name
Meaning 1
A female given name from English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
Mavis
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Pronunciation
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/ˈmeɪvɪs/
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rhymes with -eɪvɪs
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CMU ARPABET: M EY1 V IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
song thrush
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: poetic
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noun
Meaning 3
common Old World thrush noted for its song
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: song thrush, throstle, Turdus philomelos
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: thrush
History
Etymology
Coined at the end of the 19th century from mavis, a poetical name for the song thrush.
From Middle English mavys, from Anglo-Norman mauvis, from Old French mauvis (“song thrush”).
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