maint

Etymology

From Middle French maint, from Old French maint, meint (“many”), from Frankish *menigda, *managda (“a large quantity, a great many”), from Proto-Germanic *managiþō (“large quantity, multitude”), from Proto-Indo-European *monegʰ- (“many”). Cognate with Middle Dutch menichte (“multitude, great number”), Middle High German mennichte (“quantity”), Old English menigdu (“group of people”). More at many.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̃/

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• Homophone: main

Adjective

maint (feminine singular mainte, masculine plural maints, feminine plural maintes)

1. (archaic or literary) many

Pronoun

maint

1. (rare or literary) many

Further reading

• “maint” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• matin, mâtin, minât, mitan

Etymology

From Old French maint.

Adjective

maint m (feminine singular mainte, masculine plural maints, feminine plural maintes)

1. many; a lot of

Alternative forms

• meint

Etymology

From Frankish *menigda, *managda (“a large quantity, a great many”), from Proto-Germanic *managiþō (“large quantity, multitude”), from Proto-Indo-European *monegʰ- (“many”).

Adverb

maint (invariable)

1. very; a lot

Adjective

maint m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mainte)

1. many

Noun

maint m (plural meintiau)

1. size, extent
2. quantity

Mutation