Lü ᦙᦱᧉ (maa²), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥳ (mȧa), Shan မႃႉ (mâ̰a), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), 𑜉𑜡 (mā) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma˧˩/

Noun

max

1. horse

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maks/

Adverb

max

1. (archaic) most
   • 1909-1910, Progreso – duesma yaro, page 40:

     Segun sa (sua) opiniono la max importanta neceso por I.L. esas la max granda perfekteso, e ne la amaso di adheranti, [...]

     According to his opionion the most important necessity for an I.L. is the perfection, and not the amount of adherents, [...]

Synonyms

• maxim

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Italian

Adjective

max (invariable)

1. Abbreviation of massimo (“max”).

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Old French

Noun

max m

1. inflection of mal:
   1. oblique plural
   2. nominative singular

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Zazaki

Noun

max

1. (Kuzarg) palm, palm tree

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Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *maːꟲ (“horse”), from Middle Chinese 馬 (MC maeX). Cognate with Thai ม้า (máa), Northern Thai ᨾ᩶ᩣ, Lao ມ້າ (mā), Lü ᦙᦱᧉ (maa²), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥳ (mȧa), Shan မႃႉ (mâ̰a), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), 𑜉𑜡 (mā) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ma˦˨/
• Tone numbers: ma⁴
• Hyphenation: max

Noun

max (classifier duz, Sawndip forms 馬 or 马 or 獁 or 𮜃, 1957–1982 spelling maч)

1. horse