Definitions and meaning of oi
oi
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɔɪ/
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- Rhymes: -ɔɪ
Etymology 1
Variant of the interjection hoy with h-dropping in working class and Cockney speech; first recorded in the 1930s.
Interjection
oi (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, usually impolite)
- Said to get someone's attention; hey.
- An expression of surprise.
- An informal greeting, similar to hi.
Synonyms
- (to get attention): hey, yo; see also Thesaurus:hey
- (expression of surprise): blimey, whoa; see also Thesaurus:wow
- (informal greeting): wotcher, yo
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
oi (uncountable)
- (Britain, sometimes capitalized) A working-class punk rock subgenre of the 1970s, sometimes associated with racism.
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- 2012, Tiffini Travis, Perry Hardy, Skinheads: A Guide to an American Subculture
- Oi! is characterized by cleaner guitars and slower tempos than most punk music, and many Oi! songs feature sing-along, "soccer chant" choruses.
Etymology 2
Variant of oy, from Yiddish.
Interjection
oi
- Alternative spelling of oy
Etymology 3
Pronoun
oi
- (representing rural dialect pronunciation) I.
- Sometimes oi sits and thinks, and sometimes oi just sits.
Anagrams
Bima
Noun
oi
- water
References
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈɔj/
Etymology 1
From Latin odium.
Noun
oi m (plural ois)
- (Mallorca) aversion, revulsion
Etymology 2
Interjection
oi
- Used at the end of a sentence, or with que at the beginning to make a tag question.
- 1994, Ferran Canyameres, Montserrat Canyameres, Obra completa IV, page 194
- Oi que ho farà? Digui que sí.
- Won't you do it? Say you will.
- Indicates agreement with a statement: yeah; that's right
- Indicates surprise: whoa; hey
- Indicates physical pain: ouch
Further reading
- “oi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoi̯/, [ˈo̞i̯]
- Rhymes: -oi
- Syllabification: oi
Interjection
oi
- (poetic) O, oh
- Oi Herra! (O Lord!)
Anagrams
Hiri Motu
Pronoun
oi
- 2nd-person singular pronoun: you
See also
Japanese
Romanization
oi
- Rōmaji transcription of おい
Mòcheno
Etymology
From Middle High German ei, from Old High German ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”). Cognate with German Ei, obsolete English ey.
Noun
oi n
- egg
References
- Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin audītus.
Verb
oi
- past participle of oir
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /oj/
- Hyphenation: oi
- Rhymes: -oj
Interjection
oi
- hi (informal greeting)
Synonyms
- beleza (more informal), olá (more formal)
Interjection
oi?
- (informal) sorry? I beg your pardon? excuse me? (request to repeat a message that wasn’t heard clearly)
Synonyms
- como? perdão? (more formal)
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oj/
- Rhymes: -oj
Etymology 1
Noun form.
Noun
oi f
- indefinite genitive/dative singular of oaie
- indefinite nominative/accusative plural of oaie
- indefinite genitive/dative plural of oaie
Etymology 2
Verb form.
Verb
(eu) oi (modal auxiliary, first-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)
- (I) might
Verb
(tu) oi (modal auxiliary, second-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)
- (you) might
Sardinian
Etymology
Compare Italian oggi.
Adverb
oi
- (Campidanese) today
Sicilian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare Italian oggi.
Adverb
oi
- today
Tagalog
Etymology
Alternative form of Tagalog oy.
Interjection
oi
- Alternative form of oy
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɔj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɔj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɔj˧˧]
Etymology 1
Adjective
oi • (煨)
- hot and oppressive, sultry
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
(classifier cái) oi
- creel
Source: wiktionary.org- a New Zealand bird, the grey-faced petrel.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)