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maid
English
Etymology
From Middle English mayde, maide, abbreviation of maiden. Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (“maid, virgin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me?d/
- Rhymes: -e?d
- Homophone: made
Noun
maid (plural maids)
- (dated or poetic) A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
- A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
- (archaic) A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.
- 1380+, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
- Crist was a mayde and shapen as a man.
- 1601, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
- You are betrothed both to a maid and man.
- 1380+, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Usage notes
Maid, in the sense of a girl or unmarried woman, is often used in the common (species) names of flowering plants.
Synonyms
- (young female person): damsel, maiden
- (female servant): ancilla, handmaiden, lady-in-waiting, maiden, maidservant, servingmaid, servingwoman, womanservant
- (female cleaner): chambermaid (in a hotel), charlady (in a house), charwoman (in a house), cleaning lady (in a house)
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Dima, Madi, aim'd, amid, diam, diam.
Cebuano
Etymology
From English maid, Middle English mayde, maide, abbreviation of maiden. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (“maid, virgin”).
Noun
maid
- A female servant or cleaner; a maidservant, a housemaid.
Synonyms
- (maid): katabang, muchacha, mutsatsa
Estonian
Etymology 1
Noun
maid
- partitive plural of maa
Etymology 2
Noun
maid
- partitive singular of mai
- nominative plural of mai
Ludian
Etymology
Akin to Finnish maito.
Noun
maid
- milk
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /?majt/
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adverb
maid
- also, too
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronoun
maid
- accusative/genitive plural of mii
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mað?/
Verb
·maid
- third-person singular present indicative conjunct of maidid
Veps
Etymology
Related to Finnish maito.
Noun
maid
- milk
Inflection
Derived terms
- hapanmaid
- pihtimaid
- rahtmaid
- maidnedal'
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “??????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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ancilla
English
Etymology
From Latin ancilla (“maid, slave-girl”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æn?s?.l?/
- Rhymes: -?l?
Noun
ancilla (plural ancillae)
- A maid.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 306:
- ‘And pass me that towel,’ added Ada, but the ancilla was picking up coins she had dropped in her haste […]
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 306:
- An auxiliary or accessory
Related terms
- ancillary
Anagrams
- aclinal
Latin
Etymology
From ancula (“maid”) +? -lus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /an?kil.la/, [ä??k?l??ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /an?t??il.la/, [?n???t??il??]
Noun
ancilla f (genitive ancillae); first declension
- maid, slave-girl
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Related terms
- ancill?tus
- ancula
References
- ancilla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ancilla in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ancilla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- ancilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- ancilla in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ancilla in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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