# maid
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English mayde, maide, abbreviation of Middle English maiden from Old English mæġden (Old English mǣden). Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (“girl, virgin”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meɪd/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪd
* Homophone: made

### Noun

maid (plural maids)
* (dated or poetic) A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
    Synonyms: damsel, maiden
* A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
** 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […] ; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.
* (archaic) A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.
** c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:You are betrothed both to a maid and man.

#### Usage notes

* In the sense of a girl or unmarried woman, the term is often used in the common (species) names of flowering plants.
* In the sense of a maidservant, the term has also been internationalized to a character design describing a young girl in a maid uniform.

#### Synonyms

* (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), cleaneress (rare term)

#### Derived terms

* bang maid
* barmaid
* best maid
* bondmaid
* bridemaid
* bridesmaid
* bride's maid
* chambermaid
* cookmaid
* dairymaid
* doormaid
* dwarfmaid
* elfmaid
* elle-maid
* evil maid attack
* fairmaid
* fancy maid
* French maid
* groomsmaid
* handmaid
* housemaid
* house-maid
* house maid
* kennelmaid
* kennel maid
* kitchenmaid
* lady's maid
* laundrymaid
* maid cafe
* maid café
* maid-child
* maid child
* maidhood
* maidie
* maid-in-waiting
* maidish
* maidkin
* maidless
* maidlike
* maidling
* maidly
* maidmarian
* maid-of-all-work
* maid of honor
* maid of honour
* maid of Kent
* maid-servant
* maidservant
* maid's hair
* maidy
* mermaid
* meter maid
* milkmaid
* nursemaid
* nurserymaid
* old maid
* Old Maid
* old-maidish
* old-maidism
* pantrymaid
* parlor maid
* parlormaid
* parlourmaid
* schoolmaid
* scullery maid
* scullery-maid
* seamaid
* servingmaid
* shield-maid
* shieldmaid
* shopmaid
* submaid
* tablemaid
* undermaid
* waiting maid
* wardsmaid
* washmaid

#### 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: katabang, muchacha, mutsatsa

## Estonian
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

maid
* partitive plural of maa

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

maid
* partitive singular of mai
* nominative plural of mai

## French
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English maid.

### Noun

maid f (plural maids)
* maid, especially in reference to Japanese fiction or in reference to the French maid outfit
    Synonyms: femme de ménage, soubrette

## Ludian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maito, possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *majδ̕ɜ. Cognates include Finnish maito.

### Noun

maid
* milk

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈmajt/

### 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, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronoun

maid
* accusative/genitive plural of mii

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [maðʲ]

### Verb

·maid
* third-person singular present indicative conjunct of maidid

### Adjective

maid
* Alternative form of maith (“good”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English maid.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmej.d͡ʒi/ [ˈmeɪ̯.d͡ʒi], /ˈmejd͡ʒ/ [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmej.d͡ʒi/ [ˈmeɪ̯.d͡ʒi], /ˈmejd͡ʒ/ [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈmejd͡ʒ/ [ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒ], /ˈmej.d͡ʒi/ [ˈmeɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

### Noun

maid f (plural maids)
* maid, especially in reference to Japanese fiction or in reference to the French maid outfit

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maito, possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *majδ̕ɜ. Cognates include Finnish maito.

### Noun

maid
* milk

#### Derived terms

* hapanmaid
* pihtimaid
* rahtmaid
* maidnedal'

### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “молоко”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika