majo
Cimbrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Venetan majo, from Latin Maius. Doublet of madjo and moajo.
Noun
majo m
See also
Gregorian calendar months (Sette Comuni dialect)edit
References
- “majo” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmajo/
Audio 1: (file) Audio 2: (file) Audio 3: (file) - Rhymes: -ajo
- Syllabification: ma‧jo
Noun
majo (accusative singular majon, plural majoj, accusative plural majojn)
- (sometimes capitalized) May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
See also
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑjo/, [ˈmɑ̝jo̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑjo
- Syllabification(key): ma‧jo
- Hyphenation(key): ma‧jo
Noun
majo (colloquial)
Declension
| Inflection of majo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | majo | majot | |
| genitive | majon | majojen | |
| partitive | majoa | majoja | |
| illative | majoon | majoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | majo | majot | |
| accusative | nom. | majo | majot |
| gen. | majon | ||
| genitive | majon | majojen | |
| partitive | majoa | majoja | |
| inessive | majossa | majoissa | |
| elative | majosta | majoista | |
| illative | majoon | majoihin | |
| adessive | majolla | majoilla | |
| ablative | majolta | majoilta | |
| allative | majolle | majoille | |
| essive | majona | majoina | |
| translative | majoksi | majoiksi | |
| abessive | majotta | majoitta | |
| instructive | — | majoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Italiot Greek
Noun
majo m
Japanese
Romanization
majo
Luxembourgish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɑjˈɔː]
Interjection
majo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaxo/ [ˈma.xo]
- Rhymes: -axo
- Syllabification: ma‧jo
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Possibly from the same Romani root as masher (etymology 2).
Adjective
majo (feminine maja, masculine plural majos, feminine plural majas)
- (Spain, informal) kind, friendly, likeable, nice, pretty
- Ese chico es muy majo, siempre me ayuda. ― That guy is very nice, he always helps me.
- (Spain, informal, dated) good-looking, handsome
- (Spain, informal) said of a person, neither ugly nor very pretty. Sometimes a euphemism for not calling someone "ugly".
- ¿Te parece guapa esa chica? Bueno, es maja. ― Do you think that girl is pretty? Well, she's okay.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Catalan: maco
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
majo
- first-person singular present indicative of majar
Further reading
- “majo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Swedish
Noun
majo c
- (slang) clipping of majonnäs: mayo, mayonnaise
Venetan
Etymology
From Latin Maius. Compare Italian maggio.
Noun
majo m (plural maji)
Descendants
- → Cimbrian: majo