Mavis

Definition: Mavis

Mavis

Noun

1. Common Old World thrush noted for its song.

Date "mavis" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1595. (references)

Synonyms: Mavis

Synonyms: song thrush (n), throstle (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Mavis

English words defined with "mavis": song thrush. (references)

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Modern Usage: Mavis

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	It's true that Mavis and Sybil have ways that are winning And Prudence and Gwendolyn set your heart spinning Phoebe's delightful, Maude is disarming (Mary Poppins; writing credit: P.L. Travers; Bill Walsh)
Movie/TV Titles	The Mavis Bramston Show (1964) Mavis of the Glen (1915) The Mavis Davis Safe Sex Video (1993)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Mavis

Domain	Title
Books	A Messiah at the End of Time or the Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming (The Dancers at the End of Time, Book V) (reference) Helmi Mavis, a Finnish American Girlhood (reference) Learning to Look: A Visual Response to Mavis Gallant's Fiction (reference) Mavis and Bill (reference) Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing for Kids (reference) (more book examples) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Mavis

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Exits a submarine's deck hatch, with the assistance of two Marines and a Chief Petty Officer, as the submarine returns to port following a successful war patrol, circa early 1945. Location is probably Guam. The returning submarine is probably USS Balao (SS-285). Note the name "V.C. Mavis" on the back of the prisoner's chambray shirt.Credit: NAVY.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Mavis

"Mavis" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.87% of the time. "Mavis" is used about 177 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	98.87%	175	23,506
Noun (plural)	0.56%	1	339,140
Noun (singular)	0.56%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	177	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Mavis

The following table summarizes the usage of "mavis" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Mavis	First name Female	16,000	677
Mavis	Last name	170	46,382
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mavis

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

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mavis tire	90	mavis gallant	8
mavis beacon teaches typing	80	beacon downloads mavis	7
mavis beacon typing	70	mavis beacon typing program	7
mavis discount tire	66	free mavis beacon teaches typing	6
mavis beacon download	43	fan mavis	6
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mavis staple	36	beacon download mavis typing	6
mavis becon	25	beacon download mavis teaches typing	6
dallas mavis	23	mavis beacon 9	5
mavis typing	22	finding mavis	5
mavis beacon typing tutor	21	mavis teaches typing	5
mavis bacon	20	3 download mavis	5
beacon download free mavis	20	mavis bacon typing	5
mavis beacon.com	19	mavis beacon teacher typing	5
beacon downloads free mavis	18	mavis typing tutor	5
leno mavis	13	10 9 beacon deluxe mavis rebate teaches typing w	5
mavis beacon typing test	12	applewater mavis	5
mavis beacon typing lesson	9	beacon download free mavis typing	5
		company mavis tire	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Mavis

Language		Translations for "mavis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		Поен �"розд. (various references)

Greek		Τσίχλα (Throstle), ίίχλα. (various references)

Hungarian		Énekes Rigó (Throstle). (various references)

Manx		treshlen (song thrush, throstle, thrush). (various references)

Pig Latin		avismay

Portuguese		Malvis, Tordo-bravo (throstle), Dissidente (dissentient, dissimilar, nonconformity, sectary). (various references)

Romanian		Sturz Cântãtor. (various references)

Russian		Певчий �"розд. (various references)

Scottish		smeòrach (thrush). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		drozd pevač. (various references)

Spanish		Tordo Músico. (various references)

Swedish		Taltrast (song thrush). (various references)

Turkish		Ardıçkuşu (fieldfare, ousel, ouzel, song thrush). (various references)

Ukranian		Співучий �"різд. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Mavis

Derivations
	Words beginning with "mavis": mavises. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Mavis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-i-m-s-v"
	-1 letter: aims, amis, sima, vims, visa.
	-2 letters: aim, ais, ami, ism, mas, mis, sim, vas, via, vim, vis.
	-3 letters: ai, am, as, is, ma, mi, si.
	Words containing the letters "a-i-m-s-v"
	+1 letter: favism, mavies, mavins.
	+2 letters: amusive, atavism, fauvism, favisms, massive, mavises, mayvins, mikvahs, misaver, misgave, mitsvah, vampish.
	+3 letters: activism, atavisms, fauvisms, malvasia, minivans, misavers, misvalue, mitsvahs, mitzvahs, moshavim, moviolas, nativism, savagism, vamosing, vampires, varmints, vasiform, veganism, viremias, vitalism, vitamers, vitamins, vocalism, voltaism.
	+4 letters: activisms, admissive, alluviums, almsgiver, ambiverts, farmwives, galvanism, impassive, malvasias, maravedis, massively, mavericks, medievals, misadvise, misbehave, misvalued, misvalues, motivates, movieolas, nativisms, passivism, privatism, savagisms, summative, timesaver, vamoosing, vampirish, vampirism, vanadiums, vandalism, variorums, veganisms, verbalism, viaticums, vigesimal, villadoms, vitalisms, vitamines, vivariums, vocalisms, volcanism, voltaisms, vulcanism, vulgarism.
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