yeah
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See also: þeah
English
[edit ]Etymology 1
[edit ]Colloquial form of yea or yes . Compare nah . Analyzable as yes + -h .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Particle
[edit ]yeah (colloquial )
- Yes .
- Used to express acknowledgment of what was previously said.
- —You wanna get pizza for dinner? —Yeah, I think I'm gonna have leftovers instead.
- Used to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.
- Synonym: eh (Canada)
- I was walking down the road, yeah, and you know what I saw, yeah? A dog wearing a dress!
Usage notes
[edit ]- The particle for ascertaining attention may be proscribed.
Alternative forms
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[edit ]Translations
[edit ]- Note: Many languages have no exact equivalent of this word; in those cases, the translations given here are for yes.
yes
- Azerbaijani: həri
- Catalan: sí (ca)
- Chinese:
- Czech: jo (cs) , no (cs)
- Dutch: ja (nl) , jawel (nl)
- Finnish: joo (fi) , juu (fi)
- French: ouais (fr)
- German: (yeah) jo (de) , joa (de) ; (yes) ja (de)
- Greek: ναι (el) (nai)
- Hebrew: כע (ke)
- Hindi: हाँ (hi) (hā̃)
- Hungarian: igen (hu) , ja (hu)
- Icelandic: já (is)
- Interlingua: si (ia)
- Italian: sì (it) , già (it)
- Japanese: うん (ja) (un), そう (ja) (sō), ええ (ja) (ē), ああ (ja) (ā)
- Kapampangan: awa , uwa
- Korean: 응 (ko) (eung), 네 (ko) (ne), 예 (ko) (ye), 응 (ko) (eung), 어 (ko) (eo)
- Lithuanian: taip (lt) , jo (lt)
- Louisiana Creole: wé
- Navajo: wehee
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: òc (oc)
- Old Church Slavonic: ⰵⰹ (ei)
- Persian:
- Polish: tak (pl) , no (pl) , aha (pl) m, ta (pl) m (colloquial)
- Portuguese: sim (pt) , é (pt) , iá (pt) (informal)
- Romanian: da (ro)
- Russian: ага́ (ru) (agá), ага́ (ru) (ahá), угу́ (ru) (ugú), угу́ (ru) (uhú), так (ru) (tak), ну (ru) (nu)
- Serbo-Croatian: da (sh) da (sh)
- Sicilian: sì (scn) , sè (scn) , certu
- Slovak: no (sk) , hej
- Slovene: ja (sl)
- Spanish: sí (es) , seh , sipi (es) , aa (es) , mm (es)
- Swedish: ja (sv) n
- Thai: เออ (th) (əə)
- Ukrainian: еге́ (ehé), та (uk) (ta)
- Urdu: ہاں (hā̃) (informal)
- Vietnamese: ừ (vi) (informal), ờ (vi) (informal)
- Volapük: si (vo)
- Welsh: iah
- Yoruba: bẹ́ẹ̀ ni
Interjection
[edit ]yeah
- Expressing joy, celebration, glee, etc.
- Yeah! We did it!
Synonyms
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[edit ]expressing joy
- Dutch: yes (nl) , jippie (nl)
- Finnish: jee (fi) , joo (fi)
- French: ouais (fr)
- Italian: sì (it) , vai (it) , evvai (it) , evviva
- Japanese: やった (ja) (yatta), イェー (slang)
- Korean: 아싸 (ko) (assa), 앗싸 (atssa), 야르 (yareu) (neologism)
- Portuguese: é! (pt) , isso aí! (Brazil), boa! (Portugal)
- Russian: да! (ru) (da!), ура́! (ru) (urá!), э-ге́й! (e-géj!), е! (ru) (je!) (slang)
- Sicilian: forza ḍḍocu!
- Ukrainian: так! (uk) (tak!), та! (uk) (ta!)
See also
[edit ]Etymology 2
[edit ]See year.
Noun
[edit ]yeah (plural yeahs )
Anagrams
[edit ]Chinese
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: "From English?")
Pronunciation
[edit ]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong )+
- Jyutping : je1
- Yale : yē
- Cantonese Pinyin : je1
- Guangdong Romanization : yé1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛː55/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong )+
Noun
[edit ]yeah
- (Hong Kong Cantonese ) V sign (a sign of victory or peace made by raising the index and middle fingers with the palm outwards )
Synonyms
[edit ]Verb
[edit ]yeah
- (Hong Kong Cantonese ) to make a V sign
Adjective
[edit ]yeah
- (Hong Kong Cantonese , somewhat dated ) cool; stylish
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