mays
/meɪz/
mays is the plural of may.
mays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of may.
Meaning of may
Noun (1)
may (uncountable)
- The hawthorn bush or its blossoms.
- The fire from Lindfield was coming down the grassy hillside to the right between the hedges of may.1973, Patsy Adam Smith, The Barcoo Salute, Adelaide: Rigby, page 43
Noun (2)
may (plural mays)
- A maiden.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Mays
Mays
- plural of May
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Mays
Mays (plural Mayses)
- A surname
Forms of mays
| plural | Mayses |
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Origin of mays
* As an English surname, variant of Mayes. * As a German surname, variant of Mais. * As a Dutch surname, from a short form of Thomas.
Words that rhyme with mays
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 mays
- What does mays mean?
- Mays means a surname.
- What is mays the plural of?
- Mays is the plural of may.
- What part of speech is mays?
- Mays is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mays?
- Mays is pronounced /meɪz/.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mays (page history and authors); Mays (page history and authors); may (page history and authors). 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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