"ouai" meaning in Français

See ouai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: \wɛ\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-ouai.wav
  1. Variante orthographique de ouais.
    Sense id: fr-ouai-fr-intj-WAkis7tA Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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