Mai

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mai"

English

Etymology

Chinese surname with several origins:

As a German surname, variant of May.

Proper noun

Mai

  1. A female given name, a rare spelling variant of Mae/May, or borrowed from Scandinavia, with the same ultimate origin.
  2. A surname from Chinese of Chinese or German origin.

Anagrams

Bavarian

Etymology 1

Cognate with German Maul.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mai̯/ (West Central Bavarian)

Noun

Mai n

  1. mouth

Etymology 2

Cognate with German Mai.

Proper noun

Mai

  1. May

Danish

Proper noun

Mai

  1. a female given name, variant of Maj

Estonian

Etymology

Short form of Maia, from Maarja / Maria; also associated with the month mai (May).

Proper noun

Mai

  1. a female given name

Ewe

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mai.

Proper noun

Mai

  1. May (month)
    Coordinate term: (native term) Damɛ

See also

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin Maius.

Noun

Mai

  1. May

German

Etymology

    From Middle High German meie, from Old High German meio, from Latin (mensis) Maius, the Italic goddess of growth.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /maɪ̯/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -aɪ̯

    Noun

    Mai m (strong, genitive Mais or Mai, plural Maie)

    1. May (month)

    Declension

    Coordinate terms

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Hunsrik: Maai

    Further reading

    • Mai” in Duden online
    • Mai” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

    Japanese

    Romanization

    Mai

    1. Rōmaji transcription of まい

    Latin

    Proper noun

    Maī

    1. genitive/vocative singular of Maius

    North Frisian

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Ultimately from Latin Maius.

    Noun

    Mai m

    1. (Sylt) May
      Synonym: Krölenmuun

    Norwegian

    Proper noun

    Mai

    1. a female given name, short for Maja, Maria, or from the month

    Vietnamese

    Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from .

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Mai

    1. a surname from Chinese
    2. a female given name from Chinese

    Welsh

    Etymology

    From Middle Welsh Mey, from Latin Maius.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /mai̯/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ai̯
    • Homophone: mai; mae (South Wales)

    Proper noun

    Mai m

    1. May

    Synonyms

    See also

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of Mai
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    Mai Fai unchanged unchanged

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.