Thais

See also: thais, Thaís, thaïs, and Thaïs

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aɪz

Etymology 1

From Thai ไทย (tai).

Noun

Thais

plural of Thai

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Θαΐς (Thaḯs), became known as the name of the mistress of Alexander the Great.

Proper noun

Thais

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Translations

female given name

Catalan: Taís
French: Thaïs (fr)
German: Thais (de)
Hungarian: Thaïsz, Thaisz
Italian: Taide (it), Taisia
Latin: Thais, Thaida
Polish: Taida, Tais, Taisja, Tesja
Portuguese: Taís (pt), Thaís
Russian: Таисия (ru) (Taisija)
Slovene: Tajda
Spanish: Taís, Thaïs

Anagrams

Tahsi, Tisha, has it, saith

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Thai +‎ -s.

Adjective

Thais (attributive Thaise, not comparable)

Thai (of, from, or pertaining to Thailand, the Thai people or the Thai language)
Synonym: Thailands

Etymology 2

Noun

Thais

plural of Thai

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θαΐς (Thaḯs).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtʰaː.ɪs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪aː.is]

Noun

Thāis f sg (genitive Thāidis); third declension

The name of a famous hetaera

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Thāis
genitive	Thāidis
dative	Thāidī
accusative	Thāidem
ablative	Thāide
vocative	Thāis

References

“Thais”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Thais in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.