"kye" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kye.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -aɪ Etymology: From Middle English ky, kye, from Old English cȳ (“cows”), plural of cū (“cow”). Cognate with Dutch koeien (“cows”), German Kühe (“cows”), Danish køer (“cows”), Icelandic kýr (“cows”). More at cow. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ky}} Middle English ky, {{m|enm|kye}} kye, {{inh|en|ang|cȳ||cows}} Old English cȳ (“cows”), {{m|ang|cū||cow}} cū (“cow”), {{cog|nl|koeien||cows}} Dutch koeien (“cows”), {{cog|de|Kühe||cows}} German Kühe (“cows”), {{cog|da|køer||cows}} Danish køer (“cows”), {{cog|is|kýr||cows}} Icelandic kýr (“cows”), {{m|en|cow}} cow Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} kye
  1. (archaic or dialectal) plural of cow Tags: archaic, dialectal, form-of, plural Form of: cow
    Sense id: en-kye-en-noun-C4X8J8OU Categories (other): English plurals with umlaut
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kye.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -aɪ Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} kye (uncountable)
  1. (UK, naval slang) Cocoa (the drink). Tags: UK, slang, uncountable Synonyms: ki, ky
    Sense id: en-kye-en-noun-yyozaNf8 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 63 32 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 77 20 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 4 74 22 Topics: government, military, naval, navy, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /kjeɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kye2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: kyes [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Korean 계(契) (gye). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ko|계(契)}} Korean 계(契) (gye) Head templates: {{en-noun}} kye (plural kyes)
  1. A Korean fundraising meeting.
    Sense id: en-kye-en-noun-YJt6e6Js
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-kye2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-kye2.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
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}

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