mä
Luxemburgeois
/mæ/
conjunction
Definitions
- but
Etymology
Borrowed from French mais (but) derived from Old French mais derived from Latin magis (more) derived from Middle High German niwære (but, only).
Origin
Middle High German
niwære
Gloss
but, only
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Other
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- magis Latin
- ma Italian
- mai Italian
- almaar Dutch, Flemish
- alsmaar Dutch, Flemish
- maar Dutch, Flemish
- désormais French
- maie French
- mais French
- ouiménon French
- mas Spanish, Castilian
- más Spanish, Castilian
- *-is Proto-Indo-European
- *meǵh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- mais Old French
- mes Old French
- mai Catalan, Valencian
- més Catalan, Valencian
- máis Galician
- maer Middle Dutch
- ma Ido
- maar Afrikaans
- niwære Middle High German
- mais Old Portuguese
- mas Old Portuguese
- ma Aromanian
- más Asturian
- ma Friulian
- mai Friulian
- masse Friulian
- mai Old Occitan
- mais Old Occitan
- mas Old Spanish
- mui Dalmatian
- ma Neapolitan
- ma Istriot
- mai Istriot
- mɛ Nzadi