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Pronunciation
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| w:IPA|IPA || /meɪd/
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| w:SAMPA|SAMPA || /meId/
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audio|en-us-maid.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪd|-eɪd
Homophones
made
Etymology
ME. mayde, maide, abbreviation of maiden
Noun
maid (plural maids or maiden)
- (Poetic, also maiden) A girl or an unmarried young woman.
#: Note -- maid is often used in the common or species names of flowering plants.
- A female servant or cleaner.
Synonyms
(young female person): damsel, maiden
(female servant): handmaiden, lady-in-waiting, maidservant
(female cleaner): chambermaid (in a hotel), charlady (in a house), charwoman (in a house)
Translations
trans-top|young female
Dutch: meisje n, meid f
French: demoiselle f, jeune femme f
German: Mädchen n
Interlingua: senioretta
Irish: cailÃn m
Italian: signorina f
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Polish: panienka
Portuguese: moça f, donzela f
Scottish Gaelic: maighdeann f, rìbhinn f, òigh f, gruagach f
Scots: deem
Spanish: doncella f, señorita f
Serbian: deva f, devojka, moma f
Telugu: �న�య (kanya)
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trans-top|female servant or cleaner
Czech: služka f
Dutch: meid f, dienstmeid f
French: bonne f
German: Dienstmädchen n
Interlingua: serviente
Irish: cailÃn m
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Portuguese: empregada f, servente f
Scottish Gaelic: ban-òglach f
Scots: deem
Serbian: sluškinja f
Spanish: italbrac|inoffensive terms criada f, doméstica f, empleada doméstica f, muchacha de servicio f, sirvienta f, asesora del hogar f italbrac|Chile|formal usage, asistenta f italbrac|Spain, mucama f italbrac|Argentina|Uruguay, nana f italbrac|Chile, señora de servicio f italbrac|Venezuela ; italbrac|offensive terms cachifa f italbrac|Venezuela, chacha f italbrac|Mexico|Spain, cholera f italbrac|El Salvador|Guatemala, chopa f italbrac|Dominican Republic, fregona f italbrac|Spain, gata f italbrac|Mexico, muca f italbrac|Guatemala, nacha f italbrac|Honduras
Telugu: పనిపిల�ల (panipilla)
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See also
bridesmaid
french maid
maid of honour
mermaid
old maid
Rubbermaid
Sun-Maid
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ttbc|Indonesian: bantu|pembantu, babu
Category:Dutch derivations
Veps
Noun
maid
- milk
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