mais

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

mais

1. maize; corn

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

• IPA^(key): /maˈʔis/, [maˈʔis]
• IPA^(key): /maˈis/, [maˈis]
• Hyphenation: ma‧is

maís (Basahan spelling ᜋᜁᜐ᜔)

1. corn, maize

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

mais

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

• kamaisan
• maisan
• minaisan

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

mais

1. corn, the grain from Zea mays

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

mais m

1. month

• maïs

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

• IPA^(key): /mɑi̯s/, /maːi̯s/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: mais

mais m (uncountable)

1. corn, maize

   Ik hou van gegrilde mais op de barbecue.

   I love grilled corn on the barbecue.

   Mais is een belangrijk gewas in vele delen van de wereld.

   Maize is an important crop in many parts of the world.

   We plantten mais in onze tuin dit jaar.

   We planted corn in our garden this year.

• maisbrand
• maiskolf
• snijmais

• Negerhollands: mais, majis
• Skepi Creole Dutch: mais

mais (genitive maisi, partitive maisi)

1. corn, maize

mais

1. inessive plural of maa

mais

1. inessive singular of mai

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

• IPA^(key): /mai̯s/

mais

1. but

mais

1. Frades Gaspar's form of máis (“more, -est”)

mais

1. Frades Gaspar's form of máis (“more, yet another”)

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
• Frades Gaspar, Domingo (2000) Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala‎, 2nd edition, Sa Martín de Trevellu, Spain: Editora Regional de Extremadura, →ISBN, archived from the original on 10 July 2013

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

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

1. maize

• IPA^(key): /mɛ/, (in liaison) /mɛ.z‿/

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• Homophones: mai, maie, mes, m’es, m’est, met, mets

Inherited from Old French mes, mais, from Latin magis.

mais

1. but, although

mais

1. an expression of surprise, disbelief, or frustration roughly equivalent to the English well, or sometimes yeah

   Mais qu’est-ce que tu fais ? ― What the heck are you doing?

• Louisiana Creole: mé

• cependant
• sauf

• “mais”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

mais m

1. plural of mai

• amis
• misa

• IPA^(key): /mɐjs/

mais

1. and; with

   Synonym: e

   Eu mais uns amigos ― I and some friends

2. but

   Synonym: pero

   Eu acepto, mais só baixo unha condición.

   I accept, but only under one condition.

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:

• mais + o = mailo
• mais + a = maila
• mais + os = mailos
• mais + as = mailas

• “mais” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.

• “mais”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

mais

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

maís

1. maize; corn

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

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 […]

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

• IPA^(key): /mˠaʃ/

mais f (genitive singular maise, nominative plural maiseanna)

1. (physics, etc.) mass

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “mass”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmajs/[1]

• Audio (il mais)

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• Rhymes: -ajs
• Hyphenation: màis

mais m (invariable)

1. maize, corn

   Synonyms: frumentone, granoturco, granturco

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

• Masi, Misa, masi, mi sa, siam

mais

1. corn

• mayis

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno mahís.

• IPA^(key): /məˈis/, [məˈis]
• Hyphenation: ma‧is

mais

1. maize; corn

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

mais

1. corn

mais

1. corn

maís

1. corn

From Old Northern French meis, from Latin mēnsis.

• Audio (Jersey)

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mais m (plural mais)

1. (Jersey) month

• meis (Guernsey, continental Normandy)

From Latin magis.

mais

1. (Guernsey) but

Borrowed from Spanish maiz, from Taíno mahis.

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

• maiskolbe
• maiskorn
• sukkermais

• “mais” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Borrowed from Spanish maiz, from Taíno mahis.

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

• “mais” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• mes

From Latin magis.

mais

1. but
2. more, anymore

• French: mais

From Latin magis.

• IPA^(key): /majs/

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.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ajs, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
• Homophones: mas (Brazil), más (Brazil) (both with intrusive /j/)
• Hyphenation: mais

• Audio (Brazil)

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From Old Galician-Portuguese mais, from Latin magis (“more”). Doublet of mas. Displaced collateral form chus.

• mays (obsolete spelling)

mais (not comparable)

1. used to form the comparative of adjectives and adverbs; more; -er
   • 1914, Alberto Caeiro, O Tejo é mais belo que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia:

     O Tejo é mais bello que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia

     The Tagus is more beautiful than the river that flows through my village

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 246:

     Então continuaram a estudar enquanto o céu lá fora se tornava gradualmente mais escuro.

     Then they continued to study while the sky outside was becoming gradually darker.

   • 2009 (3rd edition), Elaine N. Marieb, Katja Hoehn, Anatomia e Fisiologia, Artmed Editora, page 366:

     […] , quanto maior o diâmetro axonal, mais rapidamente ele conduz impulsos.

     […] , the greater the axonal diameter, the faster it conducts impulses.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. (with indefinite or interrogative pronoun) else
5. (in negative sentences) any more, any longer
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 182:

     Ele tem razão, eu não quero mais dormir no mesmo dormitório que ele, ele é doido.

     He is right, I don't want to sleep in the same dormitory as him any more, he is crazy.

   Não gosto mais de morar aqui

   I don’t like living here any more

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mais.

mais

1. (arithmetic) plus (sum of the previous one and the following one)
2. (Brazil, colloquial) and; with; together with

   Eu mais ela vamos 'tar casando

   She and I are getting married.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mais.

mais m (invariable)

1. plus sign (name of the character +)

   Synonym: sinal de mais

Alteration of mas through the epenthesis of /j/ in Brazilian Portuguese.

mais

1. (Brazil) Misspelling of mas.

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

mais m

1. month

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno mahís.

• IPA^(key): /maˈʔis/, [mɐˈʔis]
• Hyphenation: ma‧is

maís (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜁᜐ᜔)

1. maize; corn, the grain from Zea mays

• kornik

• misa

mais

1. corn

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

maís

1. corn, the grain from Zea mays

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

mais c (no plural)

1. maize, corn

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