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proper noun
- The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June.
- The hawthorn or its blossoms (as it blooms in May)
- (given name, female), pet name for Mary and Margaret, reinforced by the month and plant meaning
- A surname.
Translations: - Dutch: mei(nl)
- French: mai(fr)m
- German: Wonnemond(de, Mai, m}}, {{t, de)m
- Italian: maggio(it)
- Spanish: mayo(es)m
Etymology: , from , from maiOld French, mai, from 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
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noun
- The hawthorn bush or its blossoms.
Translations: - French: aubépine
- German: Weií�dornblí¼te
- Italian: biancospino
- Spanish: espino , marzoleto
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verb (inf=-, may, -, might, -)
- (context, modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have permission to. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests.
- You smoke outside.
- May I sit there?
- (context, modal auxiliary verb, defective) possibly, Possibly, but not certainly.
- He be lying.
- (context, subjunctive present, defective) Expressing something that is possibly true.
- come what
Translations: - French: use subjunctive of pouvoir
(trans-mid)
- German: dí¼rfen, kí¶nnten
- Italian: use subjunctive of potere
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