Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mae

/mˈeɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables: mae
IPA: /mˈeɪ/

5

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Diminutive of Margaret.

name

Diminutive of Mary.

name

A female given name; popular as a middle name.

noun

Initialism of material adverse effect.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of material adverse event.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of mean absolute error.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of myoclonic astatic epilepsy.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of myoclonic atonic epilepsy.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

MAEs (plural)

Phrases

Money-Mae

Frequently Paired Words

May MSE

Homonyms

maye

Rhymes With

they way may day say one-way away play today pay stay re

Questions

How do you pronounce mae?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈeɪ/.
What does mae mean?: Diminutive of Margaret.

How to pronounce mae

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