Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mai

/maɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
mai
IPA
/maɪ/
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

det

Alternative form of my.

Slang

name

A female given name, a rare spelling variant of Mae/May, or borrowed from Scandinavia, with the same ultimate origin.

name

A surname from Chinese of Chinese or German origin.

noun

Initialism of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection.

noun

Initialism of machine augmented intelligence.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from the romanized form of Japanese マイ (mai), in turn a borrowing from English my, which it is treated as an alternate form of.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: my, 麥, 買, -

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Phrases

mai-baap mai fun mai tai mai tu liao siu mai yellow mai

Frequently Paired Words

mai-baap mai fun mai tai mai tu liao siu mai yellow mai

Homonyms

my

Rhymes With

by my why high try guy buy july drive-by die eye hi

Questions

How do you pronounce mai?
The recorded pronunciation is /maɪ/.
What does mai mean?
Alternative form of my.
Where does mai come from?
It is traced to English.

How to pronounce mai

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