Phrase guide

Muay Thai

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /muːeɪ ˈtaɪ/
  • /mweɪ ˈtaɪ/
  • /moɪ ˈtaɪ/
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  • rhymes with -aɪ

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noun

Meaning 1

A sport practiced in Thailand which is similar to boxing but also allows strikes with the shins, feet, elbows, and knees.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Thai boxing

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Thai มวยไทย (muai-tai, “Thai boxing”).

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: муа́й тай (muáj taj) — the martial art/sport
  • Burmese: လက်ဝှေ့ (lakhwe.) — the martial art/sport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泰拳 (tàiquán) — the martial art/sport
  • Czech: Muay Thai — the martial art/sport
  • Dutch: Muay Thai — the martial art/sport
  • Dutch: Thaiboksen — the martial art/sport
  • Esperanto: taja bokso — the martial art/sport
  • Esperanto: muaj-tajo — the martial art/sport
  • Estonian: taipoks — the martial art/sport
  • Finnish: thainyrkkeily — the martial art/sport
  • French: muay thaï — the martial art/sport
  • West-Frisian: Taiboksen — the martial art/sport
  • Georgian: ტაილანდური კრივი (ṭailanduri ḳrivi) — the martial art/sport
  • German: Muay Thai — the martial art/sport
  • Greek: Μουάι Τάι (Mouái Tái) — the martial art/sport
  • Hebrew: אִגְרוּף תַּיְלַנְדִּי (igruf tailandi) — the martial art/sport
  • Hindi: मुआय थाई (muāy thāī) — the martial art/sport
  • Hungarian: thai boksz — the martial art/sport
  • Italian: thai boxe — the martial art/sport
  • Italian: boxe thailandese — the martial art/sport
  • Japanese: ムエタイ (mue-tai) — the martial art/sport
  • Khmer: ប្រដាល់សេរី (prɑdal seɛrǝy) — the martial art/sport
  • Korean: 무에타이 (muetai) — the martial art/sport
  • Northern Kurdish: tayboksîng — the martial art/sport
  • Northern Kurdish: muaythai — the martial art/sport
  • Lao: ມວຢລາວ (mūay lāo) — the martial art/sport
  • Malay: Muay Thai — the martial art/sport
  • Polish: boks tajski — the martial art/sport
  • Portuguese: muai thai — the martial art/sport
  • Russian: та́йский бокс (tájskij boks) — the martial art/sport
  • Russian: тай-бокс (taj-boks) — the martial art/sport
  • Russian: муай-тай (muaj-taj) — the martial art/sport
  • Spanish: Muay thai — the martial art/sport
  • Swedish: thaiboxning — the martial art/sport
  • Thai: มวยไทย (muai-tai) — the martial art/sport
  • Vietnamese: Muay Thái — the martial art/sport