max
Translingual
English
Etymology
Abbreviation of maximum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mæks/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æks
Synonyms
Derived terms
Adverb
max (not comparable)
- (informal) at the most; maximum.
- 1962, Poul Anderson, Time and Stars, published 1966, page 88:
- Four days max, then, to get them to safety.
Noun
max (countable and uncountable, plural maxes)
- (informal) Clipping of maximum.
- (informal) An extreme, a great extent.
- He pushed himself to the max.
- (obsolete, slang) Gin.
- 1819–1824, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII):
- Oh! for a glass of max!
- 1861, The Old Roman Well, page 243:
- 'I remember,' said the pale man, 'the fust night as the Dandy ever came to this crib; he sat at this very table, and drank max with Charley Chatfield. […]
Antonyms
Verb
max (third-person singular simple present maxes, present participle maxing, simple past and past participle maxed)
Derived terms
terms derived from all parts of speech
Bouyei
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *maːꟲ (“horse”), from Middle Chinese 馬 (MC maeX). Cognate with Thai ม้า (máa), Northern Thai ᨾ᩶ᩣ, Lao ມ້າ (mā), Lü ᦙᦱᧉ (maa²), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥳ (mȧa), Shan မႃႉ (mâ̰a), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), 𑜉𑜡 (mā) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma˧˩/
Finnish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑks/, [ˈmɑ̝ks̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑks
- Syllabification(key): max
Adverb
max (not comparable)
- (in writing or colloquial) at most, max
- Synonyms: enimmillään, maksimissaan
- Siinä menee max vartti.
- It will be fifteen minutes, max.
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maks/
Adverb
max
- (archaic) most
- 1909-1910, Progreso – duesma yaro, page 40:
- Segun sa (sua) opiniono la max importanta neceso por I.L. esas la max granda perfekteso, e ne la amaso di adheranti, [...]
- According to his opionion the most important necessity for an I.L. is the perfection, and not the amount of adherents, [...]
- 1909-1910, Progreso – duesma yaro, page 40:
Synonyms
Italian
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Swedish
Related terms
Declension
Declension of max | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | max | maxen | maxar | maxarna |
Genitive | max | maxens | maxars | maxarnas |
Adverb
max (not comparable)
References
Zhuang
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *maːꟲ (“horse”), from Middle Chinese 馬 (MC maeX). Cognate with Thai ม้า (máa), Northern Thai ᨾ᩶ᩣ, Lao ມ້າ (mā), Lü ᦙᦱᧉ (maa²), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥳ (mȧa), Shan မႃႉ (mâ̰a), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), 𑜉𑜡 (mā) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ma˦˨/
- Tone numbers: ma4
- Hyphenation: max
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