"mai" meaning in French

See mai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɛ/ Audio: Fr-mai.ogg Forms: mais [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛ Etymology: Inherited from Old French mai, from Latin Maius. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|mai|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French mai, {{inh+|fr|fro|mai}} Inherited from Old French mai, {{inh|fr|la|Maius}} Latin Maius Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} mai m (plural mais)
  1. May (month) Tags: masculine Derived forms: arbre de mai, mi-mai
    Sense id: en-mai-fr-noun-bQYVmTMx Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 62 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gcr",
            "2": "mè"
          },
          "expansion": "Guianese Creole: mè",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Guianese Creole: mè"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ht",
            "2": "me"
          },
          "expansion": "Haitian Creole: me",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Haitian Creole: me"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "may",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: may",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: may"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa-ira",
            "2": "مه",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "me"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Iranian Persian: مه (me)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Iranian Persian: مه (me)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lou",
            "2": "mê"
          },
          "expansion": "Louisiana Creole: mê",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Louisiana Creole: mê"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "→"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "مه",
            "nolb": "1",
            "tr": "mə"
          },
          "expansion": "مه (mə)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ South Azerbaijani: مه (mə)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "aeb",
            "2": "ماي",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mēy"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tunisian Arabic: ماي (mēy)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tunisian Arabic: ماي (mēy)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "mai",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French mai",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "mai"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old French mai",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Maius"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Maius",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French mai, from Latin Maius.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mais",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "mai m (plural mais)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 62 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "arbre de mai"
        },
        {
          "word": "mi-mai"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "May (month)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mai-fr-noun-bQYVmTMx",
      "links": [
        [
          "May",
          "May"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-mai.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/11/Fr-mai.ogg/Fr-mai.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Fr-mai.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "maie"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "maies"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mais"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "met"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mets (general)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mes (ɛ/e-merger)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mai"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 62 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "arbre de mai"
    },
    {
      "word": "mi-mai"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gcr",
            "2": "mè"
          },
          "expansion": "Guianese Creole: mè",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Guianese Creole: mè"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ht",
            "2": "me"
          },
          "expansion": "Haitian Creole: me",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Haitian Creole: me"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "may",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: may",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: may"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa-ira",
            "2": "مه",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "me"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Iranian Persian: مه (me)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Iranian Persian: مه (me)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lou",
            "2": "mê"
          },
          "expansion": "Louisiana Creole: mê",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Louisiana Creole: mê"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "→"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "مه",
            "nolb": "1",
            "tr": "mə"
          },
          "expansion": "مه (mə)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ South Azerbaijani: مه (mə)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "aeb",
            "2": "ماي",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mēy"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tunisian Arabic: ماي (mēy)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tunisian Arabic: ماي (mēy)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "mai",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French mai",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "mai"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old French mai",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Maius"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Maius",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French mai, from Latin Maius.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mais",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "mai m (plural mais)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French 1-syllable words",
        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French masculine nouns",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms derived from Old French",
        "French terms inherited from Latin",
        "French terms inherited from Old French",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with homophones",
        "Pages with 62 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:French/ɛ",
        "Rhymes:French/ɛ/1 syllable"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "May (month)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "May",
          "May"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-mai.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/11/Fr-mai.ogg/Fr-mai.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Fr-mai.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "maie"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "maies"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mais"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "met"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mets (general)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mes (ɛ/e-merger)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mai"
}

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