"oyez" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /ˈəʊˌjeɪ/ [UK], /oʊˈjeɪ/ [UK], /oʊˈjɛs/ [UK], /oʊˈjeɪ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oyez.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oyez2.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -eɪ, (UK) -ɛs Etymology: From Middle English oyes, from Old French oyez, the imperative plural of oir (“hear; listen”), from Latin audīre. Commonly folk-etymologized as (and pronounced homophonously to) O + yes in the early modern period. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|oyes}} Middle English oyes, {{der|en|fro|oyez}} Old French oyez, {{m|fro|oir|t=hear; listen}} oir (“hear; listen”), {{der|en|la|audio|audīre}} Latin audīre, {{m|en|O}} O, {{m|en|yes}} yes Head templates: {{en-interj}} oyez
  1. Hear ye. Attend. (Called by public criers or in court usually three times to secure silence and/or attentiveness).
    Sense id: en-oyez-en-intj-s5d013OC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: oyes

Noun

IPA: /ˈəʊˌjeɪ/ [UK], /oʊˈjeɪ/ [UK], /oʊˈjɛs/ [UK], /oʊˈjeɪ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oyez.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oyez2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: oyezes [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ, (UK) -ɛs Etymology: From Middle English oyes, from Old French oyez, the imperative plural of oir (“hear; listen”), from Latin audīre. Commonly folk-etymologized as (and pronounced homophonously to) O + yes in the early modern period. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|oyes}} Middle English oyes, {{der|en|fro|oyez}} Old French oyez, {{m|fro|oir|t=hear; listen}} oir (“hear; listen”), {{der|en|la|audio|audīre}} Latin audīre, {{m|en|O}} O, {{m|en|yes}} yes Head templates: {{en-noun}} oyez (plural oyezes)
  1. A cry of "oyez".
    Sense id: en-oyez-en-noun-~Z3gK2yT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: oyes

Verb

IPA: /ˈəʊˌjeɪ/ [UK], /oʊˈjeɪ/ [UK], /oʊˈjɛs/ [UK], /oʊˈjeɪ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oyez.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oyez2.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -eɪ, (UK) -ɛs Etymology: From Middle English oyes, from Old French oyez, the imperative plural of oir (“hear; listen”), from Latin audīre. Commonly folk-etymologized as (and pronounced homophonously to) O + yes in the early modern period. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|oyes}} Middle English oyes, {{der|en|fro|oyez}} Old French oyez, {{m|fro|oir|t=hear; listen}} oir (“hear; listen”), {{der|en|la|audio|audīre}} Latin audīre, {{m|en|O}} O, {{m|en|yes}} yes Head templates: {{en-verb|-|-|-}} oyez (no third-person singular simple present, no present participle, no simple past or past participle)
  1. (transitive, rare) To proclaim with a cry of "oyez". Tags: no-past, no-present-participle, participle, past, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-oyez-en-verb-KQjh6kYB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: oyes

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for oyez meaning in English (7.0kB)

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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(UK) -ɛs"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oyez.wav",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oyez.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oyez.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oyez2.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oyez2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oyez2.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oyez2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oyez2.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "oyes"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oyez"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "oyes"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English oyes",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "oyez"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French oyez",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "oir",
        "t": "hear; listen"
      },
      "expansion": "oir (“hear; listen”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "audio",
        "4": "audīre"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin audīre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "O"
      },
      "expansion": "O",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yes"
      },
      "expansion": "yes",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English oyes, from Old French oyez, the imperative plural of oir (“hear; listen”), from Latin audīre.\nCommonly folk-etymologized as (and pronounced homophonously to) O + yes in the early modern period.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "-",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "oyez (no third-person singular simple present, no present participle, no simple past or past participle)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "o‧yez"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To proclaim with a cry of \"oyez\"."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "proclaim",
          "proclaim"
        ],
        [
          "cry",
          "cry#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "oyez",
          "#Interjection"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, rare) To proclaim with a cry of \"oyez\"."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "no-past",
        "no-present-participle",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "rare",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈəʊˌjeɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oʊˈjeɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oʊˈjɛs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oʊˈjeɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(UK) -ɛs"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oyez.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oyez.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oyez.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oyez.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oyez.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oyez2.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oyez2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oyez2.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oyez2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oyez2.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "oyes"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oyez"
}

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