"meid" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Afrikaans]

Forms: meide [plural]
Etymology: From English maid (“female domestic servant”). Etymology templates: {{bor|af|en|maid||female domestic servant}} English maid (“female domestic servant”) Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|meide|||||||||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} meid (plural meide), {{af-noun|e}} meid (plural meide)
  1. (now offensive) A domestic servant, usually non-white. Tags: offensive
    Sense id: en-meid-af-noun-pJRyanSc Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 78 22
  2. (now offensive) A non-white woman. Tags: offensive
    Sense id: en-meid-af-noun-uyoF-y~s

Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /mɛi̯t/ Audio: Nl-meid.ogg Forms: meiden [plural], meisje [diminutive, neuter], meiske [diminutive, neuter], meidje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɛi̯t Etymology: From Middle Dutch meit, variant of meget, from Old Dutch *megith, *magath, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs. Doublet of maagd. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|meit}} Middle Dutch meit, {{m|dum|meget}} meget, {{inh|nl|odt|*megith}} Old Dutch *megith, {{m|odt|*magath}} *magath, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*magaþs}} Proto-Germanic *magaþs, {{doublet|nl|maagd}} Doublet of maagd Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|meisje|dim2=meiske|dim3=meidje}} meid f (plural meiden, diminutive meisje n or meiske n or meidje n)
  1. girl, lass Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Children
    Sense id: en-meid-nl-noun-XYCBKS8C Disambiguation of Children: 74 2 24
  2. maid Tags: feminine Synonyms: bode, deerne, dienstbode, dienstmaagd
    Sense id: en-meid-nl-noun-dzEGcDva
  3. Commonly used as an address for female pets, especially female dogs. Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-meid-nl-noun-~ajF-gNg Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 4 7 88 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 8 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dienstmeid, huismeid, keukenmeid, meidenvenijn, meis, meisje, meisken, topmeid, wereldmeid

Noun [English]

IPA: /meɪt/ (note: S Africa, UK) Forms: meide [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪt Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans meid, from English maid. Doublet of maid. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|af|meid}} Afrikaans meid, {{der|en|en|maid}} English maid, {{doublet|en|maid}} Doublet of maid Head templates: {{en-noun|meide}} meid (plural meide)
  1. (South Africa, offensive) A female domestic servant, usually non-white. Tags: South-Africa, offensive Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-meid-en-noun-CM2sDPbV Disambiguation of People: 89 11 Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms borrowed back into English Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 58 42
  2. (South Africa, offensive) A black woman. Tags: South-Africa, offensive
    Sense id: en-meid-en-noun-pIuYXiyl Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53

Pronoun [Estonian]

Head templates: {{head|et|pronoun form}} meid
  1. partitive of meie Tags: form-of, partitive Form of: meie
    Sense id: en-meid-et-pron-efzLGwlM Categories (other): Estonian entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} meid
  1. Alternative form of mede (“reward”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: mede (extra: reward)
    Sense id: en-meid-enm-noun-1olyySXV Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Forms: meiden [definite, singular], meidar [indefinite, plural], meidane [definite, plural]
  1. (pre-1901 (Landsmål) or dialectal) alternative form of mei Tags: alt-of, alternative, masculine Alternative form of: mei
    Sense id: en-meid-nn-noun-bGzpYFOB Categories (other): Landsmål, Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header

Pronoun [Veps]

Head templates: {{head|vep|pronoun form}} meid
  1. partitive of mö Tags: form-of, partitive Form of:
    Sense id: en-meid-vep-pron-LAD9NCVT Categories (other): Veps entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for meid meaning in All languages combined (9.7kB)

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        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "meide",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "f2request": "1",
        "f5accel-form": "diminutive",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "e"
      },
      "expansion": "meid (plural meide)",
      "name": "af-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afrikaans",
  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Afrikaans offensive terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A domestic servant, usually non-white."
      ],
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        "(now offensive) A domestic servant, usually non-white."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "offensive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Afrikaans offensive terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A non-white woman."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now offensive) A non-white woman."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "offensive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Dutch feminine nouns",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Dutch terms with audio links",
    "Dutch terms with homophones",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛi̯t",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛi̯t/1 syllable",
    "nl:Children"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dienstmeid"
    },
    {
      "word": "huismeid"
    },
    {
      "word": "keukenmeid"
    },
    {
      "word": "meidenvenijn"
    },
    {
      "word": "meis"
    },
    {
      "word": "meisje"
    },
    {
      "word": "meisken"
    },
    {
      "word": "topmeid"
    },
    {
      "word": "wereldmeid"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "brc",
            "2": "meti"
          },
          "expansion": "Berbice Creole Dutch: meti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Berbice Creole Dutch: meti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pey",
            "2": "meid"
          },
          "expansion": "Petjo: meid",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Petjo: meid"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "meit"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch meit",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "meget"
      },
      "expansion": "meget",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*megith"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *megith",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "*magath"
      },
      "expansion": "*magath",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*magaþs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *magaþs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "maagd"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of maagd",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch meit, variant of meget, from Old Dutch *megith, *magath, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs. Doublet of maagd.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meiden",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meisje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meiske",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meidje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "meisje",
        "dim2": "meiske",
        "dim3": "meidje"
      },
      "expansion": "meid f (plural meiden, diminutive meisje n or meiske n or meidje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "meid"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "The girls had a swimming match last Saturday.",
          "text": "De meiden hadden afgelopen zaterdag een zwemwedstrijd.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Well done, girl!",
          "text": "Goed gedaan, meid!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "girl, lass"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ],
        [
          "lass",
          "lass"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "maid"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "maid",
          "maid"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bode"
        },
        {
          "word": "deerne"
        },
        {
          "word": "dienstbode"
        },
        {
          "word": "dienstmaagd"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Good girl!",
          "text": "Brave meid!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Commonly used as an address for female pets, especially female dogs."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛi̯t/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛi̯t"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mijd"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mijdt"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mijt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-meid.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/45/Nl-meid.ogg/Nl-meid.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Nl-meid.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meid"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed back into English",
    "English terms borrowed from Afrikaans",
    "English terms derived from Afrikaans",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪt",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪt/1 syllable",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "af",
        "3": "meid"
      },
      "expansion": "Afrikaans meid",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "maid"
      },
      "expansion": "English maid",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "maid"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of maid",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Afrikaans meid, from English maid. Doublet of maid.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meide",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "meide"
      },
      "expansion": "meid (plural meide)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English offensive terms",
        "South African English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female domestic servant, usually non-white."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(South Africa, offensive) A female domestic servant, usually non-white."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "South-Africa",
        "offensive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English offensive terms",
        "South African English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A black woman."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "black",
          "black"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(South Africa, offensive) A black woman."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "South-Africa",
        "offensive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪt/",
      "note": "S Africa, UK"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meid"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "pronoun form"
      },
      "expansion": "meid",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Estonian",
  "lang_code": "et",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Estonian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Estonian non-lemma forms",
        "Estonian pronoun forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "meie"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "partitive of meie"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meie",
          "meie#Estonian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "partitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "meid"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "meid",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "reward",
          "word": "mede"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of mede (“reward”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mede",
          "mede#Middle_English:_reward"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "meid"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meiden",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meidar",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meidane",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "mei"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Landsmål",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk dialectal terms",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk nouns",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk pre-1901 forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(pre-1901 (Landsmål) or dialectal) alternative form of mei",
        "alternative form of mei"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mei",
          "mei#Norwegian Nynorsk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(pre-1901 (Landsmål) or dialectal) alternative form of mei"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "meid"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vep",
        "2": "pronoun form"
      },
      "expansion": "meid",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Veps",
  "lang_code": "vep",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Veps entries with incorrect language header",
        "Veps non-lemma forms",
        "Veps pronoun forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "mö"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "partitive of mö"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mö",
          "mö#Veps"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "partitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "meid"
}

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