Hey

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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

• enPR: hā, IPA^(key): /heɪ/
• Homophone: hay
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Etymology i [edit]

From Middle English hey, hei, too without h- in ey, from Old English *hē, ēa ( interjection ), attested as first chemical element in hēlā, ēalā ( " O!, alas!, oh!, lo! " ). Cognate with Dutch hé, hei ( " hello, hey " ), German hei ( " hey, wow " ), Danish and Swedish hej ( " hi, hey " ), Faeroese hey ( " hey, hello " ), Sometime Norse, Icelandic and Norwegian hei ( " hey " ), Romanian hei, Russian эй ( ej, " hey " ); see heigh. Probably a natural expression, equally may exist inferred from its presence with similar significant in many other unrelated languages: for example, Burmese ဟေး ( he: ), Finnish hei, Unami hè, and Standard mandarin 哎 ( āi ), and various sound-alikes as Ancient Greek εἶα ( eîa ) and Latin eia, eho, Sanskrit हे ( he ). Encounter besides hello.

Culling forms [edit]

• hay
• heigh

Interjection [edit]

hey

1. An assertion to go attention.

   Hey, await at this!

   Hey! Heed!

2. A protestation or reprimand.

   Hey! Stop that!

3. An expression of surprise.

   Hey! This is new!

4. An informal greeting, similar to how-do-you-do.

   Hey! How's it going?

5. A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion.

6. A meaningless beat marker or actress, filler syllable in song lyrics.

   The chorus is "nana na na, nana na na hey hey hey, farewell".

Synonyms [edit]

• ( assertion to get attention ) : oi, yo; see also Thesaurus:hey
• ( expression of surprise ) : blimey, gee whiz, yowzah; see also Thesaurus:wow
• ( for repetition or explanation ) : eh, huh
• ( informal greeting ) : hi, howdy, wotcher; come across also Thesaurus:hello

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• heyday
• hey up
• what the hey

Translations [edit]

exclamation to get attention

Arabic: يَاه‎ ( yāh ) Armenian: հեյ  (hy) ( hey ) Belorussian: гэй ( hej ), эй ( ej ) Bulgarian: хей ( hej ) Catalan: ep  (ca), ei  (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 喂 ( wai3 ) Mandarin: 喂  (zh) ( wèi ), 哎  (zh) ( āi ), 嗨  (zh) ( hāi ), 嘿  (zh) ( hēi ) Czech: hele  (cs), hej  (cs) Dutch: hé  (nl), (delight verify) hé daar Esperanto: he  (eo) Estonian: hei  (et) Finnish: hei  (fi) French: hé  (fr) Galician: oi  (gl), ei  (gl), eh  (gl) High german: Hallo  (de) Greek: Ancient: οὗτος m ( hoûtos ), αὕτη f ( haútē ), ἄγε sg ( áge ), ἄγετε pl ( ágete ) Hindi: अरे  (how-do-you-do) ( are ), अजी  (hi) ( ajī ), हे  (hullo) ( he ), रे  (hi) ( re ) Hungarian: hé  (hu) Irish: hé, hóigh Italian: ehi, ou

Japanese: おい  (ja) ( oi ), ねえ ( nē ) Kapampangan: ne, na Korean: 이봐 ( ibwa ), 어이  (ko) ( eoi ), 야  (ko) ( ya ) Latgalian: dzie, klaus Latin: heus, eho, salve  (la), ( to multiple people ) salvete  (la) Latvian: klau, eu Malay: hei Maori: ētē, hā Western farsi: هی‎ (fa) ( hey ), هلا‎ (fa) ( halā ) Smooth: hej  (pl), ej  (pl), due east  (pl) Portuguese: ei  (pt) Romanian: hei  (ro) Russian: эй  (ru) ( ej ) Scottish Gaelic: hòigh Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: хеј Roman: hej  (sh) Castilian: oye  (es), hey  (es), ey  (es), eh  (es) Swedish: hallå  (sv) Tagalog: hoy  (tl), uy, oy, huy, oi, ui Ukrainian: гей  (united kingdom) ( hej ), ей ( ej ) Vietnamese: ê  (vi), này  (vi), ơi  (vi)

protestation or reprimand

Armenian: հեյ  (hy) ( hey ), էյ  (hy) ( ēy ) Catalan: ep  (ca) Dutch: hé  (nl), hela  (nl), ho  (nl), hola  (nl) Estonian: hei  (et) Finnish: hei  (fi) French: hé  (fr) German: ey  (de) Italian: ehi

Kapampangan: na, ot, oi Shine: ej  (pl), ejże, hola  (pl) Portuguese: ei  (pt), epa, opa  (pt) Russian: эй  (ru) ( ej ), э  (ru) ( due east ) Castilian: oye  (es), hey  (es), ey  (es), eh  (es) Swedish: hallå  (sv) Tagalog: hoy  (tl), uy, oy, huy, oi, ui Vietnamese: ê  (vi)

expression of surprise

Dutch: hè  (nl), huh  (nl) Estonian: ohoh, ohoo  (et) Finnish: oh-hoh French: holà  (fr) Japanese: オラ ( ora )

Polish: o  (pl), ojej  (pl) Portuguese: epa, opa  (pt) Romanian: hop  (ro) Russian: ой  (ru) ( oj ), ух ты  (ru) ( ux ty ), ого́  (ru) ( ogó ), ого́  (ru) ( ohó ) Spanish: hey  (es), ey  (es), eh  (es), oye  (es) Swedish: hallå  (sv) Tagalog: uy, oy, oi, ui, talaga, a  (tl), ah

informal greeting

Alutor: mej Arabic: هَلَا‎ ( halā ) Armenian: հեյ  (hy) ( hey ), ողջույն  (hy) ( ołǰuyn ) Chinese: Mandarin: 嗨  (zh) Dutch: hoi  (nl), hé  (nl) Esperanto: hej  (eo) Finnish: hei  (fi), terve  (fi), moro  (fi) French: coucou  (fr)

Irish: hóigh Kapampangan: na, oi Latin: eho Polish: hej  (pl) Portuguese: oi  (pt), e aí  (pt) Russian: о  (ru) ( o ) ( vernacular ), ку-ку  (ru) ( ku-ku ) ( familiar ) Scottish Gaelic: hòigh Spanish: hey  (es), ey  (es), eh  (es), hola  (es) Swedish: hej  (sv), hejsan  (sv), tjena  (sv) Tagalog: hoy  (tl), uy, oy, huy, oi, ui, ei

request for repetition or explanation

Catalan: eh  (ca) Finnish: hei  (fi) Kapampangan: na Portuguese: hã, hem  (pt)

Russian: что  (ru) ( što ), чо  (ru) ( čo ) ( colloquial, close to vulgar ) Spanish: hey  (es), ey  (es), eh  (es), oye  (es) Tagalog: huy, uy, oy, ui, ei

meaningless trounce marker, filler syllable

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Bulgarian: (please verify) zdrasti ( zdrasti ) , (delight verify) здрасти  (bg) ( zdrasti ) French: (please verify) hé  (fr) , (please verify) eh  (fr) , (delight verify) hep  (fr)

Slovenian: (please verify) hej , (please verify) ej Swedish: ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ) (please verify) hallå  (sv) , ( 4 ) (please verify) tja  (sv) , ( 4, 6 ) (please verify) hej  (sv) , ( 6 ) (please verify) hej hå

Run across too [edit]

• huh
• hay is for horses
• hey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2 [edit]

From French haie ( " hedge " ), with reference to the weaving patterns used in hedgelaying.

Noun [edit]

hey (plural heys)

1. ( state dancing ) A choreographic figure in which three or more than dancers weave betwixt ane another, passing by left and correct shoulder alternately.

Translations [edit]

Etymology 3 [edit]

See he.

Noun [edit]

hey (plural heys)

1. Alternative spelling of he ( Hebrew letter )

Anagrams [edit]

• Yeh, hye, yeh

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Faroese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Delight add to it, or discuss information technology at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation [edit]

• IPA^(key): [hɛi]

Interjection [edit]

hey

1. howdy, hey, hello

   hey aftur! ― hello over again!

   Synonyms: halló, góðan morgun, góðan dag, gott kvøld

   Antonyms: farvæl, vit síggjast

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Icelandic [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

• IPA^(key): /heiː/
• Rhymes: -eiː

Etymology ane [edit]

From Old Norse hey, from Proto-Germanic *hawją.

Noun [edit]

hey n (genitive singular heys, nominative plural hey )

1. ( usually uncountable ) hay

Declension [edit]

Etymology ii [edit]

Interjection [edit]

hey

1. hey

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Middle English [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Former English hīġ, hīeġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawją ( " hay " ).

Noun [edit]

hey (uncountable)

1. hay

Culling forms [edit]

• heyȝ, heygh, hay, ay, heyn, hayn, hei, heiȝ, heigh, hai, hain

Descendants [edit]

• English: hay
• Scots: hey
• Yola: hye, hey

References [edit]

• "hei, northward.", in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2 [edit]

From One-time English *hē, ēa. See English hey for more.

Interjection [edit]

hey

1. hey

Culling forms [edit]

• hay, ay, he, heh, heigh

Descendants [edit]

• English: hey
• Scots: hey

References [edit]

• "hei, interj.", in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology iii [edit]

Noun [edit]

hey

1. Alternative form of heye ( " hedge " )

Etymology 4 [edit]

Substantive [edit]

hey (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of hye ( " haste " )

Etymology 5 [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

hey

1. Culling form of he ( " he " )

Etymology 6 [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

hey

1. Alternative form of he ( " they " )

Etymology 7 [edit]

Verb [edit]

hey (third-person atypical simple present heyeth , nowadays participle heyende , heyynge , first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle heyed )

1. Alternative form of heien ( " to lift up " )

Etymology 8 [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

hey (comparative heyer, summit heyest)

1. Culling form of heigh ( " high " )

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Portuguese [edit]

Verb [edit]

hey

1. Obsolete spelling of hei

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Somali [edit]

Verb [edit]

hey

1. possess

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Spanish [edit]

Culling forms [edit]

• ey

Etymology [edit]

Borrowed from English hey.

Pronunciation [edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈei/, [ˈei̯]

• (Imitating English) IPA^(key): /ˈxei/, [ˈxei̯]

Interjection [edit]

¡hey!

1. hey!

   Synonyms: eh, oye

[edit]

• ah
• oh
• hala

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Yola [edit]

Etymology i [edit]

Noun [edit]

hey

1. Alternative form of hea ( " he " )

Etymology 2 [edit]

Noun [edit]

hey

1. Culling form of hye ( " hay " )

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