maize
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maize¹
- /meɪz/
- [meːz] Canada
Sounds like mays, maze (pane–pain merger) · Rhymes with -eɪz
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ. Cognate with Lokono marisi, Wayuu maiki.
noun maizes · maiz
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Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.
But alass! these, when they had maize (yt is, Indean corne) they thought it as good as a feast, and wanted not only for 5. days togeather, but some time 2. or 3. months togeather, and neither had bread nor any kind of corne.
Similar: corn, green corn, Indian corn, sugar corn, sweet corn
Maize²
proper noun Maizes
- A surname, variant of Mayes.
- A unisex given name.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: corn, indian corn, lemon, gamboge, lemon yellow, zea mays, grain, wheat, bread, oats, cornfield, atomic, atom, more, iota, but
Translations
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noun corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
| Español | maíz, elote, choclo, millo, jojoto, panizo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 옥수수 oksusu |
| 日本語 | 玉蜀黍 tōmorokoshi, コーン kōn |
| 中文 | 玉米 yùmǐ, 玉蜀黍 yùshǔshǔ, 粟米 sùmǐ, 苞穀 /苞谷 bāogǔ |
| हिन्दी | मक्का makkā, मकई makaī, भुट्टा bhuṭṭā |
| Kiswahili | muhindi, hindi |
| Português | milho, abati |
| Français | maïs, blé d'Inde |
| Deutsch | Mais, Türkenkorn, Türkisch Korn, Türkischer Weizen, Welschkorn, Milje |
| Italiano | granturco, granoturco, mais |
| Ελληνικά | αραβόσιτος aravósitos, καλαμπόκι kalampóki |
| Română | porumb, cucuruz, păpușoi |
| Русский | кукуру́за kukurúza, маи́с maís |
| Tiếng Việt | bắp, ngô, bẹ |
| العربية | ذُرَة ḏura |
| עברית | תִּירָס tíras |
Talk about this word "maize." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/maize. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. maize. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/maize "maize." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/maize.Cite this
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title = {maize},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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