"may" meaning in Engels

See may in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /meɪ/ Audio: en-us-may.ogg
  1. mogen Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: nl-may-en-verb-x9HFN8WA Categories (other): Hulpwerkwoord in het Engels
  2. kunnen Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: nl-may-en-verb-vACsut0t Categories (other): Hulpwerkwoord in het Engels
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Werkwoord in het Engels",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Engels",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Engels met IPA-weergave",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Engels met audioweergave",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Engels van lengte 3",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Afkomstig van het Oudengelse werkwoord mæg."
  ],
  "lang": "Engels",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Werkwoord",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hulpwerkwoord in het Engels",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mogen"
      ],
      "id": "nl-may-en-verb-x9HFN8WA",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hulpwerkwoord in het Engels",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This recipe may be doubled.",
          "translation": "Dit recept kan worden verdubbeld."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "kunnen"
      ],
      "id": "nl-may-en-verb-vACsut0t",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-us-may.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/41/En-us-may.ogg/En-us-may.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/en-us-may.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "may"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Werkwoord in het Engels",
    "Woorden in het Engels",
    "Woorden in het Engels met IPA-weergave",
    "Woorden in het Engels met audioweergave",
    "Woorden in het Engels van lengte 3"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Afkomstig van het Oudengelse werkwoord mæg."
  ],
  "lang": "Engels",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Werkwoord",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hulpwerkwoord in het Engels"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mogen"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hulpwerkwoord in het Engels"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This recipe may be doubled.",
          "translation": "Dit recept kan worden verdubbeld."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "kunnen"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-us-may.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/41/En-us-may.ogg/En-us-may.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/en-us-may.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "may"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Engels dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-15 from the nlwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (ca09fec and c40eb85). 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.

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