English

Proper noun

Mei

1. A female given name

Afrikaans

Noun

Mei ‎(plural Meimaande)

1. May

Hawaiian

Proper noun

Mei

1. May (month)
2. A female given name derived from English May

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) nā mahina o ka makahiki; Ianuali, Pepeluali, Malaki, ʻApelila, Mei, Iune, Iulai, ʻAukake, Kepakemapa, ʻOkakopa, Nowemapa, Kēkēmapa ^{(Category: haw:Months)}

References

• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 186
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records the name Mei does not appear in 19th century marriage records.

Indonesian

Proper noun

Mei

1. May

Malay

Etymology

Borrowing from English May, from Middle English, from Old English, from Old French mai, from Latin māius, from Maia.

Alternative forms

• مي

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [me]
• Rhymes: -me, -e

Proper noun

Mei ‎(Jawi spelling مي)

1. May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Maori

Etymology

Borrowing from English May.

Proper noun

Mei

1. May (month)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) ngā marama o te tau; Hānuere, Pēpuere, Māehe, Āperire, Mei, Hune, Hūrae, Ākuhata, Hepetema, Oketopa, Noema, Tīhema ^{(Category: mi:Months)}

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowing from English May.

Proper noun

Mei

1. May

See also

(Gregorian calendar months) miezi ya mwaka; Januari, Februari, Machi, Aprili, Mei, Juni, Julai, Agosti, Septemba, Oktoba, Novemba, Desemba ^{(Category: sw:Months)}

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English May.

Proper noun

Mei

1. May (month)

Chuukese

Verb

mei

1. (transitive, copulative) Alternative form of mi ‎(“to be”)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛi̯/
• Homophone: mij

Noun

mei m ‎(uncountable)

1. May

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) maanden van de gregoriaanse kalender; januari, februari, maart, april, mei, juni, juli, augustus, september, oktober, november, december ^{(Category: nl:Months)}

Anagrams

• iem., Mie

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin milium. Compare Italian miglio, Venetian méjo, Romanian mei, Dalmatian mail, Catalan mill, Spanish mijo.

Noun

mei m ‎(plural mei)

1. millet

Japanese

Romanization

mei

1. rōmaji reading of めい

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.iː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.i/, [ˈmeː.i]

Pronoun

meī

1. genitive singular of ego

Pronoun

meī

1. nominative masculine plural of meus
2. genitive masculine singular of meus
3. genitive neuter singular of meus
4. vocative masculine plural of meus

Ligurian

Noun

mei ? ‎(please provide plural)

1. apple

Limburgish

Noun

mei

1. May (month)

See also

• mei on the Limburgish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^li

Lojban

Cmavo

mei ‎(rafsi mem or mei)

1. Indicates a group or set of specified cardinality.

   paremei — dozen

Mandarin

Romanization

mei

1. Nonstandard spelling of méi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of měi.
3. Nonstandard spelling of mèi.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Meyah

Noun

mei

1. water

References

• G. P. Reesink, Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head (2002), page 5: 'water': Meyah mei

North Frisian

Etymology

From Latin māius.

Noun

mei m

1. (Föhr-Amrum) May

See also

• months of the year in Föhr-Amrum North Frisian: janewoore, febrewoore, marts, april, mei, jüüne, jüüle, august, september, oktuuber, nofember, deetsember

Old French

Pronoun

mei

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of moi

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin meī, masculine plural of meus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mej]

Determiner

mei

1. masculine plural form of meu

Etymology 2

From Latin milium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- ‎(“to grind, crush”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mej/

Noun

mei n ‎(plural meiuri)

1. millet

Declension

Synonyms

• păsat

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʌj/

Pronoun

mei personal, emphatic

1. (South Scots) me

See also

• A
• is

Tongan

Noun

mei

1. breadfruit

Preposition

mei

1. from

West Frisian

Preposition

mei

1. with