English

Proper noun

Max

1. A male given name.
   • 2002 Cynthia Heimel: If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet? Grove Press 2002. ISBN 0802139507 page 177:

     Since it seems to me that this fad of child-rearing has turned into an actual trend, that babies are an increasingly popular accessory for people-on-the-go, I first want to say to stop naming your boys Max. Max is a perfectly nice name, ensuring its owner a certain precocious sensibility, but there are enough Maxes now. Any more Maxes and the breed will go to the dogs.

Related terms

• female form: Maxine

Anagrams

• ǀXam, XMA

Danish

Proper noun

Max

1. A male given name borrowed from German.

French

Proper noun

Max

1. A male given name, diminutive of Maxime and Maximilien.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maks]

Proper noun

Max

1. A male given name, a popular shortened form of Maximilian.

Derived terms

• Mäxchen

See also

• Hans
• Fritz
• Hinz
• Kunz
• Petz
• Lutz

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒks]

Proper noun

Max

1. Max

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From German Max. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1825.

Proper noun

Max

1. A male given name.
   • 1975 Christer Kihlman, Dyre prins, Wahlström & Widstrand, ISBN 9146121315, page 113:

     Som liten var jag ganska stolt över mitt namn. Donald! Det klingade minsann mäktigare det än både Kalle och Ville och Lasse. Senare, när jag upphöjt mig själv i borgarståndet och för säkerhets skull beseglat min borgerlighet genom äktenskapet med Gunnel Lindermann hade jag uppriktigt sagt gärna hetat nånting annat, nånting mera traditionellt ståndsmässigt, eller från den synpunkten konventionellare, som Johan eller Henrik eller Carl-Gustaf. Till och med Max och Moritz och Niklas hade gått an. Bara inte Donald.

Translingual

Symbol

max

1. (mathematics) maximum function

English

Adjective

max ‎(not comparable)

1. maximum; maximal.

Translations

Synonyms

• maxi

Noun

max ‎(plural maxes)

1. A maximum.
2. An extreme, a great extent.

   He pushed himself to the max.

Verb

max ‎(third-person singular simple present maxes, present participle maxing, simple past and past participle maxed)

1. (usually with out) to reach the limit, to reach the maximum.

   He maxed out his credit cards to get his business started.

Derived terms

• max out

Anagrams

• ǀXam, XMA

Italian

Abbreviation

max or max.

1. (short form of massimo) max

Lojban

Rafsi

max

1. rafsi of marxa.

Old French

Noun

max m

1. inflection of mal:
   1. oblique plural
   2. nominative singular

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ma˦˨/

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *maːC ‎(“horse”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 馬 ‎(*mrāʔ, “horse”), cognate with Thai ม้า ‎(máa) and Lao ມ້າ ‎(mā).

Noun

max

1. horse