different between maid vs maide

English

Etymology

From Middle English mayde, maide, abbreviation of maiden. Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (“maid, virgin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d
• Homophone: made

Noun

maid (plural maids)

1. (dated or poetic) A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
2. A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
3. (archaic) A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.
   • 1380+, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales

     Crist was a mayde and shapen as a man.

   • 1601, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

     You are betrothed both to a maid and man.

Usage notes

Maid, in the sense of a girl or unmarried woman, is often used in the common (species) names of flowering plants.

Synonyms

• (young female person): damsel, maiden
• (female servant): ancilla, handmaiden, lady-in-waiting, maiden, maidservant, servingmaid, servingwoman, womanservant
• (female cleaner): chambermaid (in a hotel), charlady (in a house), charwoman (in a house), cleaning lady (in a house)

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Dima, Madi, aim'd, amid, diam, diam.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English maid, Middle English mayde, maide, abbreviation of maiden. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (“maid, virgin”).

Noun

maid

1. A female servant or cleaner; a maidservant, a housemaid.

Synonyms

• (maid): katabang, muchacha, mutsatsa

Estonian

Etymology 1

Noun

maid

1. partitive plural of maa

Etymology 2

Noun

maid

1. partitive singular of mai
2. nominative plural of mai

Ludian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish maito.

Noun

maid

1. milk

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?majt/

Etymology 1

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

Adverb

maid

1. also, too

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronoun

maid

1. accusative/genitive plural of mii

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mað?/

Verb

·maid

1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of maidid

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish maito.

Noun

maid

1. milk

Inflection

Derived terms

• hapanmaid
• pihtimaid
• rahtmaid
• maidnedal'

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “??????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

English

Noun

maide (plural maides)

1. Obsolete spelling of maid

Anagrams

• Maedi, Media, aimed, amide, media

Estonian

Noun

maide

1. genitive plural of mai

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish maide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?ad??/

Noun

maide m (genitive singular maide, nominative plural maidí)

1. stick
2. peg
3. baton
4. (nautical) rib, timber
5. (golf) club

Declension

Synonyms

• (stick):, slat
• (peg): tairne, pionna, bacán
• (stick, baton): bata
• (rib, timber): easna

Derived terms

• (golf): maide gainimh (“sand wedge”), maide mór (“driver”)
• slis den seanmhaide (“chip off the old block”)

Mutation

References

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

Middle Irish

Noun

maide m

1. stick

Descendants

• Irish: maide
• Manx: maidjey
• Scottish Gaelic: maide

Mutation

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish maide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mat??/

Noun

maide m (genitive singular maide, plural maidean or maideachan)

1. wood, timber
2. stick
3. staff, cudgel

Derived terms

Mutation

References

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