maize
/meɪz/
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maize noun: corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.
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Noun
maize (countable and uncountable, plural maizes)
- Corn; 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 Plantation
- 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...1972, Lytle Robinson, chapter 5, in Edgar Cayceʼs Story of the Origin and Destiny of Man, USA: Berkley Publishing Corporation, page 106
- Synonyms:
- corn, green corn, Indian corn, sugar corn, sweet corn
Proper noun capitalized: Maize
Maize (plural Maizes)
- A surname, variant of Mayes.
- A unisex given name.
maize meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
maize in Hindi
- corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- मक्का makkā, मकई makaī, भुट्टा bhuṭṭā
maize in Tamil
- corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- மக்காச்சோளம் makkāccōḷam, சோளம் cōḷam
maize in Marathi
- corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- मका makā
maize in Urdu
- corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- مکا makkā, بھٹا bhuṭṭā
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- maize in Bengali
- ভুট্টা bhuṭṭa
- maize in Telugu
- మొక్కజొన్న mokkajonna
- maize in Malayalam
- ചോളം cōḷaṁ
- maize in Kannada
- ಮೆಕ್ಕೆ ಜೋಳ mekke jōḷa
- maize in Punjabi
- ਮੱਕੀ makkī
- maize in Gujarati
- મકાઈ makāī, ભુઠ્ઠો bhuṭhṭho
- maize in Odia
- ମକା makā
- maize in Sinhala
- බඩ ඉරිඟු baḍa iriⁿgu
- maize in Assamese
- মাকৈ makoi
- maize in Nepali
- मकै
- maize in Pashto
- جوار juwar
- maize in Tagalog
- mais
- maize in Arabic
- ذُرَة ḏura
- maize in Malay
- jagung
- maize in Indonesian
- jagung
- maize in Persian
- بلال balâl, ذرت zorrat
- maize in Thai
- ข้าวโพด kâao-pôot
- maize in Vietnamese
- bắp, ngô, bẹ
- maize in Myanmar
- ပြောင်း praung:
- Sindhi
- مڪئي mke
- Dhivehi
- ޒުވާރި zuvāri
- Kashmiri
- مَکٲے makạ̄y
- Dzongkha
- གེ་ཟ ge za
Examples of maize in a sentence
- Coarsely milled maize is termed cornmeal, but when finely milled and sifted it is called corn flour.
- Most farmers in this region cultivate maize.
- I love how sweet maize syrup is.
Synonyms of maize
Forms of maize
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | maizes |
| alternative form (obsolete) | maiz |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Maizes |
Origin of maize
Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ. Cognate with Lokono marisi, Wayuu maiki.
Words formed from maize
Phrases with maize
Words that rhyme with maize
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- amaze
- appraise
- craze
- fraise
- gaze
- phrase
- mayonnaise
- ablaze
- braise
- chaise
- lase
- liaise
- malaise
- maze
- peise
- baize
- bayes
- bolognese
- braize
- braze
- days
- daze
- emprise
- laze
- overglaze
- praise
- reyse
- ukase
- upraise
- abbes
- abrase
- acraze
- affrays
- arrays
- assays
- bays
- bayze
- blays
- bordelaise
- borrowing days
- brays
- cays
- chays
- clays
- conveys
- crays
- crème anglaise
- decays
Questions about maize
- What does maize mean?
- Maize means corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.
- What is maize in Hindi?
- Maize in Hindi is मक्का (makkā), मकई (makaī), भुट्टा (bhuṭṭā). See Maize meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is maize?
- Maize can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce maize?
- Maize is pronounced /meɪz/.
- What is the plural of maize?
- The plural of maize is maizes.
Words near maize in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: maize (page history and authors); Maize (page history and authors); maize (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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