"quay" meaning in English

See quay in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: quayer [comparative], quayest [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} quay (comparative quayer, superlative quayest)
  1. (MLE) Alternative spelling of qway (“far”) Tags: Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: qway (extra: far)
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Etymology number: 2

Adverb

Forms: quayer [comparative], quayest [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adv|er}} quay (comparative quayer, superlative quayest)
  1. (MLE) Alternative spelling of qway (“far”) Tags: Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: qway (extra: far)
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Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /kiː/ [UK], /keɪ/ [Ireland], /kiː/ [US], /keɪ/ [US], /kweɪ/ [US] Audio: En-us-quay.ogg , En-au-quay.ogg Forms: quays [plural]
enPR: kē [UK] Rhymes: -iː, -eɪ Etymology: The current spelling replaced the spelling key in the 1690s to emulate the spelling but (at least originally) not the pronunciation of the equivalent modern French quai. From Middle English kay, key, kaye, keye, from Old French kay, cail, from Gaulish *kagyum, cagiíun (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“field”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”). Doublet of hedge and hey (“choreographic figure”). Etymology templates: {{cog|fr|quai}} French quai, {{inh|en|enm|kay}} Middle English kay, {{der|en|fro|kay}} Old French kay, {{der|en|cel-gau|*kagyum}} Gaulish *kagyum, {{der|en|cel-pro|*kagyom||pen, enclosure}} Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”), {{cog|cy|cae||field}} Welsh cae (“field”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kagʰyóm||enclosure}} Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”), {{doublet|en|hedge|hey|id2=dance|t2=choreographic figure}} Doublet of hedge and hey (“choreographic figure”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} quay (plural quays)
  1. (nautical) A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf. Categories (topical): Nautical Derived forms: Connah's Quay, New Quay, Newquay, quayside, Willington Quay Translations (structure for loading and unloading vessels): رَصِيف الْمِينَاء (raṣīf al-mīnāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), kaia (Basque), на́бярэжная (nábjarežnaja) [feminine] (Belarusian), кей (kej) [masculine] (Bulgarian), приста́нище (pristánište) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 碼頭 /码头 (Chinese Mandarin), 埠頭 /埠头 (Chinese Mandarin), 船埠 (chuánbù) (Chinese Mandarin), kay [masculine] (Cornish), nábřeží [neuter] (Czech), přístaviště [neuter] (Czech), přístavní hráz (Czech), kaj [common-gender] (Danish), kade [feminine] (Dutch), kaai [feminine] (Dutch), kajo (Esperanto), kai (Estonian), kai [feminine] (Faroese), kei [feminine] (Faroese), laituri (Finnish), quai [masculine] (French), caes [masculine] (Galician), cai [masculine] (Galician), peirao [masculine] (Galician), peirau [masculine] (Galician), embarcadoiro [masculine] (Galician), ნავსაბელი (navsabeli) (Georgian), სანაპირო (sanaṗiro) (Georgian), ნავთსადგომი (navtsadgomi) (Georgian), Kai [neuter] (German), Anlegestelle [feminine] (German), Pier [masculine] (German), προκυμαία (prokymaía) [feminine] (Greek), מֶזַח (mézakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), rakpart (Hungarian), rakodópart (Hungarian), dermaga (Indonesian), [feminine] (Irish), banchina (Italian), 波止場 (hatoba) (alt: はとば) (Japanese), 埠頭 (futō) (alt: ふとう) (Japanese), 부두 (budu) (alt: 埠頭) (Korean), piestātne [feminine] (Latvian), prieplauka [feminine] (Lithuanian), кеј (kej) [masculine] (Macedonian), пристаниште (pristanište) [neuter] (Macedonian), dermaga (Malay), jeti (Malay), keiy (Manx), tlalmantli (Nahuatl), kai [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kai [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), molo [neuter] (Polish), nabrzeże [neuter] (Polish), cais [masculine] (Portuguese), embarcadouro [masculine] (Portuguese), ancoradouro [masculine] (Portuguese), chei (Romanian), на́бережная (náberežnaja) [feminine] (Russian), прича́л (pričál) [masculine] (Russian), мол (mol) [masculine] (Russian), при́стань (prístanʹ) [feminine] (Russian), घट्ट (ghaṭṭa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), laimrig [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), прѝстанӣште [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), до̏к [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), мо̑л [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), кеј [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prìstanīšte [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dȍk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mȏl [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kej [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), nábreží [neuter] (Slovak), pomol [masculine] (Slovene), muelle [masculine] (Spanish), embarcadero [masculine] (Spanish), kaj (Swedish), pantalan (Tagalog), rıhtım (Turkish), iskele (Turkish), на́бережна (náberežna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ke (Vietnamese), bờ xây (Vietnamese), cei [masculine] (Welsh), ceiau [masculine, plural] (Welsh)
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Synonyms: cay [obsolete]
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /kiː/ [UK], /keɪ/ [Ireland], /kiː/ [US], /keɪ/ [US], /kweɪ/ [US] Audio: En-us-quay.ogg , En-au-quay.ogg Forms: quays [present, singular, third-person], quaying [participle, present], quayed [participle, past], quayed [past]
enPR: kē [UK] Rhymes: -iː, -eɪ Etymology: The current spelling replaced the spelling key in the 1690s to emulate the spelling but (at least originally) not the pronunciation of the equivalent modern French quai. From Middle English kay, key, kaye, keye, from Old French kay, cail, from Gaulish *kagyum, cagiíun (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“field”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”). Doublet of hedge and hey (“choreographic figure”). Etymology templates: {{cog|fr|quai}} French quai, {{inh|en|enm|kay}} Middle English kay, {{der|en|fro|kay}} Old French kay, {{der|en|cel-gau|*kagyum}} Gaulish *kagyum, {{der|en|cel-pro|*kagyom||pen, enclosure}} Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”), {{cog|cy|cae||field}} Welsh cae (“field”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kagʰyóm||enclosure}} Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”), {{doublet|en|hedge|hey|id2=dance|t2=choreographic figure}} Doublet of hedge and hey (“choreographic figure”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} quay (third-person singular simple present quays, present participle quaying, simple past and past participle quayed)
  1. To land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up". Related terms: dock, pier, float, cay, harbour, harbor, mole, riprap, wharf
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Synonyms: cay [obsolete]
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
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        {
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        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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        {
          "word": "Connah's Quay"
        },
        {
          "word": "New Quay"
        },
        {
          "word": "Newquay"
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        {
          "word": "quayside"
        },
        {
          "word": "Willington Quay"
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          "text": "moor up in the quay",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 10, pp. 166-167:",
          "text": "[…] its harbour was filled with stately ships; and its quays, swarming with foreign traders and loaded with bales of costly merchandise[…]",
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          "wharf",
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "رَصِيف الْمِينَاء"
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          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "word": "kaia"
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        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
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          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "на́бярэжная"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kej",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "кей"
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          "code": "bg",
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "word": "碼頭 /码头"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "word": "埠頭 /埠头"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "word": "船埠"
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        {
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kay"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "přístaviště"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "word": "přístavní hráz"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kade"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "kaai"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
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          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "word": "kajo"
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        {
          "code": "et",
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          "word": "kai"
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        {
          "code": "fo",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kai"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
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          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "word": "laituri"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "quai"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "gl",
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          "code": "gl",
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          "code": "gl",
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "embarcadoiro"
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          "word": "ნავსაბელი"
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          "code": "ka",
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          "word": "სანაპირო"
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          "code": "ka",
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          "word": "ნავთსადგომი"
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          "code": "de",
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "Kai"
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          "code": "de",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "code": "de",
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            "masculine"
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          "code": "el",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "he",
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            "masculine"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "word": "rakodópart"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "word": "dermaga"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cé"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "word": "banchina"
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        {
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          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "word": "波止場"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ふとう",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "futō",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "word": "埠頭"
        },
        {
          "alt": "埠頭",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "budu",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "word": "부두"
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        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "piestātne"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prieplauka"
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        {
          "code": "mk",
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          "roman": "kej",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кеј"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pristanište",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "пристаниште"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "word": "dermaga"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "word": "jeti"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "word": "keiy"
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        {
          "code": "nah",
          "lang": "Nahuatl",
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          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kai"
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        {
          "code": "nn",
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          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kai"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "molo"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "nabrzeże"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cais"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "code": "pt",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "word": "chei"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "náberežnaja",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "на́бережная"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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            "masculine"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "при́стань"
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        {
          "code": "sa",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "sh",
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        "3": "*kagʰyóm",
        "4": "",
        "5": "enclosure"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hedge",
        "3": "hey",
        "id2": "dance",
        "t2": "choreographic figure"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of hedge and hey (“choreographic figure”)",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The current spelling replaced the spelling key in the 1690s to emulate the spelling but (at least originally) not the pronunciation of the equivalent modern French quai. From Middle English kay, key, kaye, keye, from Old French kay, cail, from Gaulish *kagyum, cagiíun (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“field”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”). Doublet of hedge and hey (“choreographic figure”).",
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    {
      "form": "quays",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "moor up in the quay",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 10, pp. 166-167:",
          "text": "[…] its harbour was filled with stately ships; and its quays, swarming with foreign traders and loaded with bales of costly merchandise[…]",
          "type": "quote"
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      ],
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          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "wharf",
          "wharf"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf."
      ],
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        "nautical",
        "transport"
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/keɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ireland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiː/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/keɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kweɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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      "rhymes": "-iː"
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      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "raṣīf al-mīnāʔ",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "رَصِيف الْمِينَاء"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
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      "word": "kaia"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "nábjarežnaja",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "на́бярэжная"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kej",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кей"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pristánište",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "приста́нище"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "碼頭 /码头"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "埠頭 /埠头"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuánbù",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "船埠"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kay"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nábřeží"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "přístaviště"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "přístavní hráz"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kade"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kaai"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "kajo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "kai"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kai"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kei"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "laituri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quai"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caes"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cai"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peirao"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peirau"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "embarcadoiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "navsabeli",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "ნავსაბელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sanaṗiro",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "სანაპირო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "navtsadgomi",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "ნავთსადგომი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kai"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Anlegestelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pier"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prokymaía",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "προκυμαία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mézakh",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מֶזַח"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "rakpart"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "rakodópart"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "dermaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cé"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "banchina"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はとば",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hatoba",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "波止場"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふとう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "futō",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "埠頭"
    },
    {
      "alt": "埠頭",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "budu",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "부두"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piestātne"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prieplauka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kej",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кеј"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pristanište",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пристаниште"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "dermaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "jeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "keiy"
    },
    {
      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "tlalmantli"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kai"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kai"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "molo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nabrzeże"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cais"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "embarcadouro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ancoradouro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "chei"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "náberežnaja",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "на́бережная"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pričál",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прича́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mol",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мол"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prístanʹ",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "при́стань"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "ghaṭṭa",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "घट्ट"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laimrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прѝстанӣште"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "до̏к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мо̑л"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кеј"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prìstanīšte"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dȍk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mȏl"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kej"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nábreží"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pomol"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "embarcadero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "kaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "pantalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "rıhtım"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "iskele"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "náberežna",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "на́бережна"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "ke"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "word": "bờ xây"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cei"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "structure for loading and unloading vessels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ceiau"
    }
  ],
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    "quay"
  ],
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}

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