see|may
English

Alternative spellings
(female given name): Mae

Etymology
ME., from OE., from OF. mai#Old French|mai, from L. Maius, Maia's month, from Maia, a Roman earth goddess, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *magya, she who is great, from Proto-Indo-European base *meg-, great

Pronunciation
AHD|m�, IPA|/meɪ/, SAMPA|/meI/
audio|en-us-May.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ|-eɪ

Proper noun
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1. The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June.
2. The hawthorn or its blossoms (as it blooms in May)
3. given name|female, pet name for Mary and Margaret, reinforced by the month and plant meaning
4. A surname.

Usage notes
May (or Mae) is often used in conjoined names (e.g., Lillie Mae, Katie Mae, Fannie Mae).

Derived terms
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w:Barcelona May Days|Barcelona May Days
w:Black May|Black May
W:Black May|Bloody May
w:Constitution of 3 May 1791|Constitution of 3 May 1791
have climbed May Hill
Italian may
King of May, King of the May
Lady of the May
Lord of May, Lord of the May
May and January
May and December
May apple, mayapple
May Ball
May-bean
May beetle
May-bird, maybird
May bishop
May blob
May bloom
May blossom
May bug
May Bumps
May-bush
May butter
May-chafter
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May-cherry
May-chick
May-chit
w:May Coup d'Etat|May Coup d'Etat
May curlew
May Day
May-December
May dew
May-drink
may duke, mayduke
May examination
Mayey, Mayie
Mayfair
May-fern
May fish, mayfish
May flower
mayflower
May fly, May-fly, mayfly
w:May Fourth Movement|May Fourth Movement
May fowl
May-gad
May game
May gowan
May grapes
May grass
mid4
May gray
May-haw, mayhaw
May highflyer
May-house
Maying, maying
May-jack
May-king
May lady
May laws
May lily
May-lord
May Marian
May meetings
May-morn, May-morning
May Morning
May parr
May peal
May pole, maypole
May-pop
May queen
May races
May Revolution
May-roll
May-rose
mid4
May-sel
May-September romance
May-skate
May skin
May-sucker
may tag, maytag
May-term
May thorn
Maytime
may tree
w:May Uprising|May Uprising
may-weed
May-week, May Week
May whaap
May whaup
May wine
May wool
May-worm
May-wort
w:Memphis in May|Memphis in May
mid-May
ne'er cast a clout till May be out
Queen of May, Queen of the May
Sun of May

Related terms
Cinco de Mayo

Sicilian: maiu
Slovak: t+|sk|máj|m
Slovene: t-|sl|máj|m
Spanish: t+|es|mayo|m
Swedish: t+|sv|maj
Tagalog: Mayo
Tatar: t-|tt|may|xs=Tatar
Telugu: మ� (mae)
Thai: THchar|�ฤษภา�ม (phri�ht sà phaa khohm)
Tok Pisin: me
Turkish: t+|tr|mayıs
Ukrainian: ��авен� (tráven�) m
Urdu: URchar|�ئ
Vietnamese: tháng n�m [��]
Volapük: mayul
Võro: lehekuu
Walloon: may
Welsh: t-|cy|Mai|m|xs=Welsh
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trans-top|hawthorn or its blossoms
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trans-top|given name
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Russian: �ай� (Májja), �ае�ка (Máje�ka)
Swedish: t+|sv|Maj|f, t+|sv|May|f
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Category:English eponyms
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Category:Months

Norwegian

Proper noun
May

1. given name|female||no: borrowed from English.

Swedish

Proper noun
May

1. given name|female||sv: borrowed from English.

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