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- US Pronunciation
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- [meyz]
- /meɪz/
- /meɪz/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [meyz]
- /meɪz/
Definitions of maize word
- noun maize (chiefly in British and technical usage) corn1 (def 1). 1
- noun maize a pale yellow resembling the color of corn. 1
- noun maize Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays. 1
- noun maize corn kernel 1
- adjective maize color 1
- noun maize corn plant 1
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Origin of maize
First appearance:
before 1545 One of the 30% oldest English words
1545-55; < Spanish maíz < Hispaniolan Taino mahís
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Maize
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
maize popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
maize usage trend in Literature
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