ouais

Bedeutung

(informal) Synonym of oui; yeah, yep, yup, yes, affirmative expression
(informal) Synonym of oui (used to express consent)
wow
(informal) whoo (expresses joy)

Frequenz

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/wɛ/

Etymologie

From oui via dialectal variants; also possibly from oyez. Before becoming an informal synonym of oui, the word was exclamatory. According to Auguste Scheler, it could be linked to Indo-European roots: οὐαί (ouaí) in Greek, vae in Latin, uau in Portuguese, wow in English, wau in German, guau in Spanish or vai in Romanian.

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