"Ye" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Yes [plural]
Etymology: Romanization of the Chinese surname 葉/叶 (Yè). Etymology templates: {{der|en|zh|-}} Chinese, {{m|zh|葉|tr=Yè}} 葉/叶 (Yè) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|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-yay.ogg [US]
enPR: yā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: Shortened from Kanye. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Kanye}} Kanye Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Ye meaning in English (1.9kB)

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