aye

Signification (English)

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.

Noun

An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.

Intj

1. Misspelling of eh.
2. Alternative spelling of ay (question tag)

Concepts

oui

si

bien sûr

toujours

oïl

Synonyms

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

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/eɪ/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: ay

Cognate with ancien anglais: āwo

Cognate with moyen néerlandais: ie

Cognate with allemand: je

Cognate with ancien anglais: ǣ

Cognate with frison occidental: ieu

Cognate with néerlandais: eeuw

Cognate with irlandais: aois

Cognate with breton: oad

Cognate with latin: aevum

Cognate with grec ancien: αἰών

Cognate with féroïen: ája

In summary

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