oui

Borrowed from French oui (“yes”).

• IPA^(key): /wiː/
• Homophones: we, wee, Wii; whee (wine–whine merger)
• Rhymes: -iː

oui

1. (quaint) Synonym of yes.

• IOU

• voui
• ouais

First attested in 1380, from Old French oïl (1100), from Vulgar Latin *hoc ille or by surface analysis a compound of Old French o (affirmative particle) and il (“he”). Partially cognate to Occitan òc (“yes”) and Catalan oi (“isn't it?”). See the Old French term for details.

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /wi/
• (humorous, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɥi/

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• Rhymes: -i
• Homophones: ouï, ouïe, ouïes, ouïs, ouït (one pronunciation)

oui

1. yes

   Antonym: non

oui

1. yes

   Synonyms: ouais, vouai

   Antonym: non

This word is treated as if it has an aspirated h despite not being written with an h.

• Haitian Creole: wi
• Louisiana Creole: wi
• → English: oui
• Maori: Wīwī (“France”)

• si ("yes" used to contradict a negative statement or question)

• “oui”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old French oïl, a contraction of o il, from Vulgar Latin hoc ille.

oui

1. (Guernsey) yes

oui

1. (Guernsey) yes