See oy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "yi",
"3": "אוי",
"4": "",
"5": "oh, oy"
},
"expansion": "Yiddish אוי (oy, “oh, oy”)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Yiddish אוי (oy, “oh, oy”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "oi",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "oy",
"name": "en-interj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "intj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "45 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English 2-letter words",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "60 40",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "20 7 9 2 11 8 4 5 9 7 12 2 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 13 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 6 8 2 10 7 3 5 8 6 11 2 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "oy gevalt"
},
{
"word": "oy vey"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An exclamation typically expressing mild frustration or expressing feelings of uncertainty or concern."
],
"id": "en-oy-en-intj-oWBZZvBZ",
"links": [
[
"exclamation",
"exclamation#English"
],
[
"expressing",
"expressing#English"
],
[
"mild",
"mild#English"
],
[
"frustration",
"frustration#English"
],
[
"feelings",
"feelings#English"
],
[
"uncertainty",
"uncertainty#English"
],
[
"concern",
"concern#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɔɪ/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oy.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oy.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oy.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔɪ"
}
],
"word": "oy"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
"name": "nonlemma"
}
],
"etymology_text": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "oy",
"name": "en-interj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "intj",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "hey, hi, yo",
"word": "oi"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "45 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English 2-letter words",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "36 64",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English greetings",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of oi (“hey, hi, yo”)"
],
"id": "en-oy-en-intj-Amc9lrLl",
"links": [
[
"oi",
"oi#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɔɪ/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oy.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oy.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oy.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔɪ"
}
],
"word": "oy"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-letter words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English greetings",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English terms borrowed from Yiddish",
"English terms derived from Yiddish",
"Pages with 13 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɔɪ",
"Rhymes:English/ɔɪ/1 syllable"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "oy gevalt"
},
{
"word": "oy vey"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "yi",
"3": "אוי",
"4": "",
"5": "oh, oy"
},
"expansion": "Yiddish אוי (oy, “oh, oy”)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Yiddish אוי (oy, “oh, oy”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "oi",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "oy",
"name": "en-interj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "intj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"An exclamation typically expressing mild frustration or expressing feelings of uncertainty or concern."
],
"links": [
[
"exclamation",
"exclamation#English"
],
[
"expressing",
"expressing#English"
],
[
"mild",
"mild#English"
],
[
"frustration",
"frustration#English"
],
[
"feelings",
"feelings#English"
],
[
"uncertainty",
"uncertainty#English"
],
[
"concern",
"concern#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɔɪ/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oy.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oy.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oy.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔɪ"
}
],
"word": "oy"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-letter words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English greetings",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"Pages with 13 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɔɪ",
"Rhymes:English/ɔɪ/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
"name": "nonlemma"
}
],
"etymology_text": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "oy",
"name": "en-interj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "intj",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "hey, hi, yo",
"word": "oi"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of oi (“hey, hi, yo”)"
],
"links": [
[
"oi",
"oi#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɔɪ/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oy.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oy.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oy.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔɪ"
}
],
"word": "oy"
}
Download raw JSONL data for oy meaning in English (2.8kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). 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.