maíz

Asturian

Noun

maíz m (plural maíces)

maize (corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays)

Related terms

maizal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno mahís.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /maˈiθ/ [maˈiθ]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /maˈis/ [maˈis]
(Spain) Rhymes: -iθ
(Latin America) Rhymes: -is
Syllabification: ma‧íz

Noun

maíz m (plural maíces)

corn, maize

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Bikol Central: mais
→ Cebuano: mais
→ Cuyunon: mais
→ Dutch: mais
→ English: maize
→ Faroese: mais
→ French: maïs
→ Hiligaynon: mais
→ German: Mais
→ Italian: mais
→ Norwegian Bokmål: mais
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: mais
→ Portuguese: maís
→ Swedish: majs
→ Tagalog: mais
→ Waray-Waray: mais

Further reading

“maíz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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