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Is maise a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word maise is a Scrabble US word. The word maise is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is maise a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word maise is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

M3A1I1S1E1

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5-letter words (2 found)

AMIES,MAISE,

4-letter words (13 found)

AIMS,AMES,AMIE,AMIS,MAES,MASE,MESA,MISE,SAIM,SAME,SEAM,SEMI,SIMA,

3-letter words (18 found)

AIM,AIS,AME,AMI,EAS,EMS,ISM,MAE,MAS,MES,MIS,SAE,SAI,SAM,SEA,SEI,SIM,SMA,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AI,AM,AS,EA,EM,ES,IS,MA,ME,MI,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 46 words from maise according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of maise

maise amise miase imase aimse iamse masie amsie msaie smaie asmie samie misae imsae msiae smiae ismae simae aisme iasme asime saime isame siame maies amies miaes imaes aimes iames maeis ameis meais emais aemis eamis mieas imeas meias emias iemas eimas aiems iaems aeims eaims ieams eiams masei amsei msaei smaei asmei samei maesi amesi measi emasi aemsi eamsi mseai smeai mesai emsai semai esmai asemi saemi aesmi easmi seami esami misea imsea msiea smiea ismea simea miesa imesa meisa emisa iemsa eimsa mseia smeia mesia emsia semia esmia isema siema iesma eisma seima esima aisem iasem asiem saiem isaem siaem aiesm iaesm aeism eaism ieasm eiasm aseim saeim aesim easim seaim esaim iseam sieam iesam eisam seiam esiam

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Definitions and meaning of maise

maise

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmˠaʃə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish maisse (“goodliness, comeliness, fineness”), from mass (“fine, handsome, goodly”).

Noun

maise f (genitive singular maise)

  1. adornment, beauty
  2. becomingness, comeliness
  3. becoming state or act
  4. grace
  5. ornament
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

maise f sg

  1. genitive singular of mais

Etymology 3

See muise.

Interjection

maise!

  1. Alternative form of muise

Mutation

Further reading

  • Entries containing “maise” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “maise” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “maise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 57

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish maisse (“goodliness, comeliness, fineness”), from mass (“fine, handsome, goodly”) (cognate to English measure, meet, mete, German mässig (“moderate”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaʃə/

Noun

maise f

  1. beauty, grace, elegance, charm

Derived terms

  • nota-maise (“grace note”)
  • maiseach (“beautiful, lovely, handsome, fair”)
  • maiseadail
  • maise-ghnùise

Mutation

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “maise”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “maise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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