แม่(mâe)
Meanings
1NounA1
mother; mom
One's female parent; mother; mom.
Examples
แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainบ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ทุกวันtúk wanทุกวันtúk wan1every day; daily2everyday (attributive); daily
Mom stays at home with me every day.
2NounB1
madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)
A polite or familiar address to an adult woman in some regions or older usage.
Examples
เมื่อวานmêuua waanเมื่อวานmêuua waan1yesterday (the day before today)2yesterday; yesterday (as an adverb)พ่อค้าpô káaพ่อค้าpô káamale merchant; trader; shopkeeper; vendorเรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] call out; summon; hail2[to] ask for; charge; demand3[to] recruit; enlist4[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); nameแม่ค้าmâe-káaแม่ค้าmâe-káafemale vendor; saleswoman; shopkeeperว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeแม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toความสุภาพkwaam sù-pâapความสุภาพkwaam sù-pâap1politeness; courtesy; civility2polite register/tone
Yesterday, the male merchant politely addressed the female vendor as 'Mother' (Ma'am).
3NounB1
prefix: female; main; base
Used as a prefix/title indicating female role or principal/base element (e.g., แม่บ้านแม่บ้านmâe bâan1housekeeper; domestic worker2club house manager (Thai context)3homemaker; housewife ‘housewife; homemaker’, แม่แบบแม่แบบmâe bàep1template; pattern; master copy2role model; exemplar ‘template; master’).
Examples
โรงงานrohng ngaanโรงงานrohng ngaanfactory; plantใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]แม่พิมพ์mâe pimแม่พิมพ์mâe pim1mold; mould2printing plate; matrix3role model; exemplarใหม่màiใหม่mài1new; not old2new; different; fresh3again; anew4new; inexperienced (novice)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)การผลิตgaan pà-lìtการผลิตgaan pà-lìt1production; manufacturing (industrial)2production (media/creative)3production (economics)ชิ้นส่วนchín sùuanชิ้นส่วนchín sùuan1part; component2spare part
The factory uses a new mold to produce parts.