"nay" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /neɪ/ Audio: En-us-nay.ogg [US]
enPR: nā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English nai, nei, from Old Norse nei (“no”), contraction of ne (“not”) + ei (“ever”), itself from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”). More at no. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nai}} Middle English nai, {{m|enm|nei}} nei, {{der|en|non|nei||no}} Old Norse nei (“no”), {{m|non|ne||not}} ne (“not”), {{m|non|ei||ever}} ei (“ever”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*nai||never}} Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), {{m|gem-pro|*nē||not}} *nē (“not”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} nay (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) Nary. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-nay-en-adj-UaAfGSvf

Adverb

IPA: /neɪ/ Audio: En-us-nay.ogg [US]
enPR: nā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English nai, nei, from Old Norse nei (“no”), contraction of ne (“not”) + ei (“ever”), itself from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”). More at no. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nai}} Middle English nai, {{m|enm|nei}} nei, {{der|en|non|nei||no}} Old Norse nei (“no”), {{m|non|ne||not}} ne (“not”), {{m|non|ei||ever}} ei (“ever”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*nai||never}} Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), {{m|gem-pro|*nē||not}} *nē (“not”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} nay (not comparable)
  1. (now chiefly archaic, humorous or regional) No. Tags: archaic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-nay-en-adv-OBeKILRw Categories (other): Regional English
  2. (now chiefly archaic or regional) Introducing a statement, without direct negation. Tags: archaic, dialectal, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-nay-en-adv-wpvpSA1Z Categories (other): Regional English
  3. (now archaic or humorous) Or rather, or should I say; moreover (introducing a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one). Tags: not-comparable Translations (or rather): ⁧بَل⁩ (bal) (Arabic), eller snarere (Danish), ou plutôt (French), voire (French), que dis-je (French), oder sogar (German), anzi (Italian), o per meglio dire (Italian), ianei (Maori), o puslèu (Occitan), o quitament (Occitan), ba (Polish), ou mesmo (Portuguese), бо́лее того́ (bóleje tovó) (Russian), да́же (dáže) (Russian), нет (net) (Russian), ма́ло того́ (málo tovó) (Russian), anzi (Sicilian), nói đúng hơn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-nay-en-adv-yeCZj~ki Disambiguation of 'or rather': 4 3 92

Interjection

IPA: /neɪ/ Audio: En-us-nay.ogg [US]
enPR: nā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English nai, nei, from Old Norse nei (“no”), contraction of ne (“not”) + ei (“ever”), itself from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”). More at no. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nai}} Middle English nai, {{m|enm|nei}} nei, {{der|en|non|nei||no}} Old Norse nei (“no”), {{m|non|ne||not}} ne (“not”), {{m|non|ei||ever}} ei (“ever”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*nai||never}} Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), {{m|gem-pro|*nē||not}} *nē (“not”) Head templates: {{en-interj}} nay
  1. (archaic) No. Tags: archaic Derived forms: nay-say, naysayer
    Sense id: en-nay-en-intj-OBeKILRw

Noun

IPA: /neɪ/ Audio: En-us-nay.ogg [US] Forms: nays [plural]
enPR: nā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English nai, nei, from Old Norse nei (“no”), contraction of ne (“not”) + ei (“ever”), itself from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”). More at no. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nai}} Middle English nai, {{m|enm|nei}} nei, {{der|en|non|nei||no}} Old Norse nei (“no”), {{m|non|ne||not}} ne (“not”), {{m|non|ei||ever}} ei (“ever”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*nai||never}} Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), {{m|gem-pro|*nē||not}} *nē (“not”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} nay (plural nays)
  1. A vote against.
    Sense id: en-nay-en-noun-0svnp3Q7
  2. A person who voted against.
    Sense id: en-nay-en-noun-p31GtfBG
  3. (archaic) A denial; a refusal. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-nay-en-noun-fZ1oNj5k

Verb

IPA: /neɪ/ Audio: En-us-nay.ogg [US] Forms: nays [present, singular, third-person], naying [participle, present], nayed [participle, past], nayed [past]
enPR: nā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English nai, nei, from Old Norse nei (“no”), contraction of ne (“not”) + ei (“ever”), itself from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”). More at no. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nai}} Middle English nai, {{m|enm|nei}} nei, {{der|en|non|nei||no}} Old Norse nei (“no”), {{m|non|ne||not}} ne (“not”), {{m|non|ei||ever}} ei (“ever”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*nai||never}} Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), {{m|gem-pro|*nē||not}} *nē (“not”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} nay (third-person singular simple present nays, present participle naying, simple past and past participle nayed)
  1. (obsolete) To refuse. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-nay-en-verb-mjwfVFq0

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for nay meaning in English (14.4kB)

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          "text": "And all rejected: Has this course been used? Arch. We grant it has not; but— King. Nay, give me leave,— I urge, from your own grant, it has not been. If then, in process of a petty sum, Both parties having not been fully heard,[…]",
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          "or",
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          "should",
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          "I",
          "I"
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          "_dis1": "4 3 92",
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          "sense": "or rather",
          "word": "⁧بَل⁩"
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          "sense": "or rather",
          "word": "ou plutôt"
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          "_dis1": "4 3 92",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "or rather",
          "word": "voire"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 92",
          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "or rather",
          "word": "que dis-je"
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          "_dis1": "4 3 92",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "or rather",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "or rather",
      "word": "⁧بَل⁩"
    },
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      "word": "eller snarere"
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      "word": "ou plutôt"
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      "word": "voire"
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    },
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      "sense": "or rather",
      "word": "oder sogar"
    },
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    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "word": "o per meglio dire"
    },
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      "word": "ba"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "or rather",
      "word": "ou mesmo"
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      "sense": "or rather",
      "word": "бо́лее того́"
    },
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      "word": "nói đúng hơn"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "14th c, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Clerk's Tale”, in D. Laing Purves, editor, The Canterbury Tales and Faerie Queene, with Other Poems of Chaucer and Spenser, published 1870, page 100",
          "text": "And my povert' no wight nor can nor may\nMake comparison, it is no nay.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A denial; a refusal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "denial",
          "denial"
        ],
        [
          "refusal",
          "refusal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A denial; a refusal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/neɪ/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "nee"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "neigh"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Neagh"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-nay.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/En-us-nay.ogg/En-us-nay.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/En-us-nay.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "nā"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nay"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "nai"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English nai",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "nei"
      },
      "expansion": "nei",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
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        "2": "non",
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "not"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "ever"
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      "name": "m"
    },
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "never"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "*nē (“not”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English nai, nei, from Old Norse nei (“no”), contraction of ne (“not”) + ei (“ever”), itself from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”). More at no.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nays",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nayed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nayed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "nay (third-person singular simple present nays, present participle naying, simple past and past participle nayed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To refuse."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "refuse",
          "refuse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To refuse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/neɪ/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "nee"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "neigh"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Neagh"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-nay.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/En-us-nay.ogg/En-us-nay.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/En-us-nay.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "nā"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nay"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "nai"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English nai",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "nei"
      },
      "expansion": "nei",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "nei",
        "4": "",
        "5": "no"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse nei (“no”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ne",
        "3": "",
        "4": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "ne (“not”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ei",
        "3": "",
        "4": "ever"
      },
      "expansion": "ei (“ever”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*nai",
        "4": "",
        "5": "never"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*nē",
        "3": "",
        "4": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "*nē (“not”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English nai, nei, from Old Norse nei (“no”), contraction of ne (“not”) + ei (“ever”), itself from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”). More at no.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "nay (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Nary."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Nary",
          "nary"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Nary."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/neɪ/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "nee"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "neigh"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Neagh"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-nay.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/En-us-nay.ogg/En-us-nay.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/En-us-nay.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "nā"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nay"
}

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