Mai

det, name, noun, slang

det, name, noun, slang ·1 syllable ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
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  2. 2
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Determiner
  1. 1
    Alternative form of my. Internet, alt-of, alternative, slang

    "mai waifu; mai husbando"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name, a rare spelling variant of Mae/May, or borrowed from Scandinavia, with the same ultimate origin.
  2. 2
    A surname from Chinese of Chinese or German origin.

Example

More examples

"That was probably just before Mai took the drastic step of leaving home."

Etymology

Chinese surname with several origins: * from Mandarin 麥 /麦 (“wheat”), * from Mandarin and Cantonese 買 /买 (maai⁵, “buy”) * Cantonese form of 米 (see Mi). * Romanized from 马 (mǎ) (see Ma) * Romanized from 梅 (méi) (see Mei) As a German surname, variant of May.

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mai husbandomai waifu

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