"kay" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /ˈkeɪ/ Audio: en-us-kay.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Latin ka. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|ka}} Latin ka Head templates: {{en-interjection}} kay
  1. (colloquial) Abbreviation of okay. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial Alternative form of: okay Synonyms: 'kay Related terms: m'kay, mkay, mm-kay, mmm-kay
    Sense id: en-kay-en-intj-55SwAmOd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkeɪ/ Audio: en-us-kay.ogg [US] Forms: kays [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Latin ka. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|ka}} Latin ka Head templates: {{en-noun}} kay (plural kays)
  1. The name of the Latin-script letter K. Categories (topical): Latin letter names Translations (name of the letter K, k): كَاي (kay) [masculine] (Arabic), كَاي (kāy) [masculine] (Arabic), كِيه (kīh) [masculine] (Arabic), كِي (kī) [masculine] (Arabic), كِي (key) [masculine] (Arabic), كَا (kā) [masculine] (Arabic), কে (ke) (Bengali), ကေ (ke) (Burmese), ca [feminine] (Catalan), kå [neuter] (Danish), kaa (Dutch), ko (Esperanto), [neuter] (Faroese), koo (Finnish), ka [masculine] (French), ka [masculine] (Galician), Ka (German), κέι (kéi) [neuter] (Greek), (Hawaiian), קֵי (key) [feminine] (Hebrew), के (ke) (Hindi), (Icelandic), ke (Ido), ka (Indonesian), (Irish), cappa [feminine] (Italian), ケイ (kei) (Japanese), 케이 (kei) (Korean), kā (Latin), ke (Malay), के (ke) (Marathi), کا (kâ) (Persian), ka [neuter] (Polish), [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), capa [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), кэй (kɛj) [English, neuter] (Russian), ка (ka) [neuter] (Russian), ka [feminine] (Spanish), [neuter] (Swedish), key (Tagalog), ka (Abakada) (Tagalog), เค (kee) (Thai), ke (Turkish), ca (Vietnamese), ce [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-kay-en-noun-gT4EETkS Disambiguation of 'name of the letter K, k': 100 0 0
  2. (colloquial) A kilometer. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-kay-en-noun-HvpNSXB5
  3. (colloquial) A thousand of some unit (from kilo-). Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-kay-en-noun-TxkqgZqO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 1 26 39 10 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 2 30 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: okay [letter], kayo [letter]
Etymology number: 1 Related terms: letter [Latin, letter-name], a [Latin, letter-name], bee [Latin, letter-name], cee [Latin, letter-name], dee [Latin, letter-name], e [Latin, letter-name], ef [Latin, letter-name], gee [Latin, letter-name], aitch [Latin, letter-name], i [Latin, letter-name], jay [Latin, letter-name], el [Latin, letter-name], em [Latin, letter-name], en [Latin, letter-name], o [Latin, letter-name], pee [Latin, letter-name], cue [Latin, letter-name], ar [Latin, letter-name], ess [Latin, letter-name], tee [Latin, letter-name], u [Latin, letter-name], vee [Latin, letter-name], double-u [Latin, letter-name], ex [Latin, letter-name], wye [Latin, letter-name], zee [Latin, letter-name], zed [Latin, letter-name]

Noun

IPA: /ˈkeɪ/ Audio: en-us-kay.ogg [US] Forms: kays [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ Head templates: {{en-noun}} kay (plural kays)
  1. Dated form of cay. Tags: alt-of, dated Alternative form of: cay Related terms: kay-fabe
    Sense id: en-kay-en-noun-kqtrJ1WT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "koo"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "lang": "Hawaiian",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "lang": "Hindi",
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        },
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
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        {
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
          "word": "ke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
          "word": "ka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
          "word": "cá"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cappa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
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          "lang": "Korean",
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          "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
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          "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
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          "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
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          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "kee",
          "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
          "word": "เค"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
          "word": "ke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
          "word": "ca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
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        "A kilometer."
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        "(colloquial) A kilometer."
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        "A thousand of some unit (from kilo-)."
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        "(colloquial) A thousand of some unit (from kilo-)."
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        "Latin",
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      "tags": [
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        "letter-name"
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        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
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        "A kilometer."
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        "(colloquial) A kilometer."
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kay",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كِي"
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      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "كَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ke",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "কে"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "ke",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "ကေ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ca"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kå"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "kaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "ko"
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    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ká"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "koo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ka"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ka"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "Ka"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kéi",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κέι"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "kē"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "key",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "קֵי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ke",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "के"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "ká"
    },
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      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "ke"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "ka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "cá"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kei",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "ケイ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kei",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "케이"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "kā"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "ke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "ke",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "के"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kâ",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "کا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cá"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kɛj",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "tags": [
        "English",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кэй"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ka",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kå"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "key"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "ka (Abakada)"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kee",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "เค"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "ke"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "word": "ca"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "name of the letter K, k",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ce"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kay"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪ",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪ/1 syllable"
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  "forms": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    }
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          "word": "cay"
        }
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        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "1839, John Purdy, The Colombian Navigator",
          "text": "Three small sandy kays on the reef, bearing this name, lie at the distance of about 5½ miles S.S.E. from Boca Chica.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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          "cay",
          "cay#English"
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        "dated"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkeɪ/"
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      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
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      "audio": "en-us-kay.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/53/En-us-kay.ogg/En-us-kay.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/En-us-kay.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kay"
}

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