"Max" meaning in French

See Max in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /maks/
Etymology: Clipping of Maxime, Maximilien, Maxence. Etymology templates: {{clipping|fr|Maxime, Maximilien, Maxence}} Clipping of Maxime, Maximilien, Maxence Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|m}} Max m
  1. a male given name Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Max-fr-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): French given names, French male given names
  2. a diminutive of the male given names Maxime, Maximilien, or Maxence Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Max-fr-name-z2MMBKaD Categories (other): French diminutives of male given names, French given names, French male given names, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 31 18 8 27 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 25 75
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "Maxime, Maximilien, Maxence"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of Maxime, Maximilien, Maxence",
      "name": "clipping"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of Maxime, Maximilien, Maxence.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Max m",
      "name": "fr-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "id": "en-Max-fr-name-h8YdwBAs",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French diminutives of male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 31 18 8 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a diminutive of the male given names Maxime, Maximilien, or Maxence"
      ],
      "id": "en-Max-fr-name-z2MMBKaD",
      "links": [
        [
          "diminutive",
          "diminutive"
        ],
        [
          "given names",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Maxime",
          "Maxime#French"
        ],
        [
          "Maximilien",
          "Maximilien#French"
        ],
        [
          "Maxence",
          "Maxence#French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maks/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Max"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "French 1-syllable words",
    "French clippings",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French proper nouns",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "Maxime, Maximilien, Maxence"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of Maxime, Maximilien, Maxence",
      "name": "clipping"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of Maxime, Maximilien, Maxence.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Max m",
      "name": "fr-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French given names",
        "French male given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French diminutives of male given names",
        "French given names",
        "French male given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a diminutive of the male given names Maxime, Maximilien, or Maxence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "diminutive",
          "diminutive"
        ],
        [
          "given names",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Maxime",
          "Maxime#French"
        ],
        [
          "Maximilien",
          "Maximilien#French"
        ],
        [
          "Maxence",
          "Maxence#French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maks/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Max"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Max meaning in French (1.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (96027d6 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.