Definitions and meaning of mayo
mayo
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeɪ.əʊ/
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- Rhymes: -eɪəʊ
Noun
mayo (countable and uncountable, plural mayos)
- Clipping of mayonnaise.
- (countable, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur, Internet slang) A white person.
- (Australia, informal) Exaggeration.
Synonyms
- (white person): see Thesaurus:white person
Anagrams
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin Maius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaʝo/
- Syllabification: ma‧yo
- Rhymes: -aʝo
Noun
mayo m
- May
See also
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmajoʔ/ [ˈma.joʔ]
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- Hyphenation: ma‧yo
Adjective
mayò (plural marayo, Basahan spelling ᜋᜌᜓ)
- (Naga) absent
- Synonyms: wara, awsente
- Antonym: yaon
Pronoun
mayò (plural marayo, Basahan spelling ᜋᜌᜓ)
- (Naga, indefinite) nothing; none; no one; nobody
- Synonyms: wara, dai
- Antonyms: igwa, may
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
Clipping of mayonaise.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaː.joː/
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- Hyphenation: ma‧yo
- Rhymes: -aːjoː
Noun
mayo f (plural mayo's)
- (informal) mayonnaise
- Synonym: mayonaise
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mayo.
Noun
mayo
- May
Haitian Creole
Pronunciation
Noun
mayo
- t-shirt
Ido
Noun
mayo (plural mayi)
- May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
See also
Japanese
Romanization
mayo
- Rōmaji transcription of マヨ
Moose Cree
Alternative forms
[Canadian syllabic needed]
Noun
mayo
- feces
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin Maius, from Maia.
Pronunciation
- (Galicia) IPA(key): /ˈmaj.o/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmaj.ʊ/
Noun
mayo m (plural mayos)
- May
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- ben uennas mayo
- Welcome, May!
Descendants
- Galician: maio
- Portuguese: maio (see there for further descendants)
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Spanish mayor and Portuguese maior.
Noun
mayo
- parent
See also
Portuguese
Noun
mayo m (plural mayos)
- Obsolete spelling of maio.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aʝo
- Syllabification: ma‧yo
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin Maius.
Noun
mayo m (plural mayos)
- May
Derived terms
Descendants
- > Chavacano: Mayo (inherited)
- → Bikol Central: Mayo
- → Cebuano: Mayo
- → Hiligaynon: Mayo
- → Ilocano: Mayo
- → Karao: Mayo
- → Masbatenyo: Mayo
- → Kapampangan: Mayu
- → Tagalog: Mayo
- → Waray-Waray: Mayo
- →⇒ Classical Nahuatl: mētztli mayo
Etymology 2
Verb
mayo
- first-person singular present indicative of mayar
See also
Further reading
- “mayo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French maillot.
Pronunciation
Noun
mayo (definite accusative mayoyu, plural mayolar)
- swimsuit
Declension
See also
Source: wiktionary.org