Aye in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Aye

You can make 9 words from 'aye' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'aye'
• 2 letters words from 'aye'

3 letters words from 'aye'

AYE 6	YAE 6
YEA 6

2 letters words from 'aye'

AE 2	AY 5
EA 2	YA 5
YE 5

Definitions and meaning of aye

aye

Etymology 1

From Middle English aye, 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 aevum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ
• (sometimes proscribed) IPA^(key): /aɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ
  • Homophones: ay, eye, I

Adverb

aye (not comparable)

2. (archaic) ever, always
   • 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner":

     The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, / And southward aye we fled.

   • 1863, Translation by Catherine Winkworth:

     Let the Amen sound from His people again; Gladly for aye we adore Him. (Praise to the Lord, the Almighty)

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:aye.

References

Etymology 2

"Appears suddenly about 1575, and is exceedingly common about 1600." Probably from use of aye (“ever, always”) as expression of agreement or affirmation, or from Middle English a ye (“oh yes”), or synthesis of both. More at oh, yea.

Alternative forms

• ay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: ay, eye, I

Interjection

aye

1. yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.

Usage notes

• It is much used in Scotland, the north and Midlands of England, the northern counties of Ireland, North Wales, as well as in Australia and New Zealand (where it may follow rather than precede a statement). Also notably seen in viva voce voting in legislative bodies, etc., or in nautical contexts.

Synonyms

• yes
• yea

Antonyms

• nay
• no

Translations

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Noun

aye (plural ayes)

1. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.

   "To call for the ayes and nays;" "The ayes have it."

Synonyms

• yes

Translations

References

Etymology 3

Probably of multiple motivations, the sounds having been chosen for functional reasons.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪ̯/, /æɪ̯/

Interjection

aye

1. (MLE, regional African-American Vernacular) an attention grabber

   Synonyms: hey, oi, I say

Anagrams

• yae, yea

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Betawi aye. Doublet of saya.

Pronoun

aye

1. (Jakarta, slang) First-person singular pronoun: I, me, my

Synonyms

Other pronouns with the same meaning used in Jakarta:

• gue, ogut

Other pronouns with the same meaning used elsewhere:

• aku (informal)
• ku
• daku (poetic)
• saya (formal)
• gua, gw (Java)
• hamba

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Middle English

Noun

aye (plural ayer or ayren)

1. Alternative form of ei

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Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse ei, ey, cognate with Old English ā. See the etymology for the English word above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪ/

Adverb

aye (not comparable)

1. always, still

Interjection

aye

1. yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question

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Spanish

Noun

aye m (plural ayes)

1. whine; whining; whinging

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Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.jé/

Noun

ayé

1. world
2. life

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.jè/

Noun

àyè

1. chance, opportunity

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.jè/

Noun

ayè

1. (Ekiti) understanding, idea, knowledge

   Synonym: òye

Source: wiktionary.org

• an affirmative vote.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)