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may day

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.66 in modern English

Syllables
may -day
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The first day of May, a festival celebrating the beginning of the spring season; originally, and still among neopagans, a fertility celebration.

noun

Labour Day, the first day of May, a worldwide workers' holiday.

Inflected Forms

May Days (plural)

Phrases

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Frequently Paired Words

maypole May Queen Jack in the green 'Obby 'Oss pay day

Synonyms

Labor Day Labour Day International Workers' Day first of may may 1

Questions

What does may day mean?
The first day of May, a festival celebrating the beginning of the spring season; originally, and still among neopagans, a fertility celebration.

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