The word is in the Wiktionary

86 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• may v. (Obsolete, intransitive) To be strong; to have power (over).
• may v. (Obsolete, auxiliary) To be able; can.
• may v. (Intransitive, poetic) To be able to go.
• may v. (Modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and…
• may v. (Modal auxiliary verb, defective) Expressing a present possibility; possibly.
• may v. (Subjunctive present, defective) Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect).
• may v. Used in modesty, courtesy, or concession, or to soften a question or remark.
• may n. The hawthorn bush or its blossoms.
• may v. (Poetic, intransitive) To gather may, or flowers in general.
• may v. (Poetic, intransitive) To celebrate May Day.
• may n. (Archaic) A maiden.
• May prop.n. The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June.
• May prop.n. A female given name, usually pet name for Mary and Margaret, reinforced by the month and plant meaning.
• May prop.n. A surname from Middle English.
• May prop.n. A number of places in the United States…

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Azerbaijani - Uzbek
  • may n. May.
• Bikol central
  • may v. There is.
  • may v. To have.
• Cebuano
  • May prop.n. A surname from English.
• Cebuano - Tagalog
  • May prop.n. A female given name from English.
• Coptic
  • ⲙⲁⲩ n. (Bohairic) mother.
  • ⲙⲁⲩ n. (Fayyumic) water.
• Crimean tatar
  • may n. Butter, oil.
• Egyptian
  • mAy rom. Manuel de Codage transliteration of mꜣy.
• Fijian
  • May prop.n. May.
• Kalasha
  • may det. My.
  • may pron. Me.
• Kavalan
  • 'may n. Cooked rice.
• Kholosi
  • māy pron. I; first-person singular personal pronoun.
• Mapudungun
  • may adv. Yes.
• Middle french
  • May n. May (month).
• Northern kurdish
  • may n. Intervention.
• Norwegian - Swedish - Vietnamese
  • May prop.n. A female given name.
• Old portuguese
  • mãy n. (Hypocoristic, usually childish) mummy, mother.
• Pacoh
  • may pron. You (second person singular pronoun).
• Quechua
  • may adv. Where.
  • may adv. Like, how, very.
  • may pron. (Interrogative pronoun) which.
  • may v. (Transitive) to fear.
• Tagalog
  • may part. Particle used as an existential marker: to be; to have.
  • may- pref. Prefix denoting existence or possession of something.
• Tai do
  • mãy n. Tree.
• Tatar
  • may n. May (Month of the Year).
• Turkmen
  • maý n. May.
• Vietnamese
  • may v. To sew.
  • may adj. Lucky.
  • máy n. Machine.
  • máy n. Engine.
  • máy n. Internal combustion engine.
  • máy n. (Colloquial) phone, mobile phone.
  • mày n. Eyebrows.
  • mày pron. (In the singular, impolite, familiar, disrespectful or hostile) you.
  • mây n. Cloud.
  • mây n. Rattan.
  • mấy det. Some, an indefinite quantity greater than one.
  • mấy adv. How much, how many.
  • mầy pron. (Dialectal, humorous in many dialects) you (second person singular pronoun).
  • mẩy n. (Archaic, in compounds) body.
  • mẩy adj. Well-rounded; plump; meaty.
• Walloon
  • may n. May (month).

— English words, defined in German —

• May S. Mai.
• May S. Englischer weiblicher Vorname.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• may w. Hulpwerkwoord mogen.
• may w. Hulpwerkwoord kunnen.
• May n. Mei.

— English words, defined in French —

• may v. Pouvoir ; avoir le droit de.
• may v. Indique la possibilité ou l’incertitude, souvent traduit en français par le subjonctif.
• may v. Que. Indique un souhait. Note d’usage : Employé avec une inversion sujet-verbe.
• May n.prop. Mois de mai.
• May n.fam. Nom de famille anglais.
• May prén. Nom féminin anglais, diminutif de Mary et Margaret.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• may v. Poder.
• may v. Ser posible.
• may v. Ojalá (con subjuntivo del presente).
• may s. Mayo.
• May s. Cronología. Mayo.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• may v. Obter permissão. Também utilizado quando se deseja fazer um pedido, de maneira cortês.
• may v. Provavelmente, mas não certamente.
• may v. Poder, no sentido de possibilidade.
• May s. (Cronônimo) maio.
• May s. *We started Wiktionary in May 2004. (Iniciamos o Wikcionário em Maio de 2004.)

— English words, defined in Italian —

• may s. (Botanica) biancospino.
• May s. (Astronomia) maggio.

— In German —

• May S. Familienname, Nachname.

— In French —

• May n.fam. Nom de famille.
• May prén. Prénom épicène mais généralement féminin.

174 English words from 60 English definitions

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23 English words from 26 foreign definitions

Botanica con del droit Employé incertitude inversion mai Maio Margaret Mary mas May Mayo Mei Nom Note par Que Ser started usage Wiktionary

1 foreign word from 60 English definitions

Codage

61 foreign words from 26 foreign definitions

anglais Astronomia avec avoir biancospino certamente cortês Cronología Cronônimo deseja diminutif d’usage Englischer épicène Familienname famille fazer féminin français généralement Hulpwerkwoord Indique Iniciamos inversion␣sujet-verbe kunnen maggio maio mais maneira mogen Mois Nachname não Nom␣de␣famille Obter Ojalá pedido permissão Poder posible possibilidade possibilité Pouvoir Prénom presente Provavelmente quando sentido souhait souvent subjonctif subjuntivo sujet Também traduit une utilizado verbe Vorname weiblicher Wikcionário

336 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

maya Maya maye Maye mayo Mayo Mayr mays Mays may't Mayu Mayan Mayas maybe may␣be Mayda mayed Mayen Mayer Mayes Mayle Mayme Mayne mayn't may␣of Mayol Mayon mayor Mayor mayos Mayrs Mayse mayst may'st may've Mayans Maybee Maybel maybes Maybin Maybot May␣bug mayday Mayday May␣Day Maydon Mayeda Mayens Mayers mayest +286 words

165 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Amaya amays Smays Amayah amayed Comays emayle gamays Gamays Ismays Lamays Lemays rimaye Sumaya Tamayo Tamays Umayya Zumaya Almayne amaying camayeu dhimaya dhimays dismayd dismays formays Jomayca maymays remayne rimayes Samayoa Tamayos Umayyad camayeus camayeux dhimayas dismayed dismayer Dolmayan formayed handmayd Jan␣Mayen Kamayurá Kelamayi Kumayama mermayde Mildmays Neumayer Ramayana Redmayne +115 words

35 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

amay Smay Comay gamay Gamay Ismay Lamay Lemay Tamay Chimay dhimay dismay formay maymay mid-May Cape␣May Chiamay Karamay Left␣May Mildmay sinamay Point␣May Rothiemay sell␣in␣May Warrgamay Month␣of␣May Bartholomay be␣it␣as␣it␣may come␣what␣may try␣as␣one␣may be␣that␣as␣it␣may queen␣of␣the␣May queens␣of␣the␣May hold␣come␣what␣may Milltown␣of␣Rothiemay

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

yam Yam

6 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Amy mya Mya MYA yam Yam

83 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Almy amay amby Amey Ammy Amoy Amya Amye amyl amyl- Amys army Army ARMY Ayam ayme ay␣me azym Byam cyma gamy -gamy Hyam IYAM Lamy lyam Macy Maly many Many mary Mary maty Maxy maya Maya maye Maye mayo Mayo Mayr mays Mays may't Mayu mazy M-day miya Miya mkay m'kay +32 words

29 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

am Am AM 'am Am. A&M a.m. A.M. a.␣m. A.␣M. A.␣&␣M. ay AY -ay ay^ ma Ma MA M&A M+A -ma- M.A. my My MY my- ya Ya YA

121 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

AAY bay Bay cay day Day fay Fay gay Gay hay Hay jay Jay kay Kay 'kay lay Lay maa mab mAb Mab MAb -mab mac Mac MAC Mac- Mac. mad Mad MAD Mae MAE MAF mag MAG Mag. mah Mah mai Mai MAI maj Maj maj. Maj. mak Mak ma'k mal Mal mal- Mal. mam Mam man Man MAN -man man. Man. mao Mao MAO map MAP mar Mar MAR mar- Mar. -mar- mas Mas MAs MAS -mas M.A.s M.A.S. M.␣A.␣S. mat Mat MAT mat. Mat. Mau MAU Mav MAV maw Maw MAW max Max MAX -max max. Mly (+21 words)

15 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ay AY -ay ay^ ma Ma MA M&A M+A -ma- M.A. my My MY my-

15 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

Macy Maly many Many mary Mary maty Maxy mazy M-day mkay m'kay Muay M-way M␣way

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