"aight" meaning in English

See aight in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɑˌaɪt/ [US], /ˈaɪt/ [UK], [ˈaɪ̯ʔ] [UK], /ˈəɪt/ [West-Country], [ˈəɪ̯ʔ] [West-Country] Audio: en-us-a'ight.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑaɪt, -aɪt Etymology: Contraction of all right. Compare a' ("all"). Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} aight (not comparable)
  1. (chiefly African-American Vernacular, MLE, slang) Contraction of all right. Tags: Multicultural-London-English, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, not-comparable, slang Alternative form of: all right
    Sense id: en-aight-en-adj-FsA-bO9n Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, Multicultural London English
  2. (chiefly African-American Vernacular, MLE, slang) Okay; average; nothing special. Tags: Multicultural-London-English, not-comparable, slang
    Sense id: en-aight-en-adj-Adjs3yQw Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, Multicultural London English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 31 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 41 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 45 18 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: a'ight, aiight, ight, iight, aite

Adverb

IPA: /ˈɑˌaɪt/ [US], /ˈaɪt/ [UK], [ˈaɪ̯ʔ] [UK], /ˈəɪt/ [West-Country], [ˈəɪ̯ʔ] [West-Country] Audio: en-us-a'ight.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑaɪt, -aɪt Etymology: Contraction of all right. Compare a' ("all"). Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} aight (not comparable)
  1. (chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang) Contraction of all right. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, not-comparable, slang Alternative form of: all right
    Sense id: en-aight-en-adv-FsA-bO9n Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: a'ight, aiight, ight, iight, aite

Interjection

IPA: /ˈɑˌaɪt/ [US], /ˈaɪt/ [UK], [ˈaɪ̯ʔ] [UK], /ˈəɪt/ [West-Country], [ˈəɪ̯ʔ] [West-Country] Audio: en-us-a'ight.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑaɪt, -aɪt Etymology: Contraction of all right. Compare a' ("all"). Head templates: {{en-interj}} aight
  1. (chiefly African-American Vernacular, MLE, slang) Contraction of all right. Tags: Multicultural-London-English, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, slang Alternative form of: all right
    Sense id: en-aight-en-intj-FsA-bO9n Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, Multicultural London English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: a'ight, aiight, ight, iight, aite

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "[ˈaɪ̯ʔ]",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaɪt/",
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaɪ̯ʔ]",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈəɪt/",
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    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "aite"
    }
  ],
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (ee63ee9 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.