Mayotte

English

Etymology

From French Mayotte, from Arabic مَيِّت (mayyit, “dead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɪˈɒt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒt

Proper noun

Mayotte

2. An archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar.

Related terms

• Mahoran

Translations

Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte

• Afrikaans: Mayotte
• Arabic: مَايُوت (mayūt)
• Breton: Mayotte
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬約特／马约特 (zh) (Mǎyuētè)

• Corsican: Mayotte f
• Czech: Mayotte (cs) n
• Danish: Mayotte
• Dutch: Mayotte (nl)
• Esperanto: Majoto
• Estonian: Mayotte
• Finnish: Mayotte (fi)
• French: Mayotte (fr) f
• German: Mayotte (de)
• Greek: Μαγιότ (el) f (Magiót)
• Hindi: मायोत (hi) m (māyot)
• Hungarian: Mayotte (hu)
• Italian: Mayotte f, Maiotta f
• Japanese: マヨット (Mayotto)
• Korean: 마요트 (Mayoteu)
• Latin: Maiota f
• Latvian: Majota f
• Macedonian: Мајо́т m (Majót)
• Malagasy: Mahori
• Maore Comorian: Maore
• Maori: Maiota
• Marathi: मायोत (māyot)
• Ngazidja Comorian: Maore
• Norman: Mayotte f
• Occitan: Maiòta (oc) f
• Polish: Majotta (pl)
• Portuguese: Mayotte (pt)
• Romanian: Mayotte
• Russian: Майо́тта f (Majótta)
• Sardinian: Mayotte f
• Spanish: Mayotte (es)
• Swahili: Maore
• Swedish: Mayotte n
• Thai: มายอต (maa-yɔ́ɔt)
• West Frisian: Majot (fy) n

Further reading

• Mayotte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Mayotte

1. Mayotte (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar)

Derived terms

• Mayottees

Czech

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Mayotte, from Arabic مَيِّت (mayyit, “dead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmajot]
• Hyphenation: Ma‧yotte

Proper noun

Mayotte n (indeclinable, related adjective mayottský)

1. Mayotte (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar)

Further reading

• “Mayotte”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.jɔt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Mayotte ?

1. Mayotte (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /majˈɔ.t͡ʃi/ [maɪ̯ˈɔ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /majˈɔ.t͡ʃi/ [maɪ̯ˈɔ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /majˈɔ.te/ [maɪ̯ˈɔ.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /majˈɔ.tɨ/

Proper noun

Mayotte

1. Mayotte (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar)

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Proper noun

Mayotte

1. Mayotte (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar)

Swedish

Proper noun

Mayotte n (genitive Mayottes)

1. Mayotte (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar)