Meanings
maize1
nounmaize (countable and uncountable, plural maizes)
plural maizes · alternative obsolete maiz
- countableuncountableCorn; 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.
1623, William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation1 more example
A fundamental creative act of American man was the development of maize. For it was maize that made possible and sustained the whole Peruvian civilization as well as Mexican and Central American ones. Exactly where it originated is not known, but corn was found in pre-Mayan graves dating to 3000 B.C.
1972, Lytle Robinson, chapter 5, in Edgar Cayceʼs Story of the Origin and Destiny of Man, USA: Berkley Publishing Corporation, page 106Synonyms: corn, green corn, Indian corn, sugar corn, sweet corn
Maize2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounCorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.
More synonyms by meaning
nountall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
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Broader
cerealcereal grass
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Arawak*marikɨ
- Taíno*mahis
- Spanishmaíz
- Englishmaize
Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ. Cognate with Lokono marisi, Wayuu maiki.
More words from Spanish, Taíno, Proto-Arawak
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans mielies
- mieliescorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Arabic ذُرَة
- ذُرَة (ḏura)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Basque arto
- artocorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Bengali ভুট্টা
- ভুট্টা (bhuṭṭa)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Bulgarian царевица
- царевица (carevica)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Catalan blat de moro, dacsa
- blat de morocorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- dacsacorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- moresccorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- paníscorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- panís de l'Índiacorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Chinese Cantonese 粟米
- 粟米 (suk¹ mai⁵)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Chinese Mandarin 玉米, 玉蜀黍
- 玉米 (yùmǐ)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- 玉蜀黍 (yùshǔshǔ)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- 粟米 (sùmǐ)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- 苞穀 /苞谷 (bāogǔ)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- 番麥 /番麦 (fānmài)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Czech kukuřice
- kukuřicecorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Danish majs
- majscorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Dutch mais, Turkse tarwe
- maiscorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- Turkse tarwecorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- Spaanse tarwecorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Esperanto maizo
- maizocorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Estonian mais
- maiscorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Finnish maissi
- maissicorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
French maïs, blé d'Inde
- maïscorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- blé d'Indecorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
German Mais, Kukuruz
- Maiscorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- Kukuruzcorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- Türkencorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- Türkenkorncorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- Türkisch Korncorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- Türkischer Weizencorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- Welschkorncorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- Miljecorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- ncorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- Welschkanncorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Greek αραβόσιτος, καλαμπόκι
- αραβόσιτος (aravósitos)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- καλαμπόκι (kalampóki)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Hawaiian kūlina
- kūlinacorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Hebrew תִּירָס
- תִּירָס (tíras)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Hindi मक्का, मकई
- मक्का (makkā)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- मकई (makaī)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- भुट्टा (bhuṭṭā)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Hungarian kukorica, tengeri
- kukoricacorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- tengericorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- törökbúzacorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Icelandic maís
- maíscorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Indonesian jagung
- jagungcorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Irish arbhar Indiach, grán buí
- arbhar Indiachcorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- grán buícorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Italian granturco, granoturco
- granturcocorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- granoturcocorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- maiscorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Japanese 玉蜀黍, コーン
- 玉蜀黍 (tōmorokoshi)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- コーン (kōn)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Korean 옥수수, 강냉이
- 옥수수 (oksusu)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- 강냉이 (gangnaeng'i)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Latin frūmentum turcicum, maizium
- frūmentum turcicumcorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- maiziumcorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Latvian kukurūza
- kukurūzacorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Lithuanian kukurūzas
- kukurūzascorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Malay jagung
- jagungcorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Māori kānga, kōpakipaki
- kāngacorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- kōpakipakicorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- paratēcorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Norwegian Bokmål mais
- maiscorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Persian بلال, ذرت
- بلال (balâl)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- ذرت (zorrat)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Polish kukurydza, kukurydza zwyczajna
- kukurydzacorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- kukurydza zwyczajnacorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Portuguese milho, abati
- milhocorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- abaticorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Punjabi ਮੱਕੀ
- ਮੱਕੀ (makkī)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Romanian porumb, cucuruz
- porumbcorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- cucuruzcorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- păpușoicorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Russian кукуру́за, маи́с
- кукуру́за (kukurúza)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- маи́с (maís)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Scottish Gaelic coirce Innseanach
- coirce Innseanachcorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Slovak kukurica
- kukuricacorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Spanish maíz, elote
- maízcorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- elotecorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- choclocorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- millocorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- jojotocorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- panizocorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- pishingacorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- pisingallocorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- gransacorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- chócolocorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- avatícorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- abatícorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Swahili muhindi, hindi
- muhindicorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- hindicorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Swedish majs
- majscorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Tagalog mais
- maiscorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Tamil மக்காச்சோளம், சோளம்
- மக்காச்சோளம் (makkāccōḷam)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- சோளம் (cōḷam)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Thai ข้าวโพด
- ข้าวโพด (kâao-pôot)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Turkish darı, mısır
- darıcorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- mısırcorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- ügürcorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Ukrainian кукуру́дза, маї́с
- кукуру́дза (kukurúdza)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- маї́с (majís)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Urdu مکا, بھٹا
- مکا (makkā)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- بھٹا (bhuṭṭā)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Vietnamese bắp, ngô
- bắpcorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- ngôcorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- bẹcorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Welsh indrawn, india-corn
- indrawncorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- india-corncorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Yiddish קוקורוזע, פּאַפּשוי
- קוקורוזע (kukuruze)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- פּאַפּשוי (papshoy)corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with maize
dayswaysphaseraiseresphrasepraisegayshayesstayseraseblazemazebaysgazehazehaysmayscrazegraysamazedazemayonnaisechaise
All rhymes →Sounds the same
maysmaze (pane–pain merger)
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APA
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Chicago
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