different between mac vs mao

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?k, IPA^(key): /mæk/
• Rhymes: -æk

Etymology 1

Clipping of mackintosh.

Noun

mac (plural macs)

1. Clipping of mackintosh (“a raincoat”).

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of macaroni.

Noun

mac (uncountable)

1. (Canada, US, slang) Clipping of macaroni.

   Is there any mac and cheese left?

Derived terms

• mac 'n' cheese

Anagrams

• ACM, AMC, C.M.A., CAM, CMA, Cam, MCA, cam

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/

Etymology 1

Noun

mac m (plural macs)

1. (colloquial, slang) Clipping of maquereau (“pimp”).

Etymology 2

Noun

mac m (plural macs)

1. (colloquial, computing) Clipping of Macintosh.

Further reading

• “mac” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ????? (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makk?os, a variant of *mak?os (“son”) (compare Welsh mab, Gaulish mapos, Maponos).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /m??k/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /m?a?k/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /m?ak/

Noun

mac m (genitive singular mic, nominative plural mic)

1. son
2. A common prefix of many Irish and Scottish names, signifying "son of".

Declension

Coordinate terms

• iníon (“daughter”)

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• "mac" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 mac, macc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

K'iche'

Noun

mac

1. (Classical K'iche') sin

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ????? (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makk?os, a variant of *mak?os (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh??- (“to raise, increase”).

Noun

mac m (genitive singular mic, plural mec)

1. son

Derived terms

• mac-

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 mac, macc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ????? (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makk?os, a variant of *mak?os (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh??- (“to raise, increase”).

Noun

mac m (genitive mic, nominative plural mic)

1. son

Descendants

• Irish: mac
• Manx: mac
• Scottish Gaelic: mac

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 mac, macc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *makkos. Cognate with Welsh mach.

Noun

mac m

1. bond, surety

Inflection

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 mac(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/

Etymology 1

From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *mak? (“poppy”), compare Serbo-Croatian and Polish mak.

Noun

mac m (plural maci)

1. poppy

Declension

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

mac

1. quack (sound made by ducks)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ????? (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makk?os, a variant of *mak?os (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh??- (“to raise, increase”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma?k], [maxk]

Noun

mac m (genitive singular mic, plural mic)

1. son
2. Commonly used as a prefix of Irish and Scottish surnames, meaning son.

   MacDhòmhnaill (“MacDonald”, literally “son of Donald, Donaldson”)

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• “mac” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 mac, macc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

English

Wikispecies

Noun

mao (plural maos)

1. The ma'oma'o, Gymnomyza samoensis, a large passerine bird native to Samoa.

Anagrams

• -oma, Amo, Amo., MOA, Oma, moa, oma

Angor

Noun

mao

1. taro

Estonian

Noun

mao

1. genitive singular of madu

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese mao, from Latin malus.

Alternative forms

• malo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ma??]

Adjective

mao m (feminine singular má, masculine plural maos, feminine plural más)

1. bad

   Antonym: bo

2. evil; mean

   Antonym: bo

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese mão, from Latin manus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ma??]

Noun

mao f (plural maos)

1. Alternative form of man

References

• “mao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “mao” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “mao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “mao” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

mao

1. to clear up (e.g. of cloudy weather), alleviate
2. to fade (e.g. of the color of cloth)
3. to pass (e.g. of a feeling), go away, cease

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mao

1. a type of fish

Related terms

• maomao

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1957) , “mao”, in English–Hawaiian Dictionary. In N? Puke Wehewehe ??lelo Hawai?i?^[1], 2003

Japanese

Romanization

mao

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Mandarin

Romanization

mao

1. Nonstandard spelling of m?o.
2. Nonstandard spelling of máo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of m?o.
4. Nonstandard spelling of mào.

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.

Swedish

Phrase

mao

1. Initialism of med andra ord (“in other words”).

Anagrams

• Moa

Yami

Noun

mao

1. rock