mai

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/maɪ/

proper noun

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

“mai waifu”

OriginJapanese マイ ← English my →
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Meanings

mai1

determiner
  1. InternetalternativeslanganimeAlternative form of my.

    mai waifu

    1 more example

    mai husbando

Mai2

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. abbreviationinitialismmedicineInitialism of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection.
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of machine augmented intelligence.

Origin

mai · determiner

  1. Englishmy
  2. Japaneseマイ
  3. Englishmai

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.

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Mai · proper noun

  1. Cantonese買 /买“buy”
  2. Mandarin麥 /麦“wheat”
  3. EnglishMai

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.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

mai. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mai

MLA

“mai.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mai. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mai,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mai.

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