oui - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Borrowed from French oui (“yes”).
- IPA(key): /wiː/
- Homophones: we, wee, Wii; whee (wine–whine merger)
- Rhymes: -iː
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- (quaint) Synonym of yes
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.
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /wi/
- (humorous, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɥi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Homophones: ouï, ouïe, ouïes, ouïs, ouït (one pronunciation)
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This word is treated as if it has an aspirated h despite not being written with an h.
- si ("yes" used to contradict a negative statement or question)
- “oui”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
From Old French oïl, a contraction of o il, from Vulgar Latin hoc ille.
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