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Definition: Maxi |
MaxiAdjective1. (of women's clothing; often used in combination) with hemline at the ankle; "wanted a maxi-length coat"; "a maxidress". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
MAXI | English | Metropolitan Area communication system-integration phase | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Antonyms: midi (adj), mini (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Maxi |
| Non-English Usage: "Maxi" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (maxi), Hungarian (maxi), Romanian (maxi, maximum), Spanish (maxi). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Welcome to the maxi pad. (Reality Bites; writing credit: Helen Childress) I'll get the um, um, um the cheeseburger Maxi Meal. (Ready to Rumble; writing credit: Steven Brill) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Bitte kommen Maxi (1990) Joe and Maxi (1978) | |
Song Titles | Close To You (performing artist: Maxi Priest) That Girl (performing artist: Maxi Priest featuring Shaggy) Set The Night To Music (performing artist: Roberta Flack with Maxi Priest) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Economic History | Ukraine | Other popular Ukrainian cash-and-carry chains are Fozzy, Rainford, Le Fourchette, and Maxi. (references) |
Brazil | In 1999, after the January maxi currency devaluation, U.S. exports of fresh fruit to Brazil dropped significantly. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Maxi" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 40.00% of the time. "Maxi" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 40% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.33% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (singular) | 17.78% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 8.89% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 45 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "maxi" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Maxi | Last name | 100 | 81,388 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "maxi": maxi-break, maxi-dowment, maxi-endowment, maxi-mum, maxi-prep, maxi-rater, maxi-read, maxi-sloops, maxi-yacht. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
maxi mound | 669 | maxi reductor | 13 |
maxi | 203 | maxi saver | 13 |
maxi priest | 108 | gallery maxi mound | 13 |
maxi cosi | 67 | maxi topheavy | 13 |
maxi pad | 66 | maxi fuse | 13 |
maxi trim | 59 | maxi gamer cougar | 13 |
puch maxi | 53 | maxi scooter | 13 |
maxi tuning | 33 | maxi gamer phoenix | 12 |
maxi sound muse | 19 | car cosi maxi seat | 12 |
isis maxi studio | 19 | maxi gamer | 12 |
maxi aids | 19 | basketball maxi | 12 |
77 maxi | 17 | maxi vision | 11 |
ica maxi | 17 | maxi teen | 11 |
always maxi pad | 17 | maxi tunning | 11 |
lyrics maxi priest | 17 | maxi tit | 10 |
maxi mound pic | 17 | maxi pad picture | 10 |
cie maxi | 16 | magnet maxi plate power | 10 |
driver maxi muse sound | 14 | maxi cosi priori | 9 |
maxi taxi | 14 | free maxi mound pic | 9 |
maxi mound mpeg | 13 | boob maxi | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "maxi"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sipër- (maxi-). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | maxirock (maxiskirt), maximantel, maxikleid, maxi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μάξι φόρεμα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | maxi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | マオリ族 (Macadam, macaroni, macaroni western, Macbeth, Machiavellism, macrame, macro, macrocosm, macroengineering, macrolens, macron, magazine, magazine rack, Maori, Maxell, maxim, maximum, McDonalds). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | マキシ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aximay maxi (maximum). (various references) макси- (maxi-). (various references) maksi- (maxi-). (various references) maxifalda, maxi. (various references) maxi- (maxi-). (various references) maksi (maxi-), uzun etek. (various references) макси. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "maxi": maxicoat, maxicoats, maxilla, maxillae, maxillaries, maxillary, maxillas, maxilliped, maxillipeds, maxillofacial, maxim, maxima, maximal, maximalist, maximalists, maximally, maximals, maximin, maximins, maximise, maximised, maximises, maximising, maximite, maximites, maximization, maximizations, maximize, maximized, maximizer, maximizers, maximizes, maximizing, maxims, maximum, maximums, maxis, maxixe, maxixes. (additional references) | |
Words containing "maxi": climaxing, premaxilla, premaxillae, premaxillaries, premaxillary, submaxillaries, submaxillary, submaximal. (additional references) | |
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"Maxi" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amoxil, axi, emaix, emax, Gmax, Haxhi, haxhiu, imaxe, jaix, laxi, Macii, madi, mafi, Maggsy, Magsi, magx, magz, mahi, maix, maji, maki, maksic, maoi, mari, masi, mati, maui, mauii, maux, mauxi, mavi, mawi, maxa, Maxat, maxe, maxee, maxen, Maxet, maxexp, maxey, maxez, maxia, maxie, maxif, maxil, maxint, maxit, maxix, maxs, maxy, mayi, mazi, meci, mexa, mexi, Mexx, mihi, miqi, mixa, mixo, mixy, moax, moix, moxa, moxi, moxxi, mrx, mxe, Mxu, mxxvi, mxxxi, mzx, naxe, naxi, nexi, paxi, saxi, umax, Xmai, xmax. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "maxi" (pronounced ma"ksē) |
| 4 | -a" k s ē | taxi, waxy. |
| 3 | -k s ē | apoplexy, boxy, doxie, doxy, epoxy, folksy, foxy, galaxy, heterodoxy, hydroxy, Moxie, Nixie, orthodoxy, oxy, pixie, proxy, sexy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-m-x" | |
-1 letter: aim, ami, max, mix. | |
-2 letters: ai, am, ax, ma, mi, xi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-m-x" | |
+1 letter: admix, axiom, maxim, maxis. | |
+2 letters: admixt, axioms, climax, mastix, matrix, maxima, maxims, maxixe, smilax. | |
+3 letters: admixed, admixes, chamoix, examine, exclaim, mailbox, maxilla, maximal, maximin, maximum, maxixes, minimax, mixable, taxemic, taximan, taximen, toxemia. | |
+4 letters: admixing, amphioxi, anoxemia, anoxemic, apomixes, apomixis, cacomixl, climaxed, climaxes, examined, examinee, examiner, examines, exclaims, exogamic, exonumia, hexamine, mastixes, matrixes, maxicoat, maxillae, maxillas, maximals, maximins, maximise, maximite, maximize, maximums, monaxial, panmixes, panmixia, panmixis, proximal, smilaxes, toxaemia, toxaemic, toxemias. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 78 69 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- -..- .. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01111000 01101001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a x i |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0078 0069 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47679075 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Abbreviations 12. Acronyms | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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