"Ye" meaning in English

See Ye in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Yes [plural]
Etymology: Romanization of the Chinese surname 葉 /叶 (Yè). Etymology templates: {{der|en|zh|-}} Chinese Head templates: {{en-prop|s}} Ye (plural Yes)
  1. A surname from Chinese.
    Sense id: en-Ye-en-name-4TuPt0~5 Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /jeɪ/ Audio: en-us-yea.ogg
enPR: yā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: Clipping of Kanye. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|Kanye}} Clipping of Kanye Head templates: {{en-prop}} Ye
  1. (slang before 2021) Kanye West, American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-Ye-en-name-lQ8QvRSt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Individuals Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84 Disambiguation of Individuals: 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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