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maid
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)
- (dated or poetic) A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
- A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
- (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.
- 1380+, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
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
- A female servant or cleaner; a maidservant, a housemaid.
Synonyms
- (maid): katabang, muchacha, mutsatsa
Estonian
Etymology 1
Noun
maid
- partitive plural of maa
Etymology 2
Noun
maid
- partitive singular of mai
- nominative plural of mai
Ludian
Etymology
Akin to Finnish maito.
Noun
maid
- 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
- 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
- accusative/genitive plural of mii
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mað?/
Verb
·maid
- third-person singular present indicative conjunct of maidid
Veps
Etymology
Related to Finnish maito.
Noun
maid
- 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
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waid
English
Etymology
For weighed.
Adjective
waid (comparative more waid, superlative most waid)
- (obsolete) Oppressed with weight; crushed; weighed down.
Anagrams
- DWAI, wadi
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