majo

See also: Majo, majó, and majō

Cimbrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetian majo, from Latin Maius. Doublet of madjo and moajo.

Noun

majo m

1. (Sette Comuni) May

   Synonyms: madjo, moajo

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months: Sette Comuni dialect) genaaro/ghenaar, febraaro/hòrnich, maartzo/mèertzo, avrell, majo/moajo, jugno/praachot, lujo/hubiot, agòsten, septembar/zibante maanont, oktòbar/achte maanont, november/nòinte maanont, disèmber/sègante maanont ^{(Category: cim:Gregorian calendar months)}

References

• “majo” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

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Esperanto

Etymology

From German Mai, Latin Maius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmajo]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ajo
• Hyphenation: ma‧jo

Noun

majo (accusative singular majon, plural majoj, accusative plural majojn)

1. (sometimes capitalized) May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) monatoj de la Gregoria kalendaro; januaro, februaro, marto, aprilo, majo, junio, julio, aŭgusto, septembro, oktobro, novembro, decembro ^{(Category: eo:Months)}

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑjo/, [ˈmɑjo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑjo
• Syllabification: ma‧jo

Noun

majo

1. (colloquial) mayo; clipping of majoneesi (“mayonnaise”).

Declension

Inflection of majo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		majo	majot
genitive		majon	majojen
partitive		majoa	majoja
illative		majoon	majoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		majo	majot
accusative	nom.	majo	majot
	gen.	majon
genitive		majon	majojen
partitive		majoa	majoja
inessive		majossa	majoissa
elative		majosta	majoista
illative		majoon	majoihin
adessive		majolla	majoilla
ablative		majolta	majoilta
allative		majolle	majoille
essive		majona	majoina
translative		majoksi	majoiksi
instructive		—	majoin
abessive		majotta	majoitta
comitative		—	majoineen

Possessive forms of majo (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	majoni	majomme
2nd person	majosi	majonne
3rd person	majonsa

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Italiot Greek

Noun

majo m

1. mask

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Japanese

Romanization

majo

1. Rōmaji transcription of まじょ

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaxo/, [ˈma.xo]

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin.

Adjective

majo (feminine maja, masculine plural majos, feminine plural majas)

1. (Spain, informal) good-looking, handsome
2. (Spain, informal) likeable, nice, pretty

Derived terms

• majísimo
• ser más majo que las pesetas

Descendants

• → Catalan: maco

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

majo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of majar.

Further reading

• “majo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Noun

majo c

1. (slang) Clipping of majonnäs; mayo, mayonnaise

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin Māius. Compare Italian maggio

Noun

majo m (plural maji)

1. May

Descendants

• → Cimbrian: majo