The villagers are dancing around the Maypole.
Source: tatoeba (1737216)
Maypole
Synonyms for "maypole" (7 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Translations
17 translations across 10 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عَمُود الرَّقْص noun (pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day)
Czech
2 entries- máje noun (pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day)
- májka noun (pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day)
Danish
2 entries- majstang noun (pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day)
- midsommerstang noun (pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day)
Dutch
1 entries- meiboom noun (pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day)
Finnish
1 entries- juhannussalko noun (pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day)
French
1 entries- arbre de mai noun (pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day)
German
1 entries- Maibaum noun (pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day)
Norwegian
2 entries- maistang noun (pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day)
- midtsommerstang noun (pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day)
Polish
4 entries- drzewko majowe noun (pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day)
- gaik noun (pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day)
- maik noun (pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day)
- słup majowy noun (pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day)
Swedish
2 entries- majstång noun (pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day)
- midsommarstång noun (pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
How would you like the maypole decorated?
Source: wiktionary
The maypole, the focal point of many traditional spring games and festivities, is believed to be a relic of ancient phallic worship.
Source: wiktionary
At Ickwell Green, in Bedfordshire, there is a permanent maypole. There, the May Queen is accompanied by moggies (raggedly dressed women) carrying besoms - birch-twig brooms.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 8 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.