different between laura vs max

English

Alternative forms

• lavra

Etymology

From the Late Latin laura, from Ancient Greek ????? (laúra, “lane, path”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l????/
• Rhymes: -??r?

Noun

laura (plural lauras or laurae)

1. (historical, Roman Catholic Church) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior
   • 1864, Charles Kingsley, Lecture IX: The Monk a Civilizer, The Roman and the Teuton: A Series of Lectures Delivered Before the University of Cambridge, page 240,

     The solitaries of the Thebaid found that they became selfish wild beasts, or went mad, if they remained alone; and they formed themselves into lauras, 'lanes' of huts, convents, under a common abbot or father.

2. (historical, Eastern Orthodox Church) A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.
   • 1966, E. C. Butler, Chapter XVIII: Monasticism, H. M. Gwatkin, J. P. Whitney (editors), The Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 1, page 529,

     There were the cenobia, or monasteries proper, where the life was according to the lines laid down by St Basil; and there were the lauras, wherein a semi-eremitical life was followed, the monks living in separate huts within the enclosure.

Anagrams

• aural

Basque

Adjective

laura

1. allative inanimate singular of lau

Noun

laura

1. allative singular of lau

Numeral

laura

1. allative singular of lau

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo.?a/

Verb

laura

1. third-person singular past historic of laurer

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lau?.ra/, [???äu??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lau?.ra/, [?l??u?r?]

Etymology 1

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Noun

laura f (genitive laurae); first declension

1. Egyptian rue (Ruta angustifolia)
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Apuleius to this entry?)

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• laura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 894/1

Etymology 2

From the Ancient Greek ????? (laúra).

Noun

laura f (genitive laurae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) monastery, convent, laura

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: laura

References

• laura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• “Laura” on page 404 of Domenico Magri’s Hierolexicon, ?ive Sacrum Dictionarium (editio omnium recentissima, augmented by Stefano Sciugliaga, 1765)

Translingual

Symbol

max

1. (mathematics) maximum

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of maximum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæks/
• Rhymes: -æks

Adjective

max (not comparable)

1. (informal) maximum; maximal.

Derived terms

• max Q

Synonyms

• maxi

Translations

Noun

max (countable and uncountable, plural maxes)

1. (informal) Clipping of maximum.
2. (informal) An extreme, a great extent.

   He pushed himself to the max.

3. (obsolete, slang) Gin.
   • c. 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan

     Oh! for a glass of max!

   • 1861, The Old Roman Well (page 243)

     'I remember,' said the pale man, 'the fust night as the Dandy ever came to this crib; he sat at this very table, and drank max with Charley Chatfield. […]

Antonyms

• min

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 odds of dating Rebecca

   She maxed out all her credit cards while she was out of work

Derived terms

• max out

Anagrams

• XMA, ?Xam

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ma?? (“horse”), from Middle Chinese ? (MC m?a^X). Cognate with Thai ??? (máa), Northern Thai ???, Lao ??? (m?), Lü ??? (maa²), Tai Nüa ??? (m?a), Shan ??? (mâ?a), Ahom ???????? (ma), ???????? (maa) or ???????????? (maaa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma??/

Noun

max

1. horse

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maks/

Adverb

max

1. (archaic) most
   • 1909-1910, Progreso – duesma yaro, page 40:

     Segun sa (sua) opiniono la max importanta neceso por I.L. esas la max granda perfekteso, e ne la amaso di adheranti, [...]

     According to his opionion the most important necessity for an I.L. is the perfection, and not the amount of adherents, [...]

Synonyms

• maxim

Italian

Adjective

max

1. Abbreviation of massimo (“max”).

Old French

Noun

max m

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

Zazaki

Noun

max f

1. (Kuzarg) palm, palm tree

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ma?? (“horse”), from Middle Chinese ? (MC m?a^X). Cognate with Thai ??? (máa), Northern Thai ???, Lao ??? (m?), Lü ??? (maa²), Tai Nüa ??? (m?a), Shan ??? (mâ?a), Ahom ???????? (ma), ???????? (maa) or ???????????? (maaa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ma??/
• Tone numbers: ma⁴
• Hyphenation: max

Noun

max (classifier duz, Sawndip forms ? or ? or ? or ????, old orthography ma?)

1. horse