"wavey" meaning in English

See wavey in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: waveys [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪvi Etymology: According to one theory, from Cree. An alternative etymology, perhaps a folk etymology, attributes the name to their peculiar, wavy flight. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|cr|-}} Cree Head templates: {{en-noun}} wavey (plural waveys)
  1. (US, Canada, dialects) The snow goose (Chen caerulescens) Tags: Canada, US, dialectal Categories (lifeform): Geese Synonyms: wavy Synonyms (snow goose): white wavy, blue goose, blue wavy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for wavey meaning in English (1.9kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cr",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Cree",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to one theory, from Cree. An alternative etymology, perhaps a folk etymology, attributes the name to their peculiar, wavy flight.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "waveys",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wavey (plural waveys)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Canadian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English undefined derivations",
          "parents": [
            "Undefined derivations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Geese",
          "orig": "en:Geese",
          "parents": [
            "Anatids",
            "Poultry",
            "Freshwater birds",
            "Birds",
            "Livestock",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Agriculture",
            "Animals",
            "Chordates",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The snow goose (Chen caerulescens)"
      ],
      "id": "en-wavey-en-noun-Uaxnwtkt",
      "links": [
        [
          "snow goose",
          "snow goose"
        ],
        [
          "Chen caerulescens",
          "Chen caerulescens#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, Canada, dialects) The snow goose (Chen caerulescens)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "snow goose",
          "word": "white wavy"
        },
        {
          "sense": "snow goose",
          "word": "blue goose"
        },
        {
          "sense": "snow goose",
          "word": "blue wavy"
        },
        {
          "word": "wavy"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪvi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wavey"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cr",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Cree",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to one theory, from Cree. An alternative etymology, perhaps a folk etymology, attributes the name to their peculiar, wavy flight.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "waveys",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wavey (plural waveys)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "Canadian English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Cree",
        "English undefined derivations",
        "Rhymes:English/eɪvi",
        "Rhymes:English/eɪvi/2 syllables",
        "en:Geese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The snow goose (Chen caerulescens)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snow goose",
          "snow goose"
        ],
        [
          "Chen caerulescens",
          "Chen caerulescens#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, Canada, dialects) The snow goose (Chen caerulescens)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪvi"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "snow goose",
      "word": "white wavy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "snow goose",
      "word": "blue goose"
    },
    {
      "sense": "snow goose",
      "word": "blue wavy"
    },
    {
      "word": "wavy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wavey"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e268c0e and 304864d). 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.