Oui - Wiktionary

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See also: ouï and OUI

Translingual

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Symbol

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oui

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Old Uyghur.

See also

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  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Uyghur terms

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French oui (“yes”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /wiː/
  • Homophones: we, wee, Wii; whee (wine–whine merger)
  • Rhymes: -iː

Interjection

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oui

  1. (quaint) Synonym of yes.
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  • langue d'oïl
  • ouiaboo
  • ouid

Anagrams

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  • IOU

French

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Alternative forms

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  • voui
  • ouais

Etymology

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First attested in 1380, from Old French oïl (1100), from Vulgar Latin *hoc ille or by surface analysis a compound of Old French o (affirmative particle) and il (“he”). Partially cognate to Occitan òc (“yes”) and Catalan oi (“isn't it?”). See the Old French term for details.

Pronunciation

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  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /wi/
  • (humorous, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɥi/
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  • Rhymes: -i
  • Homophones: ouï, ouïe, ouïes, ouïs, ouït (one pronunciation)

Adverb

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oui

  1. yes Antonym: non

Interjection

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oui

  1. yes Synonyms: ouais, vouai Antonym: non

Usage notes

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This word is treated as if it has an aspirated h despite not being written with an h: un oui is IPA(key): /œ̃ wi/, not /œ̃.n‿wi/.

Derived terms

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  • mais oui
  • ni oui ni non
  • pour un oui ou pour un non

Descendants

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  • Haitian Creole: wi
  • Louisiana Creole: wi
  • → English: oui
  • → Māori: Wīwī (“France”)

See also

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  • si ("yes" used to contradict a negative statement or question)

Further reading

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  • “oui”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French oïl, a contraction of o il, from Vulgar Latin hoc ille.

Adverb

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oui

  1. (Guernsey) yes

Interjection

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oui

  1. (Guernsey) yes

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