May

//meɪ//

Synonyms for "may" (21 found)

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403 translations across 199 languages.

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Abaza

1 entries
  • май name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Abkhaz

1 entries
  • лаҵара name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Adyghe

1 entries
  • жъоныгъуакӏ name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • Mei name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Alabama

2 entries
  • Meyka name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • hasiholtina istatáɬɬàapi name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Albanian

3 entries
  • maj name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • mundem verb (have permission to)
  • mundet verb (possibly, but not certainly)

Alutiiq

1 entries
  • Nikllit Iraluat name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Amharic

1 entries
  • መይ name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἄν verb (possibly, but not certainly)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أَيَّار name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • مايو name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • مايو name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • ميي name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • mayo name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Aramaic

2 entries
  • אִיָּר name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • ܐܝܪ name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Armenian

1 entries
  • մայիս name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • maiu (roa-rup) name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܐܝܼܵܪ name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Asturian

1 entries
  • mayu name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • may name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Basque

1 entries
  • maiatz name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Bavarian German

1 entries
  • Moa name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • май name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • тра́вень name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Bengali

1 entries
  • মে name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • Mayo name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Bislama

1 entries
  • mei name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Breton

2 entries
  • Mae name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • miz Mae name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • май name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • глог noun (the hawthorn bush or its blossom)
  • имам възможност verb (have permission to)
  • мога verb (have permission to)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ငါးလ name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • မေ name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Catalan

2 entries
  • maig name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • poder verb (have permission to)

Central Dusun

1 entries
  • Mikat name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Chechen

1 entries
  • Стигалкъекъа-бутт name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏂᏍᎬᏘ name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • Meyi name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Chinese

2 entries
  • вуйүә name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • 五月 name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries
  • 五月 name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • 可以 verb (have permission to)
  • 可能 verb (possibly, but not certainly)
  • 願 /愿... verb (subjunctive)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 五月 name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • name (given name)
  • 可以 verb (have permission to)
  • 可能 verb (possibly, but not certainly)

Chukchi

2 entries
  • имԓыръыԓин name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • мимлыръылин name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • трѣвьнъ name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • Ҫу name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Cornish

1 entries
  • Me name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Corsican

1 entries
  • maghju name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Czech

3 entries
  • květen name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • nechť verb (subjunctive)
  • smět verb (have permission to)

Dakota

1 entries
  • Wožupiwi name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Danish

3 entries
  • maj name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • verb (have permission to)
  • måske verb (possibly, but not certainly)

Dari

1 entries
  • می name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • މެއި name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bloeimaand name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • mei name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • mogen verb (have permission to)
  • mogen verb (subjunctive)

Dzongkha

1 entries
  • སྤྱི་ཟླ་ལྔ་པ། name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Erzya

1 entries
  • панжиков name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • Majo name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • majo name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • rajti verb (have permission to)

Estonian

3 entries
  • lehekuu name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • mai name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • maikuu name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Ewe

2 entries
  • Damɛ name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • Mai name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Faroese

1 entries
  • mai name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Fijian

1 entries
  • May name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Finnish

4 entries
  • Touko name (given name)
  • toukokuu name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • orapihlaja noun (the hawthorn bush or its blossom)
  • saada verb (have permission to)

French

4 entries
  • mai name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • aubépine noun (the hawthorn bush or its blossom)
  • peut-être verb (possibly, but not certainly)
  • pouvoir verb (have permission to)

Friulian

1 entries
  • Mai name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Galician

4 entries
  • maio name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • estripeiro noun (the hawthorn bush or its blossom)
  • pilriteiro noun (the hawthorn bush or its blossom)
  • pode ser verb (possibly, but not certainly)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მაისი name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

German

4 entries
  • Mai name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • Wonnemond name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • Weißdornblüte noun (the hawthorn bush or its blossom)
  • Konkinktiv I verb (subjunctive)

Gheg Albanian

1 entries
  • muj verb (have permission to)

Gilbertese

1 entries
  • Mei name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 verb (have permission to)

Greek

4 entries
  • Μάης name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • Μάιος name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • λευκάκανθα name (hawthorn or its blossoms)
  • λευκάκανθα noun (the hawthorn bush or its blossom)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • maaji name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • me name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 五月 name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Hausa

1 entries
  • Mayu name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • Mei name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • מַאי name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • מַאי name (given name)
  • מַאיָה name (given name)
  • עשוי verb (possibly, but not certainly)

Hindi

1 entries
  • मई name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • Maja name (given name)
  • május name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • galagonya noun (the hawthorn bush or its blossom)
  • galagonyavirág noun (the hawthorn bush or its blossom)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • maí name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • maímánuður name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • geta verb (possibly, but not certainly)
  • mega verb (have permission to)

Ido

1 entries
  • mayo name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • Mei name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • barangkali verb (possibly, but not certainly)
  • bisa verb (have permission to)
  • bisa jadi verb (possibly, but not certainly)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • maio name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Inupiaq

2 entries
  • Nuġġiaqtuġvik name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • Suppivik name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • مِه name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Irish

1 entries
  • Bealtaine name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Italian

3 entries
  • maggio name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • biancospino noun (the hawthorn bush or its blossom)
  • potere verb (have permission to)

Jamaican Creole

1 entries
  • Mie name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 五月 name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • 皐月 name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • かも知れない verb (possibly, but not certainly)
  • してもいい verb (have permission to)

Javanese

1 entries
  • Mèi name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries
  • maiu name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • хөн сар name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Kambera

1 entries
  • wulang lima name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಮೇ ತಿಂಗಳು name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Kapampangan

2 entries
  • Máyu name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • Pángalimang búlan name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • môj name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • мамыр name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ឧសភា name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • Mũgira Njara name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Kongo

1 entries
  • mayi name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Korean

2 entries
  • 오월 name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • 할 수 있다 verb (have permission to)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • май name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Ladin

1 entries
  • name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Lao

2 entries
  • ພຶດສາພາ name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • ເດືອນພຶດສາພາ name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Latin

4 entries
  • maius name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • licet verb (have permission to)
  • mihi licet verb (have permission to)
  • possum verb (have permission to)

Latvian

3 entries
  • Maija name (given name)
  • maijs name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • drīkstēt verb (have permission to)

Lezgi

1 entries
  • тӏул name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Limburgish

1 entries
  • Mei name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Lingala

1 entries
  • máyí name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • gegužis name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • gegužė name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Livonian

2 entries
  • lēḑkū name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • maij name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Lombard

1 entries
  • maasc name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Louisiana Creole

1 entries
  • name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Low German

2 entries
  • Mai name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • Maimaand name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • Mee name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • Päischtmount name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • Маја name (given name)
  • мај name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Malay

4 entries
  • Mei name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • boleh verb (have permission to)
  • boleh jadi verb (possibly, but not certainly)
  • mungkin verb (possibly, but not certainly)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • മേയ് name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Maltese

1 entries
  • Mejju name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠰᡠᠨᠵᠠ ᠪᡳ᠍ᠶᠠ name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Mingrelian

1 entries
  • მესი name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Mirandese

1 entries
  • Maio name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • тавдугаар сар name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Montagnais

1 entries
  • nissi-pishimᵘ name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Mòcheno

1 entries
  • moi name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Māori

3 entries
  • Haratua name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • Mei name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • kia verb (subjunctive)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • verb (subjunctive)

Navajo

1 entries
  • Tʼą́ą́tsoh name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Neapolitan

2 entries
  • maio name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • majo name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • ukaya na ruhusa verb (have permission to)

North Frisian

3 entries
  • krölemoune name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • mei name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • moi name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • gulan name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • miessemánnu name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Northern Sotho

1 entries
  • Mopitlo name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • verb (have permission to)
  • kan verb (have permission to)
  • kan være verb (possibly, but not certainly)
  • verb (have permission to)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • mai name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • måtte verb (subjunctive)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • mai name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Occitan

1 entries
  • mai name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Odia

1 entries
  • ମଇ name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Ojibwe

3 entries
  • zaagibagaa-giizis name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • miinensagaawanzh noun (the hawthorn bush or its blossom)
  • miinensagaawanzhiig noun (the hawthorn bush or its blossom)

Old Armenian

1 entries
  • մայիս name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Old Dutch

1 entries
  • winnamānoth name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Old English

3 entries
  • þrimilce name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • magan verb (have permission to)
  • mōtan verb (have permission to)

Oromo

1 entries
  • Ebla name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • май name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • май name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries
  • Moi name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Persian

2 entries
  • توانستن verb (have permission to)
  • شایَد verb (possibly, but not certainly)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Mei name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Polish

4 entries
  • maj name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • bodaj verb (subjunctive)
  • bogdaj verb (subjunctive)
  • możliwe, że verb (possibly, but not certainly)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • maio name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • estrepeiro noun (the hawthorn bush or its blossom)
  • pilriteiro noun (the hawthorn bush or its blossom)
  • poder verb (have permission to)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਮਈ name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Romanian

4 entries
  • florar name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • mai name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • gherghin noun (the hawthorn bush or its blossom)
  • păducel noun (the hawthorn bush or its blossom)

Romansch

4 entries
  • mai name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • maitg name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • matg name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • meg name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Russian

4 entries
  • Ма́йя name (given name)
  • май name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • боя́рышник noun (the hawthorn bush or its blossom)
  • да ... verb (subjunctive)

Samoan

1 entries
  • me name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Sardinian

3 entries
  • magiu name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • maju name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • mazu name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries
  • Moai name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Scots

1 entries
  • Mey name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • Cèit name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • Cèitean name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Sekani

1 entries
  • ʼUtʼǫ̀ʼ kùnuyehde name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • maj name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • svibanj name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • мај name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • dàbōgda verb (subjunctive)

Shona

1 entries
  • Chivabvu name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • maiu name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • මැයි name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Skolt Sami

1 entries
  • vueʹssmään name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Slovak

2 entries
  • máj name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • smieť verb (have permission to)

Slovene

3 entries
  • Máj name (given name)
  • Mája name (given name)
  • máj name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Sotho

1 entries
  • Motsheanong name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Spanish

4 entries
  • mayo name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • espino noun (the hawthorn bush or its blossom)
  • marzoleto noun (the hawthorn bush or its blossom)
  • ojalá que verb (subjunctive)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • Méi name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Swahili

1 entries
  • Mei name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Swazi

1 entries
  • íNkhwekhwéti name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Swedish

4 entries
  • Maj name (given name)
  • May name (given name)
  • maj name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • verb (have permission to)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • Mayo name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • maaari verb (have permission to)
  • maaari verb (possibly, but not certainly)
  • puwede verb (have permission to)

Tahitian

1 entries
  • name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Tajik

1 entries
  • май name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Tatar

1 entries
  • май name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Telugu

1 entries
  • మే name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Thai

2 entries
  • พฤษภาคม name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • อาจ verb (possibly, but not certainly)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཟླ་ལྔ་བ། name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • me name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Tongan

1 entries
  • name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Turkish

1 entries
  • mayıs name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • maý name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Turoyo

1 entries
  • ܐܝـܝܰܪ name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • куартолэзь name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • тра́вень name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • най verb (subjunctive)
  • неха́й verb (subjunctive)
  • хай verb (subjunctive)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • (ip) směć verb (have permission to)

Urdu

1 entries
  • مَئی name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • بەشىنچى ئاي name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • ماي name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • may name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Venetan

1 entries
  • majo name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • tháng năm name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • có lẽ verb (possibly, but not certainly)
  • được phép verb (have permission to)

Volapük

1 entries
  • mayul name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Võro

1 entries
  • lehekuu name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Walloon

2 entries
  • may name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • poleur verb (have permission to)

Welsh

2 entries
  • Mai name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • cael verb (have permission to)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • blommemoanne name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • maaie name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Western Apache

1 entries
  • Itsáh Hashkēē name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Winnebago

1 entries
  • Mąą hitawus hii wiira name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Wolof

1 entries
  • Mee name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Yakut

1 entries
  • Ыам ыйа name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • מײַ name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Yup'ik

1 entries
  • Qusiirvik name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • Gulane name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Zuni

2 entries
  • Sow-a:ne name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  • Yachun Kwa'shi'amme name (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Sample sentences

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I may give up soon and just nap instead.

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I may be antisocial, but it doesn't mean I don't talk to people.

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It may freeze next week.

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Their communication may be much more complex than we thought.

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