aye

Betekenis (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)

Concepten

jawel

ja

immer

immers

ook

steeds

toch

wel

altijd

zeker

altoos

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

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/eɪ/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelengels: ay

Cognate with Oudengels: āwo

Cognate with Middelnederlands: ie

Cognate with Duits: je

Cognate with Oudengels: ǣ

Cognate with Fries: ieu

Cognate with Nederlands: eeuw

Cognate with Iers: aois

Cognate with Bretons: oad

Cognate with Latijn: aevum

Cognate with Oudgrieks: αἰών

Cognate with Faeröers: 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.