Noun: mais
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
uncountable
Sample Sentences
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Ik hou van gegrilde mais op de barbecue. (I love grilled corn on the barbecue.)
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Mais is een belangrijk gewas in vele delen van de wereld. (Maize is an important crop in many parts of the world.)
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We plantten mais in onze tuin dit jaar. (We planted corn in our garden this year.)
Nouns inflected like mais
weerwraak,
spraakwater,
lekentaal,
sneeuw,
saflet,
schuim,
schijt,
witte fosfor,
flauwekul,
besturing,
skitta,
selderij,
atomisme,
walvisvaart,
dag des Heren,
addergebroed,
ontfriezing,
kosmopolitisme,
schapenvlees,
februari, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ. See: Spanish Nouns '
maíz'.
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