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See also: Max, MAX, мах, max., and -max

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Etymology 1

Clipping of English, French, and Latin maximum.

Symbol

max

  1. (mathematics) maximum

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of English North Moluccan Malay with x as a placeholder.

Symbol

max

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for North Moluccan Malay.

See also

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of maximum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mæks/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æks

Adjective

max (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Maximum; maximal.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

max (not comparable)

  1. (informal) at the most; maximum.
    • 1962, Poul Anderson, Time and Stars, published 1966, page 88:
      Four days max, then, to get them to safety.

Noun

max (countable and uncountable, plural maxes)

  1. (informal) Clipping of maximum.
  2. (informal) An extreme, a great extent.
    He pushed himself to the max.
  3. (obsolete, slang) Gin.
    • 1819–1824, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII):
      Oh! for a glass of max!
    • 1861, The Old Roman Well, page 243:
      'I remember,' said the pale man, 'the fust night as the Dandy ever came to this crib; he sat at this very table, and drank max with Charley Chatfield. […]

Antonyms

Verb

max (third-person singular simple present maxes, present participle maxing, simple past and past participle maxed)

  1. (usually with out) To reach the limit; to reach the maximum.
    He maxed out his odds of dating Rebecca.
    She maxed out all her credit cards while she was out of work.
  2. (informal, especially in present particple) To relax.

Derived terms

terms derived from all parts of speech

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Etymology

From Proto-Tai *maːꟲ (“horse”), from Middle Chinese 馬 (MC maeX). Cognate with Thai ม้า (máa), Northern Thai ᨾ᩶ᩣ, Lao ມ້າ (mā), Lü ᦙᦱᧉ (maa²), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥳ (mȧa), Shan မႃႉ (mâ̰a), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), 𑜉𑜡 (mā) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa).

Pronunciation

Noun

max

  1. horse

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Internationalism (compare English max, Latin max.).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑks/, [ˈmɑ̝ks̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑks
  • Syllabification(key): max
  • Hyphenation(key): max

Adverb

max (not comparable)

  1. (in writing or colloquial) at most, max
    Synonyms: enimmillään, maksimissaan
    Siinä menee max vartti.
    It will be fifteen minutes, max.

Ido

Pronunciation

Adverb

max

  1. (archaic) most
    • 1909-1910, Progreso – duesma yaro, page 40:
      Segun sa (sua) opiniono la max importanta neceso por I.L. esas la max granda perfekteso, e ne la amaso di adheranti, [...]
      According to his opionion the most important necessity for an I.L. is the perfection, and not the amount of adherents, [...]

Synonyms

Italian

Adjective

max (invariable)

  1. abbreviation of massimo (“max”)

Old English

Noun

max n

  1. alternative form of masċ

Old French

Noun

max m

  1. inflection of mal:
    1. oblique plural
    2. nominative singular

Swedish

Noun

max

  1. max
    till max
    to the max

Noun

max c

  1. (card games) a max bet

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

Adverb

max (not comparable)

  1. max
    Synonym: maximalt
    Du får max äta tre kakor
    You're allowed to eat three cookies, max

References

Zazaki

Noun

max f

  1. (Kuzarg) palm, palm tree

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *maːꟲ (“horse”), from Middle Chinese 馬 (MC maeX). Cognate with Thai ม้า (máa), Northern Thai ᨾ᩶ᩣ, Lao ມ້າ (mā), Lü ᦙᦱᧉ (maa²), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥳ (mȧa), Shan မႃႉ (mâ̰a), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), 𑜉𑜡 (mā) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa).

Pronunciation

Noun

max (classifier duz, Sawndip forms 馬 or 马 or 獁 or 𮜃, 1957–1982 spelling maч)

  1. horse
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