# mayo
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmeɪ.əʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪəʊ

### Noun

mayo (countable and uncountable, plural mayos)
* Clipping of mayonnaise.
    Pass me the mayo, please.
* (countable, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur, Internet slang) A white person.
* (Australia, informal) Exaggeration.
** 2017 November 20, Rudi Edsall, “Kerry O'Keeffe's Hilarious Story About The One Time He Captained Australia”, in Triple M‎:Judging by the scorecard, Skull may have laid a dollop of mayo on the story, but who cares when the story is that well told?
** 2023 May 22, Cal Twomey, quoting Twomey and Bailey Smith, “'I'm in a good space now': Gun Dog on life in the spotlight”, in Western Bulldogs‎:[Twomey:] Let's start with one you've never been asked in an interview: did you know Patrick Cripps pulled your hair last week? [Smith:] That's a good question. We laughed about it during the game because I put a bit of mayo on it to see if I could milk a free kick.
** 2023 November 17, Perth Drive‎ (radio), spoken by William McInnes, via ABC Radio Perth:…he played a forward defensive shot, and he held it like it was a beautiful cover drive, and someone said, "Oh, mate, stop adding the mayo! It's just a forward defensive, you flog!"

#### Synonyms

* (white person): see Thesaurus:white person

### Anagrams

* Amoy, Moya, moya

## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Latin Maius.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaʝo/
* Rhymes: -aʝo
* Syllabification: ma‧yo

### Noun

mayo m
* May

### See also

* chinero ~ chiner
* febrero ~ febrer
* marzo
* abril
* mayo
* chunyo ~ chunio
* chuliol ~ chulio
* agosto
* setiembre
* octubre ~ otubre
* noviembre
* deciembre, aviento

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmajoʔ/ [ˈma.joʔ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ma‧yo

### Adjective

mayò (plural marayo, Basahan spelling ᜋᜌᜓ)
* (Naga) absent
    Synonyms: wara, awsente
    Antonym: yaon
    Mayo naman siya sa klase.S/he's absent again in class.

### Pronoun

mayò (plural marayo, Basahan spelling ᜋᜌᜓ)
* (Naga, indefinite) nothing; none; no one; nobody
    Synonyms: wara, dai
    Antonyms: igwa, may
    Mayo baga nin tawo sa harong.There's no one in the house.

#### Derived terms

* pagkamayo

## Dutch
### Etymology

Clipping of mayonaise.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaː.joː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ma‧yo
* Rhymes: -aːjoː

### Noun

mayo f (plural mayo's)
* (informal) mayonnaise
    Synonym: mayonaise

## Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mayo.

### Noun

mayo
* May

## Haitian Creole
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /majo/

### Noun

mayo
* t-shirt

## Ido
### Noun

mayo (plural mayi)
* May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

### See also

* januaro
* februaro
* marto
* aprilo
* mayo
* junio
* julio
* agosto
* septembro
* oktobro
* novembro
* decembro

## Japanese
### Romanization

mayo
* Rōmaji transcription of マヨ

## Moose Cree
### Alternative forms

[Canadian syllabic needed]

### Noun

mayo
* feces

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin Maius, from Maia.

### Pronunciation

* (Galicia) IPA: /ˈmaj.o/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmaj.ʊ/

### Noun

mayo m (plural mayos)
* May
** a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 406 (facsimile):
    ben uennas mayo
       Welcome, May!

#### Descendants

* Galician: maio
* Portuguese: maio (see there for further descendants)

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Spanish mayor and Portuguese maior.

### Noun

mayo
* parent

#### See also

* mayó
* mayor

## Portuguese
### Noun

mayo m (plural mayos)
* Obsolete spelling of maio.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaʝo/ [ˈma.ʝo]
* IPA: (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmaʝo/ [ˈma.ʝo]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈmaʃo/ [ˈma.ʃo]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmaʒo/ [ˈma.ʒo]
* Rhymes: -aʝo
* Syllabification: ma‧yo

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin Maius.

#### Noun

mayo m (plural mayos)
* May

##### Derived terms

* como agua de mayo
* Dos de Mayo
* nos ha jodido mayo con las flores
* Sol de Mayo

##### Descendants

* > Chavacano: Mayo (inherited)
* → Bikol Central: Mayo
* → Cebuano: Mayo
* → Hiligaynon: Mayo
* → Ilocano: Mayo
* → Karao: Mayo
* → Masbatenyo: Mayo
* → Kapampangan: Mayu
* → Tagalog: Mayo
* → Waray-Waray: Mayo
* →⇒ Classical Nahuatl: mētztli mayo

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

mayo
* first-person singular present indicative of mayar

### See also

* enero
* febrero
* marzo
* abril
* mayo
* junio
* julio
* agosto
* septiembre
* octubre
* noviembre
* diciembre

### Further reading

* “mayo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French maillot.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɑjo]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

mayo (definite accusative mayoyu, plural mayolar)
* swimsuit

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
mayo
mayolar
definite accusative
mayoyu
mayoları
dative
mayoya
mayolara
locative
mayoda
mayolarda
ablative
mayodan
mayolardan
genitive
mayonun
mayoların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
mayom
mayolarım
2nd singular
mayon
mayoların
3rd singular
mayosu
mayoları
1st plural
mayomuz
mayolarımız
2nd plural
mayonuz
mayolarınız
3rd plural
mayoları
mayoları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
mayomu
mayolarımı
2nd singular
mayonu
mayolarını
3rd singular
mayosunu
mayolarını
1st plural
mayomuzu
mayolarımızı
2nd plural
mayonuzu
mayolarınızı
3rd plural
mayolarını
mayolarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
mayoma
mayolarıma
2nd singular
mayona
mayolarına
3rd singular
mayosuna
mayolarına
1st plural
mayomuza
mayolarımıza
2nd plural
mayonuza
mayolarınıza
3rd plural
mayolarına
mayolarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
mayomda
mayolarımda
2nd singular
mayonda
mayolarında
3rd singular
mayosunda
mayolarında
1st plural
mayomuzda
mayolarımızda
2nd plural
mayonuzda
mayolarınızda
3rd plural
mayolarında
mayolarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
mayomdan
mayolarımdan
2nd singular
mayondan
mayolarından
3rd singular
mayosundan
mayolarından
1st plural
mayomuzdan
mayolarımızdan
2nd plural
mayonuzdan
mayolarınızdan
3rd plural
mayolarından
mayolarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
mayomun
mayolarımın
2nd singular
mayonun
mayolarının
3rd singular
mayosunun
mayolarının
1st plural
mayomuzun
mayolarımızın
2nd plural
mayonuzun
mayolarınızın
3rd plural
mayolarının
mayolarının :

#### See also

* bikini
* deniz şortu
* mayokini