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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail)
9 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2015
USD ($)
Feb. 28, 2015
EUR (€)
Feb. 28, 2015
Unsecured Senior Notes
Feb. 28, 2015
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring
Cross-currency swap
USD ($)
May 31, 2014
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring
Cross-currency swap
USD ($)
Feb. 28, 2015
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring
Foreign currency forward contract
USD ($)
May 31, 2014
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring
Foreign currency forward contract
USD ($)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]              
Foreign currency contracts, fair value of asset       $ 11,600,000us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyContractAssetFairValueDisclosure
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
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    $ 2,582,000us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyContractAssetFairValueDisclosure
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= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeForwardMember
/ us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementFrequencyAxis
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Debt, interest rate     6.70%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Debt, due date     Nov. 01, 2015        
Effective euro fixed-rate borrowing 5.31%us-gaap_DerivativeFixedInterestRate            
Notional principal amount of cross-currency swap 150,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount 125,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount          
Foreign currency contracts, fair value of liability       (11,622,000)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyContractsLiabilityFairValueDisclosure
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/ us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementFrequencyAxis
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19,550,000us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyContractsLiabilityFairValueDisclosure
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_CurrencySwapMember
/ us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementFrequencyAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember
5,559,000us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyContractsLiabilityFairValueDisclosure
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= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeForwardMember
/ us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementFrequencyAxis
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Reversal for contingent earn out targets (19,180,000)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationLiability1            
Settlements of contingent consideration obligations $ 24,800,000us-gaap_PaymentsForPreviousAcquisition