mais

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

Bikol Central[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.

Noun[edit]

maís

  1. maize, the grain from Zea mays

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.

Noun[edit]

mais

  1. maize; a grain crop of the species Zea mays; corn
  2. the grain from this plant

Derived terms[edit]

Cuyunon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.

Noun[edit]

mais

  1. corn, the grain from Zea mays

Dalmatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

mais m

  1. month

Dutch[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /maːi̯s/
  • Audio
    		(file)
  • Hyphenation: mais

Noun[edit]

mais m (uncountable)

  1. corn, maize

Derived terms[edit]

Estonian[edit]

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

mais (genitive maisi, partitive maisi)

  1. corn, maize

Declension[edit]

Declension of mais (type riik)
singular plural
nominative mais maisid
genitive maisi maiside
partitive maisi maise / maisisid
illative maisi / maisisse maisidesse
inessive maisis maisides
elative maisist maisidest
allative maisile maisidele
adessive maisil maisidel
ablative maisilt maisidelt
translative maisiks maisideks
terminative maisini maisideni
essive maisina maisidena
abessive maisita maisideta
comitative maisiga maisidega

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

  1. inessive plural of maa

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

mais

  1. inessive singular of mai

Fala[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adverb[edit]

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[edit]

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.

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno maisí, mahis (variously spelled).

Noun[edit]

mais f (genitive singular maisar, uncountable)
mais n (genitive singular mais, uncountable)

  1. maize

Declension[edit]

Declension of mais (singular only)
f2s singular
indefinite definite
nominative mais maisin
accusative mais maisina
dative mais maisini
genitive maisar maisarinnar
n11s Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative mais maisið
Accusative mais maisið
Dative maisi maisinum
Genitive mais maisins

Derived terms[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old French mes, mais, from Latin magis.

Conjunction[edit]

mais

  1. but, although

Interjection[edit]

mais

  1. an expression of surprise, disbelief, or frustration roughly equivalent to the English well, or sometimes yeah
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

mais m

  1. plural of mai

Anagrams[edit]

Galician[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

mais

  1. and; with
    Eu mais uns amigos ― I and some friends
  2. but
    Eu acepto, mais só baixo unha condición.
    I accept, but only under one condition.

Usage notes[edit]

In the sense and sometimes used together with e to reinforce a statement: “Jack e mais eu” – “Jack and I”. When used together with an article the following contractions can occur:

Synonyms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

mais

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃

Hiligaynon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

Noun[edit]

maís

  1. maize, corn

Indo-Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adverb[edit]

mais

  1. forms the comparative and superlative of adjectives; more
    • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
      Já fallou par su pai aquêl mais piquin, […]
      The youngest one told his father […]

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish mais, maiss, from Old Irish mass (“mass, lump”), from Latin massa (“mass, bulk; lump; dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mais f (genitive singular maise, nominative plural maiseanna)

  1. (physics, etc.) mass

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

  • "mais" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “mass” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish maíz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mais m (invariable)

  1. maize, corn

Synonyms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • mais in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Ivatan[edit]

Noun[edit]

mais

  1. corn

Karao[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

Noun[edit]

mais

  1. corn

Kavalan[edit]

Noun[edit]

mais

  1. corn

Masbatenyo[edit]

Noun[edit]

maís

  1. corn

Norman[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Northern French meis, from Latin mēnsis.

Norman Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nrm

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Jersey)
    		(file)

Noun[edit]

mais m (plural mais)

  1. (Jersey) month
Alternative forms[edit]
  • meis (Guernsey, continental Normandy)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin magis.

Conjunction[edit]

mais

  1. (Guernsey) but

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish maiz, from Taíno mahis.

Noun[edit]

mais m (definite singular maisen, indefinite plural maiser, definite plural maisene)

  1. maize, corn (plant, Zea mays)
  2. kernel(s) of maize / corn; sweetcorn; see also maiskorn

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish maiz, from Taíno mahis.

Noun[edit]

mais m (definite singular maisen, indefinite plural maisar, definite plural maisane)

  1. maize, corn (plant, Zea mays)
  2. kernel(s) of maize / corn; sweetcorn; see also maiskorn

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin magis.

Conjunction[edit]

mais

  1. but

Descendants[edit]

  • French: mais

Old Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin magis.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

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.

Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

mais (not comparable)

  2. used to form the comparative of adjectives and adverbs; more; -er
  4. preceded by the definitive article, used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; most; -est
    • 2012, Maria José Silvestre, Acaso, Xlibris Corporation, page 85:
      […] , num final de dia muito frio, o mais frio desse ano.
      […] , in the end of a very cold day, the coldest this year.
  6. more (to a greater degree or extent)
    • 2009, Afonso Zilio, Ensinamentos Através Dos Sonhos, Clube dos Autores, page 143:
      Então eu corri mais, esperando dar tempo de passar.
      So I ran more, hoping there would be enough time to go through.
  7. (with indefinite or interrogative pronoun) else
  9. (in negative sentences) any more, any longer
    Não gosto mais de morar aqui
    I don’t like living here any more

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mais.

Conjunction[edit]

mais

  2. (arithmetic) plus (sum of the previous one and the following one)
  4. (Brazil, colloquial) and; with; together with.
    Eu mais ela vamos 'tar casando
    She and I are getting married.
  6. (Brazil) Misspelling of mas.

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mais.

Noun[edit]

mais m (plural mais)

  2. plus sign (name of the character +)
    Synonym: sinal de mais

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mais.

Romansch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

mais m

  1. month

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

maís

  1. corn, the grain from Zea mays

Anagrams[edit]

Tiruray[edit]

Noun[edit]

mais

  1. corn

Waray-Waray[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ.

Noun[edit]

maís

  1. corn, the grain from Zea mays

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

mais c (no plural)

  1. maize, corn

Further reading[edit]

  • “mais”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal‎[1] (in Dutch), 2011
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