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mai¹

  • /maɪ/

Where it comes from

Orthographic borrowing from the romanized form of Japanese マイ (mai), in turn a borrowing from English my, which it is treated as an alternate form of.

determiner

  1. Internet, alternative, slang Alternative form of my mai waifu

Mai²

Where it comes from

Chinese surname with several origins:

* from Mandarin 麥 /麦 (“wheat”),

* from Mandarin and Cantonese 買 /买 (maai⁵, “buy”)

* Cantonese form of 米 (see Mi).

* Romanized from 马 (mǎ) (see Ma)

* Romanized from 梅 (méi) (see Mei)

As a German surname, variant of May.

proper noun

  1. A female given name, a rare spelling variant of Mae/May, or borrowed from Scandinavia, with the same ultimate origin.
  2. A surname from Chinese of Chinese or German origin.

MAI³

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of machine augmented intelligence

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: avril, mae, nathaniel, hamish, mei, chiang, boyfriend, buddy, friend, mak, friendly, mayo, rice, plum, longer, may

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"mai." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mai. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

mai. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mai

Chicago

"mai." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mai.

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@misc{mai_2026,
  title = {mai},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mai},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}