mais

Etymology

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

Noun

mais

1. maize; corn

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

maís (Basahan spelling ᜋᜁᜐ᜔)

1. corn, maize

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

maís (Badlit spelling ᜋᜁᜐ᜔)

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

Etymology

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

Noun

mais

1. corn, the grain from Zea mays

Etymology

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

Noun

mais m

1. month

Alternative forms

• maïs

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑi̯s/, /maːi̯s/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: mais

Noun

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.

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mai̯s/
• Rhymes: -ai̯s
• Syllabification: mais

Conjunction

mais

1. but

Adverb

mais

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

Determiner

mais

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

References

• 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

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. maize

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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• Homophones: mai, maie, maies, met, mets

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Anagrams

• amis
• misa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmajs/ [ˈma̠js̺]
• Rhymes: -ajs
• Hyphenation: mais

Conjunction

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.

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mais”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “mais”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mais”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mais”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Romanization

mais

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

Noun

maís

1. maize; corn

Etymology

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

Adverb

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 […]

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mˠaʃ/

Noun

mais f (genitive singular maise, nominative plural maiseanna)

1. (physics, etc.) mass

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “mass”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025