mais

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mais"

Languages (34)

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Asi

Etymology

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

Noun

mais

1. maize; corn

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈʔis/ [maˈʔis̪]
• 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

Derived terms

• kamaisan
• maisan
• minaisan

Central Bikol

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Arawak *marikɨ

Taíno *mahisibor.

Spanish maízbor.

Central Bikol mais

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

maís (Basahan spelling ᜋᜁᜐ᜔)

1. corn, maize

Derived terms

• maisan

Cuyunon

Etymology

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

Noun

mais

1. corn, the grain from Zea mays

Dalmatian

Etymology

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

Noun

mais m

1. month

Dutch

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, no diminutive)

1. corn, maize

   Synonym: turkse tarwe (obsolete)

   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.

Derived terms

• maisbrand
• maiskolf
• snijmais

Descendants

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

Estonian

Etymology 1

Noun

mais (genitive maisi, partitive maisi)

1. corn, maize

Declension

Declension of mais (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		mais	maisid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	maisi
genitive			maiside
partitive		maisi	maise maisisid
illative		maisi maisisse	maisidesse maisesse
inessive		maisis	maisides maises
elative		maisist	maisidest maisest
allative		maisile	maisidele maisele
adessive		maisil	maisidel maisel
ablative		maisilt	maisidelt maiselt
translative		maisiks	maisideks maiseks
terminative		maisini	maisideni
essive		maisina	maisidena
abessive		maisita	maisideta
comitative		maisiga	maisidega

Etymology 2

Noun

mais

1. inessive plural of maa

Etymology 3

Noun

mais

1. inessive singular of mai

Fala

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *magis

Latin magis

Old Galician-Portuguese mais

Fala mais

Inherited 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, page 193
• Frades Gaspar, Domingo (2000), Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala‎^[4], 2nd edition, Sa Martín de Trevellu, Spain: Editora Regional de Extremadura, →ISBN, archived from the original on 10 July 2013

Faroese

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

Declension

f2s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mais	maisin
accusative	mais	maisina
dative	mais	maisini
genitive	maisar	maisarinnar

n11-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mais	maisið
accusative	mais	maisið
dative	maisi	maisinum
genitive	mais	maisins

Derived terms

• maisardrýlur m
• maisarkorn n
• maisarmjøl n
• maisflykra f
• maismjøl n

French

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Paris)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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

Etymology 1

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

Conjunction

mais

1. but, although

Descendants

• Guianese Creole: mé
• Louisiana Creole: mé
• Mauritian Creole: me
• Réunion Creole French: mé

Interjection

mais

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

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

Derived terms

• désormais
• mais bien sûr
• mais encore
• mais où est donc Ornicar
• mais oui
• non mais

Related terms

• jamais

See also

• cependant
• sauf

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Noun

mais m

1. plural of mai

Anagrams

• amis
• misa

Galician

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.

Usage notes

• 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

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “mais”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “mais”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “mais”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “mais”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, 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

Gothic

Romanization

mais

1. romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Arawak *marikɨ

Taíno *mahisibor.

Spanish maízbor.

Hiligaynon mais

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

Noun

maís

1. maize; corn

Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *magis

Latin magis

Old Galician-Portuguese mais

Portuguese maisder.

Indo-Portuguese mais

Derived 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 […]

Irish

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

Declension

Declension of mais (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative mais maiseanna vocative a mhais a mhaiseanna genitive maise maiseanna dative mais maiseanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an mhais na maiseanna genitive na maise na maiseanna dative leis an mais don mhais leis na maiseanna

Derived terms

• ainmfhocal maise (“mass noun”)
• bithmhais (“biomass”)
• mais adamhach (“atomic mass”)
• maisfhuinneamh (“mass energy”)
• maisghníomhaíocht (“mass action”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mais

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mais	mhais	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “mais”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 701; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “mass”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmajs/

• Audio (il mais):

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• Audio (mais):

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• Rhymes: -ajs
• Hyphenation: màis

Noun

mais m (invariable)

1. maize, corn

   Synonyms: frumentone, granone, meliga, granoturco, granturco

Further reading

• “mais”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• Masi, Misa, masi, mi sa, siam

Ivatan

Etymology

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

Noun

mais

1. corn

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• mayis

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno mahís.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mais

1. maize; corn

Derived terms

• magmais
• magsasamais
• maisan
• mamais

Karao

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Arawak *marikɨ

Taíno *mahisibor.

Spanish maízbor.

Karao mais

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

Noun

mais

1. corn

Kavalan

Etymology

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

Noun

mais

1. corn

Masbatenyo

Noun

maís

1. corn

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old Northern French meis, from Latin mēnsis.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Noun

mais m (plural mais)

1. (Jersey) month

Alternative forms

• meis (Guernsey, continental Normandy)

Etymology 2

From Latin magis.

Conjunction

mais

1. (Guernsey) but

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno mahis.

Noun

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

Derived terms

• maiskolbe
• maiskorn
• sukkermais

References

• “mais” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno mahis.

Noun

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

Derived terms

• maiskolbe
• maiskorn
• sukkermais

References

• “mais” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• mes

Etymology

From Latin magis.

Conjunction

mais

1. but
2. more, anymore

Descendants

• French: mais

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin magis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /majs/

Adverb

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.

Oscan

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *majjos, itself related to *magis. Nishimura posits a development whereby Proto-Italic *-Vjjos- Oscan /-Vįs/. Such lowering is present in the related 𐌌𐌀𐌝𐌔 (maís), though it is absent in the form mais. To explain this issue, Nishimura suggests that the term may have underwent analogical remodeling after other unattested derivatives of earlier *majjo-. In any case, the term is related to Latin maius.

Adverb

mais

1. more

Derived terms

• 𐌌𐌀𐌉𐌔 (mais)

Related terms

• 𐌌𐌀𐌂𐌉𐌉𐌖𐌌 (magiium)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmajs/ [ˈmaɪ̯s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmajs/ [ˈmaɪ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmajʃ/ [ˈmaɪ̯ʃ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmajʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmajʃ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmajʃ/, (unstressed, before a consonant) /ma/

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Audio (Brazil (São Paulo)):

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• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• mays (obsolete)

Adverb

mais (not comparable)

2. 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, translated by Lia Wyler, 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.

4. 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.

6. 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.

7. most (superlative degree of muito)

   Agora eu quero ver quem tem mais força.

   Now I want to see who has the most strength.

8. (with indefinite or interrogative pronoun) else
10. (in negative sentences) any more, any longer
    • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, 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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mais.

Derived terms

• mais mais
• mais ou menos

Conjunction

mais

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

   Eu mais ela vamos casar na semana que vem

   Me and her will be getting married next week

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mais.

Noun

mais m (invariable)

2. plus sign (name of the character +)

   Synonym: sinal de mais

Etymology 2

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

Conjunction

mais

2. (Brazil) misspelling of mas

Further reading

• “mais”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mais”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mais, or from French maïs. First attested in 1829.

Noun

mais m (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) maize, corn

   Synonym: porumb

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mais	maisul
genitive-dative	mais	maisului
vocative	maisule

References

• mais in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Romansh

Etymology

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

Noun

mais m

1. month

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Arawak *marikɨ

Taíno *mahisibor.

Spanish maízbor.

Tagalog mais

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈʔis/ [mɐˈʔɪs]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: ma‧is

Noun

maís (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜁᜐ᜔)

1. maize; corn, the grain from Zea mays

Derived terms

• binusang mais
• buhok-mais
• busang mais

Related terms

• mais kon yelo

See also

• kornik

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʔis/ [ˈmaː.ʔɪs]
• Rhymes: -aʔis
• Syllabification: ma‧is

Noun

mais (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜁᜐ᜔) (obsolete)

1. grudge; ill will

   Synonyms: pagkamuhi, amis, iring, hinanakit, tampo, sama ng loob, galit

Derived terms

• magmais
• mapagmais
• pagmaisan

Anagrams

• amis, Siam, sima, asim, misa

Tiruray

Noun

mais

1. corn

Waray-Waray

Etymology

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

Noun

maís

1. corn, the grain from Zea mays

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Noun

mais c (no plural)

1. maize, corn

Further reading

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