Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail)		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 20, 2023 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2023 USD ($)	May 31, 2023 USD ($) Segment Entity $ / shares shares	May 31, 2022 USD ($) Segment Entity $ / shares shares	May 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Significant Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of controlled subsidiary's earnings			100.00%
Number of business acquisition | Entity			6	8
Number of reportable segments | Segment			4	4
Net transactional foreign exchange losses gains			$ (8,900,000)	$ (4,300,000)	$ (2,800,000)
Depreciation			108,400,000	104,300,000	99,400,000
Bad debt expense			13,557,000	4,300,000	10,000,000.0
Divestiture of businesses	$ 49,200,000
Cash receipt upon achievement of financial milestones	7,500,000
Gain on divestiture	$ 24,700,000
Impairment loss of goodwill on annual impairment test			0	0	0
Goodwill impairments		$ 36,700,000	36,745,000	0	0
Impairment loss of indefinite lived intangible assets on annual impairment tests			0
Impairment charge of indefinite lived intangible assets			$ 2,500,000
Impairment, Intangible Asset, Indefinite-Lived (Excluding Goodwill), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]			Restructuring charges
Advertising cost			$ 62,000,000.0	45,400,000	61,100,000
Research and development cost			$ 86,600,000	$ 80,500,000	$ 77,600,000
Shares repurchased | shares			598,653	601,155	594,061
Shares repurchased, value			$ 50,000,000	$ 52,500,000	$ 49,956,000
Repurchase of common stock price per shares | $ / shares			$ 83.52	$ 87.33	$ 84.09
SPG Segments
Significant Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Inventory write-downs			$ 7,600,000
PCG Segment
Significant Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Goodwill impairments			$ 36,745,000
Universal Sealants
Significant Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Goodwill impairments		$ 36,700,000
Universal Sealants | PCG Segment
Significant Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of annual revenue		30.00%	30.00%