Maine

See also: maine, máine, and mâine

English

Etymology 1

Map of US highlighting Maine

From French Maine.

Pronunciation

• (province of France):
  • IPA^(key): /mɛːn/
• (place in the United States):
  • IPA^(key): /meɪn/

  • Audio (US):

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  • Rhymes: -eɪn
  • Homophones: main, mane

Proper noun

Maine

1. A province in northwest France. Capital: Le Mans.
2. A state of the United States; probably named for the province in France. Capital: Augusta. Largest city: Portland.
3. A town in New York.
4. A town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin; named for the state.
5. A river in Maine, United States, flowing 5.5 miles from Pocomoonshine Lake in Princeton into Crawford Lake in Crawford.
6. University of Maine.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Bas-Maine
• Haut-Maine
• Mainiot

• Mainer
• Mainiote
• ME

Translations

province in France

• Czech: Maine (cs)
• Finnish: Maine (fi)
• French: Maine (fr) m
• Limburgish: Meen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: Мен m (Men)
• Occitan: Maine (oc) m
• Portuguese: Maine (pt) f
• Russian: Мен (ru) m (Men)

US State

• Arabic: مِين m (mīn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 緬因州／缅因州 (zh), 缅因州 (zh) (Miǎnyīn-zhōu)

• Czech: Maine (cs)
• Danish: Maine
• Esperanto: Majno
• Finnish: Maine (fi)
• French: Maine (fr) m
• Galician: Maine (gl) m
• Georgian: მენი (meni)
• German: Maine (de) n (US-Bundesstaat)
• Greek: Μέιν (el) n (Méin)
• Hindi: मेन m (men)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: Maine (it) m
• Japanese: メイン州 (Mein-shū)
• Korean: 메인 주 (Mein ju)
• Macedonian: Мејн m (Mejn)
• Navajo: Méíin hahoodzo
• Occitan: Maine (oc) m
• Portuguese: Maine (pt) m
• Russian: Мэн (ru) m (Mɛn)
• Spanish: Maine (es)
• Thai: เมน (meen)
• Turkish: Maine
• Yiddish: מעין (meyn)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Maine

Further reading

• Maine, Outagamie County, Wisconsin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Maine, New York on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Maine River (Maine) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From French Maine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛːn/

Proper noun

Maine

1. A river in France, flowing 12 km through the city of Angers from the confluence of the Mayenne and Sarthe into the Loire.

Derived terms

• Maine-et-Loire

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Maine

1. , a variant of Main.
2. A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin; named for county sheriff Uriah E. Maine.

Further reading

• Maine, Marathon County, Wisconsin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Maine

1. A river in County Kerry, Ireland, flowing 43 km from Tobermaing into the Atlantic at Castlemaine.

Derived terms

• Castlemaine

Translations

river in County Kerry

• Irish: An Mhaing
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Etymology 5

From Old Irish Maine.

Proper noun

Maine

1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Irish kings Maine mac Cerbaill and Maine mac Néill.

Etymology 6

Proper noun

Maine

1. Alternative form of Main: A river in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Anagrams

• -amine, I mean, amine, anime, animé, manie, minae, minæ

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Catalan

Etymology

From French Maine

Proper noun

1. Maine

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Maine.

Proper noun

Maine (genitive Maines)

1. Maine (US state)

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Maine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmei̯n/, [ˈme̞i̯n] (inflects like risti)
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑi̯ne/, [ˈmɑ̝i̯ne̞] (rare)
• Hyphenation: Mai‧ne

Proper noun

Maine

1. Maine (a state of the United States)
2. Maine (a province of France)

Declension

Inflection of Maine (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		Maine	—
genitive		Mainen	—
partitive		Mainea	—
illative		Maineen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Maine	—
accusative	nom.	Maine	—
	gen.	Mainen
genitive		Mainen	—
partitive		Mainea	—
inessive		Mainessa	—
elative		Mainesta	—
illative		Maineen	—
adessive		Mainella	—
ablative		Mainelta	—
allative		Mainelle	—
essive		Mainena	—
translative		Maineksi	—
abessive		Mainetta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Maine (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Maineni — accusative nom. Maineni — gen. Maineni genitive Maineni — partitive Maineani — inessive Mainessani — elative Mainestani — illative Maineeni — adessive Mainellani — ablative Maineltani — allative Mainelleni — essive Mainenani — translative Mainekseni — abessive Mainettani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Mainesi — accusative nom. Mainesi — gen. Mainesi genitive Mainesi — partitive Maineasi — inessive Mainessasi — elative Mainestasi — illative Maineesi — adessive Mainellasi — ablative Maineltasi — allative Mainellesi — essive Mainenasi — translative Maineksesi — abessive Mainettasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Mainemme — accusative nom. Mainemme — gen. Mainemme genitive Mainemme — partitive Maineamme — inessive Mainessamme — elative Mainestamme — illative Maineemme — adessive Mainellamme — ablative Maineltamme — allative Mainellemme — essive Mainenamme — translative Maineksemme — abessive Mainettamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Mainenne — accusative nom. Mainenne — gen. Mainenne genitive Mainenne — partitive Maineanne — inessive Mainessanne — elative Mainestanne — illative Maineenne — adessive Mainellanne — ablative Maineltanne — allative Mainellenne — essive Mainenanne — translative Maineksenne — abessive Mainettanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Mainensa — accusative nom. Mainensa — gen. Mainensa genitive Mainensa — partitive Maineaan Maineansa — inessive Mainessaan Mainessansa — elative Mainestaan Mainestansa — illative Maineensa — adessive Mainellaan Mainellansa — ablative Maineltaan Maineltansa — allative Mainelleen Mainellensa — essive Mainenaan Mainenansa — translative Mainekseen Maineksensa — abessive Mainettaan Mainettansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Anagrams

• Minea, Naemi, anime

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛn/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Old French Cemaine, from Latin *Cenomania, from the name of the Gaulish Cenomani tribe of Gallia Celtica. The word was rebracketed as ce (“this”) + Maine, and the ce- was lost by the 12th century.

Proper noun

Maine ?

1. Maine (a province of France)
2. Maine (a state of the United States)

Etymology 2

From earlier Maienne, from Latin Meduāna, of uncertain origin. Doublet of Mayenne.

Proper noun

Maine ?

1. Maine (a river in France)

Derived terms

• Maine-et-Loire

Anagrams

• anime, animé, en ami, manie, manié, menai

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Italian

Etymology

From English Maine.

Proper noun

Maine m

1. Maine (a state of the United States)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From French Maine

Proper noun

Maine f

1. Maine (a province of France)

Proper noun

Maine m

1. Maine (a state of the United States)

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Spanish

Etymology

From French Maine

Proper noun

Maine ?

1. Maine

Related terms

• mainés

See also

• Maine on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es