mais

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

maís

1. maize, the grain from Zea mays

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): /maːi̯s/

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• Hyphenation: mais

mais m (uncountable)

1. corn, maize

• maiskolf

mais (genitive maisi, partitive maisi)

1. corn, maize

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

mais

1. most; -est (forms superlatives)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     O términu de Valverdi, mais grandi, limita con Portugal, precisamenti con dois distintius Departamentos, que eran Beira Alta con capital en Guarda, a Beira Baixa con capital en Castelo Branco.

     The Valverde locality, the biggest, borders Portugal, more precisely with two distinct departments, which were Beira Alta with Guarda as its capital, and Beira Baixa with Castelo Branco as its capital.

mais

1. more than what has been specified
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme VI, Chapter 1::

     Poin encontralsi, a o millol, hasta “oito” o mais.

     There can be found, at best, up to “eight” or more.

2. yet another
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 2: Númerus?:

     As lenguas, idiomas, dialectus o falas tenin un-as funciós mui claras desde o principiu dos siglu i si hai contabilizaus en o mundu un-as 8.000 lenguas, ca un-a con sua importancia numérica relativa, a nossa fala é un tesoiru mais entre elas.

     The tongues, languages or regional variants have some very clear functions since the beginning of the centuries and some 8,000 languages have been accounted for in the world, each with its relative numerical importance, Fala is yet another treasure among them.

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/

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

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

• cependant
• sauf

• “mais” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

mais m

1. plural of mai

• amis
• misa

mais

1. and; with

   Eu mais unos amigos ― I and some friends

2. but

   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

• (and): e
• (but): pero

• Dicionario da Real Academia Galega

mais

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃

Borrowed from Spanish maíz.

maís

1. maize, corn

From Portuguese mais (“more”), from Old 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

• "mais" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “mass” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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mais m

1. maize, corn

• frumentone
• granoturco
• granturco

• masi
• siam

mais

1. corn

mais

1. corn

From Old Northern French meis, from Latin mēnsis.

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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

• 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.

Compare Latin magis.

mais

1. more

• mays (obsolete)

From Old Portuguese mais, from Latin magis (“more”). Displaced collateral (Old Portuguese) form chus.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /majs/, /majʃ/

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• (Brazil) Homophone: mas
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmajʃ/
• Hyphenation: mais

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 of use of 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.

3. (Brazil) Misspelling of mas.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:mais.

mais m (plural mais)

1. plus sign (name of the character +)

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:mais.

• sinal de mais

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

mais m

1. month

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

maís

1. corn, the grain from Zea mays

• misa

mais

1. corn

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

maís

1. corn, the grain from Zea mays

mais c (no plural)

1. maize, corn

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