aye

Significat (Anglès)

Adv

Ever, always.

Intj

1. Yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.
2. A word used to acknowledge a command from a superior, usually preceded by a verbatim repeat-back.

Verb

To respond with an "aye".

Noun

An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.

Intj

Alternative spelling of ay (question tag).

Intj

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of ay: expressing anger, alarm, frustration, pain, etc.
2. Used in aye aye.

Intj

Alternative spelling of eh.

Conceptes

sí

sempre

ben bé

de debò

en veritat

veritablement

Oposat a

nay

Sinònims

yes

yeah

yep

yea

ay

always

ever

invariably

forever

indeed

permanently

perpetually

religiously

still

surely

year-round

affirmative vote

Yes

sempre

absolutely

year in, year out

affirmative

all along

certainly

continually

decidedly

definitively

every time

Traduccions

sí

oui

ja

evet

μάλιστα

πάντοτε

ναι

sim

jawohl

ja

jawel

si

ναί

sempre

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/eɪ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: ay

Cognat amb anglès antic: āwo

Cognat amb neerlandès mitjà: ie

Cognat amb alemany: je

Cognat amb anglès antic: ǣ

Cognat amb frisó occidental: ieu

Cognat amb neerlandès: eeuw

Cognat amb irlandès: aois

Cognat amb bretó: oad

Cognat amb llatí: aevum

Cognat amb grec antic: αἰών

Cognat amb feroès: ája

In summary

From Middle English ay, ai, aȝȝ, from Old Norse ei, ey, from Proto-Germanic *aiwa, *aiwō (“ever, always”), from *aiwaz (“age; law”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“long time”). Doublet of aeviternity and aevum.
See also Old English āwo, āwa, ā, ō, Middle Dutch ie, German je; also Old English ǣ(w) (“law”), West Frisian ieu (“century”), Dutch eeuw (“century”); also Irish aois (“age, period”), Breton oad (“age, period”), Latin ævum (“eternity”), Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn).