MAO
French, noun/ɛ.ma.o/
MAO is spelled M-A-O (3 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written French, the 14,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). MAO is a French noun meaning “initialism of monoamine oxydase; monoamine oxidase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Maintenance assistée par ordinateur”.
What does MAO mean in English?
noun
- 1
initialism of monoamine oxydase; monoamine oxidase
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maoïste. 2. Jeu de cartes.
noun: 1. Jiao, dixième partie de yuan.
noun: 1. Maintenance assistée par ordinateur.
noun: 1. Musique assistée par ordinateur.
noun: 1. Monoamine oxydase.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of MAO
- maos plural masculine feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce MAO?
- /ɛ.ma.o/
- /e.ma.o/
- \ma.o\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is MAO in French?
MAO appears 3.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).