Mei

From Mandarin 寐 (mèi, “sleep”) (such that the name of the type species means "sleeping dragon").

†Mei ?

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Troodontidae – a theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China.

• (genus): †Mei long - sole species

• Mei (dinosaur) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Troodontidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Troodontidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Mei at Paleobiology Database

• enPR: mā, IPA^(key): /meɪ/

From Mandarin 美 (měi, “beautiful”), a common Chinese given name among women.

Mei

1. A female given name from Mandarin

Typically renders the common Chinese surnames Mandarin 梅 (méi, literally “plum”) and Mandarin 枚 (méi, literally “tree trunk”).

Mei

1. A surname from Mandarin.

From Mandarin 眉 (Méi).

Mei

1. A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
   • 1969 May 23 [1969 May 19], “Activities in Shensi”, in Daily Report: Communist China‎, volume I, number 100, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page H 3‎:

     The Paochi Special District Revolutionary Committee held an on-the-spot symposium on implementation of policies in Mei County and exemplary models were set up later in the various countries and communes.

   • 2010 October 15, “Bigfoot sighted on Taibai Mountain”, in 叶欣, editor, People's Daily‎, archived from the original on 23 May 2015:

     The striking news on the appearance of a Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain in Xi'an, Shaanxi Provnice^{[sic – meaning Province]} recently spread among local residents of Mei County located near the foot of Taibai Mountain. Is Taibai Mountain really home to a Bigfoot?
     Who encountered the Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain?
     Reporters interviewed many residents of Mei County, and their accounts varied.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Mei.

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Mei Xian”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1942, column 3

• EMI, IME, MIE, Mie

• Audio

  (file)

Mei (plural Meimaande)

1. May

(Gregorian calendar months) Januarie, Februarie, Maart, April, Mei, Junie, Julie, Augustus, September, Oktober, November, Desember ^{(Category: af:Months)}

Borrowed from English May.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmei̯/, [ˈmɛj]

Mei

1. May (month)
2. a female given name from English

• (Gregorian calendar months) nā mahina o ka makahiki; Ianuali, Pepeluali, Malaki, ʻApelila, Mei, Iune, Iulai, ʻAukake, Kepakemapa, ʻOkakopa, Nowemapa, Kēkēmapa ^{(Category: haw:Months)}

• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 186
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records the name Mei does not appear in 19th century marriage records.

Mei

1. Alternative form of Meu

From Dutch mei, from Latin māius (“Maia's month”), from Maia, a Roman earth goddess, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *magya (“she who is great”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”). Cognate with Afrikaans Mei, Malay Mei.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmej/, [ˈmei̯]
• Hyphenation: Méi

Méi

1. May

• (Gregorian calendar months) bulan kalender Gregorius; Januari, Februari, Maret, April, Mei, Juni, Juli, Agustus, September, Oktober, November, Desember ^{(Category: id:Gregorian calendar months)}

• “Mei” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Mei m or f by sense

1. a surname

Borrowed from English May, from Middle English, from Old English, from Old French mai, from Latin māius, from Maia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmej/, [ˈmei̯]
• Rhymes: -me, -e

Méi (Jawi spelling مي)

1. May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Borrowed from English May.

Mei

1. May (month)

• (Gregorian calendar months) ngā marama o te tau; Hānuere, Pēpuere, Māehe, Āperire, Mei, Hune, Hūrae, Ākuhata, Hepetema, Oketopa, Noema, Tīhema ^{(Category: mi:Months)}

Mei m (plural Meien)

1. May

Borrowed from English May.

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Mei

1. May

(Gregorian calendar months) miezi ya mwaka[c 1]; Januari, Februari, Machi, Aprili, Mei, Juni, Julai, Agosti, Septemba, Oktoba, Novemba, Desemba ^{(Category: sw:Months)}

From English May.

Mei

1. May (month)

(Gregorian calendar months) Jenueri, Februeri, Mars, Epril, Mei, Jun, Julai, Ogas, Septemba, Oktoba, Novemba, Disemba ^{(Category: tpi:Months)}