"gi" meaning in Français

See gi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: \ʒi\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-gi.wav Forms: gy, ji, jy
  1. D’accord ; oui ; allons-y : marque l’accord, l’approbation. Tags: slang
    Sense id: fr-gi-fr-intj-sCeLHJOF Categories (other): Exemples en français, Termes argotiques en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "word": "IG"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ig"
    }
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  "etymology_texts": [
    "(c. 1600) Peut-être apocope de j’y vais ou d’une formule proche selon Albert Dauzat. D’une forme médiévale « je is » = moi-même, selon Pierre Guiraud."
  ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "ji"
    },
    {
      "form": "jy"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
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  "pos_title": "Interjection",
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        {
          "ref": "Peter Cheyney, Les femmes s’en balancent, traduction de Michelle et Boris Vian, Gallimard, 1949, page 93",
          "text": "Et gi, allons-y !..."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Casse-pipe, Éditions Frédéric Chambriand, 1949",
          "text": "Caltez ! Maniez ! Houp ! Gi ! Dare-dare ! À la poudrière !"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Georges Simenon,Maigret et son mort, Éditions Presse de la Cité, 1948.",
          "text": "Un homme jeune sauta sur le trottoir. — Gi !... prononça Maigret … Avec une légèreté qu'on n'eut pas attendue de lui, il bondit en avant, sauta sur l'homme...,"
        }
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        "D’accord ; oui ; allons-y : marque l’accord, l’approbation."
      ],
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    "(c. 1600) Peut-être apocope de j’y vais ou d’une formule proche selon Albert Dauzat. D’une forme médiévale « je is » = moi-même, selon Pierre Guiraud."
  ],
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          "text": "Et gi, allons-y !..."
        },
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          "ref": "Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Casse-pipe, Éditions Frédéric Chambriand, 1949",
          "text": "Caltez ! Maniez ! Houp ! Gi ! Dare-dare ! À la poudrière !"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Georges Simenon,Maigret et son mort, Éditions Presse de la Cité, 1948.",
          "text": "Un homme jeune sauta sur le trottoir. — Gi !... prononça Maigret … Avec une légèreté qu'on n'eut pas attendue de lui, il bondit en avant, sauta sur l'homme...,"
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