May
Definitions
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Alternative letter-case form of May. alt-of
- The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June
- A surname.
- The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June.
- The hawthorn bush or its blossoms.
- A maiden.
- A female given name, usually pet name for Mary and Margaret, reinforced by the month and plant meaning
- first-person singular present indicative of mayar
- A female given name, usually pet name for Mary and Margaret, reinforced by the month and plant meaning.
- A surname from Middle English. Theresa May, former British prime minister
- A surname from Middle English.
- Theresa May, former British prime minister
- Theresa May, former British prime minister.
- A number of places in the United States: A former settlement in Amador County, California. An unincorporated community in Lemhi County, Idaho. An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri. A small town in Harper County, Oklahoma. An unincorporated community in Brown County, Texas. An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. A number of townships in the United States, listed under May Township
- A number of places in the United States:
- A former settlement in Amador County, California.
- An unincorporated community in Lemhi County, Idaho.
- An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri.
- A small town in Harper County, Oklahoma.
- An unincorporated community in Brown County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under May Township.
Equivalents
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AfrikaansMei
አማርኛመይ
Azərbaycan dilimay
বাংলামে
Eestimai
Euskaramaiatz
Vosa VakavitiMay
GaeilgeBealtaine
HausaMayu
ʻŌlelo HawaiʻiMei
हिन्दीमई
Հայերենմայիս
ქართულიმაისი
Қазақ тілімамыр
ភាសាខ្មែរឧសភា
ಕನ್ನಡಮೇ ತಿಂಗಳು
Кыргызчамай
Lietuviųgegužė
മലയാളംമേയ്
MaltiMejju
ଓଡ଼ିଆମଇ
සිංහලමැයි
KiswahiliMei
తెలుగుమే
Тоҷикӣмай
Türkmençemaý
Türkçemayıs
ئۇيغۇرچەماي
اردومئی
O'zbekchamay
Examples
“The fire from Lindfield was coming down the grassy hillside to the right between the hedges of may.”
“Holonyms: calendar year; year”
“All in the merry month of May, / When green leaves they was springing, / This young man on his death-bed lay⟳, / For the love⟳ of Barbara Allen.”
“At a signing ceremony in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on May 29, the presidents of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan ratified the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) into existence. An EEU modeled on the European Union was first mooted back in 1994 by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, but took off only after his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, seized upon its potential as a Moscow-centered, Asia-oriented alternative to the EU.”
“In May, White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller told reporters the Trump administration is “looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus for migrants under claims of an “invasion.””
“[…] I will not send⟳ Owen's Lily May to the almshouse." "Lily―what?" demanded Mrs. Morley rather sharply, for she was half provoked with what she mentally called Amy's whim of keeping the outcast child when she might send⟳ it to the asylum. "Lily May," said Amy, smiling. "Her name⟳ is Mary, and we called her first Little Mary, and then Little May. But Owen calls her Lily May."”
“Their parents named them June and May because their birthdays occurred in those months. […] May was like⟳ the time of year in which she had been born, changeable, chilly and warm by turns, sullen yet able to know⟳ and show⟳ loveliness that couldn't last⟳.”
“It's an awkward name⟳: Isamay, pronounced Is-a-may. Isa is my paternal grandmother's name⟳ (shortened from Isabel) and May my maternal grandmother's (it comes, somehow, from Margaret). The amalgamation is, as you see⟳, strictly alphabetical. Life, I feel⟳, would have⟳ been much easier if they had chosen Maybel.”
“Sahaiʔa May Talbot was born on Feb. 15, 2014. However, on her birth certificate, her name⟳ is spelled Sahai'a because the Northwest Territories government only allows the Roman alphabet to be used on official documents.”
CEFR level
A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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