mei

See also: Mei, méi, mèi, Méi, měi, and me'i

Chuukese

Verb

mei

1. (transitive, copulative) Alternative form of mi (“to be”)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛi̯/

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• Homophone: mij

Noun

mei m (uncountable)

1. May

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) maanden van de gregoriaanse kalender; januari, februari, maart, april, mei, juni, juli, augustus, september, oktober, november, december ^{(Category: nl:Months)}

Anagrams

• iem., Mie

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin milium. Compare Italian miglio, Venetian méjo, Romanian mei, Dalmatian mail, Catalan mill, Spanish mijo.

Noun

mei m (plural mei)

1. millet

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Japanese

Romanization

mei

1. Rōmaji transcription of めい

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.iː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.i/, [ˈmeː.i]

Pronoun

meī

1. genitive singular of ego

Pronoun

meī

1. nominative masculine plural of meus
2. genitive masculine singular of meus
3. genitive neuter singular of meus
4. vocative masculine plural of meus

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Ligurian

Noun

mei ? (please provide plural)

1. apple

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Limburgish

Noun

mei

1. May (month)

See also

• mei on the Limburgish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^li

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Lojban

Cmavo

mei (rafsi mem or mei)

1. Indicates a group or set of specified cardinality.

   paremei — dozen

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Mandarin

Romanization

mei

1. Nonstandard spelling of méi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of měi.
3. Nonstandard spelling of mèi.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Meyah

Noun

mei

1. water

References

• G. P. Reesink, Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head (2002), page 5: 'water': Meyah mei

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North Frisian

Etymology

From Latin māius.

Noun

mei m

1. (Föhr-Amrum) May

See also

• months of the year in Föhr-Amrum North Frisian: janewoore, febrewoore, marts, april, mei, jüüne, jüüle, august, september, oktuuber, nofember, deetsember

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Old French

Pronoun

mei

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of moi

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Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin meī, masculine plural of meus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mej]

Determiner

mei

1. masculine plural form of meu

Etymology 2

From Latin milium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mej/

Noun

mei n (plural meiuri)

1. millet

Declension

declension of mei

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) mei	meiul	(niște) meiuri	meiurile
genitive/dative	(unui) mei	meiului	(unor) meiuri	meiurilor
vocative	meiule		meiurilor

Synonyms

• păsat

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʌj/

Pronoun

mei (personal, emphatic)

1. (South Scots) me

See also

• A
• is

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Tongan

Noun

mei

1. breadfruit

Preposition

mei

1. from

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West Frisian

Preposition

mei

1. with