Mais

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See also: mais, maïs, maís, máis, and màis

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Proper noun[edit]

Mais

  1. A surname.

German[edit]

Mais

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /maɪ̯s/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯s
  • Audio(file)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi.

Noun[edit]

Mais m (strong, genitive Maises or Mais, no plural)

  1. maize; corn (US)
    Synonyms: (Austria) Kukuruz, (archaic) türkischer Weizen, (archaic) türkisch Korn, (dated) Welschkorn
Usage notes[edit]
  • In German-speaking Europe, maize is commonest as a fodder crop. In cuisine, it is generally regarded and used as a vegetable. Referring to it as a Getreide (“cereal”) may strike non-specialist German-speakers as unusual or wrong (though it is, of course, biologically correct).
Declension[edit]
Declension of Mais [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Mais
genitive eines des Maises, Mais
dative einem dem Mais
accusative einen den Mais

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

Mais

  1. genitive singular of Mai

Further reading[edit]

  • “Mais” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Mais” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Mais” in Duden online
  • Mais on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Luxembourgish[edit]

Noun[edit]

Mais m (uncountable)

  1. maize, sweetcorn
    Synonym: Tierkesche Weess
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