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Maize in Hebrew is תִּירָס (tíras).

Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.

תִּירָס
tíras
noun · masculine
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In English

maize

/meɪz/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with M

These are the Hebrew words for maize as a noun.

corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays

These words come before and after maize in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨maize⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨maize⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨maize⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨תִּירָס⁩, said tíras. Without vowel points it is written ⁨תירס⁩.

Is ⁨תירס⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨תירס⁩ is masculine.

How is ⁨maize⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨maize⁩ is pronounced ⁨/meɪz/⁩.

The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry maize and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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