different between cay vs quay

English

Alternative forms

• key

Etymology

From Spanish cayo, from Taíno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki?/, /ke?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

cay (plural cays or cayes)

1. A small, low island largely made of sand or coral.

Related terms

• isle, islet, island, quay

Anagrams

• CYA, cya

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian ???? (jây).

Noun

cay (definite accusative cay?, plural caylar)

1. (Classical Azerbaijani) place

Declension

References

• “cay” in Obastan.com.

Jakaltek

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *kyar.

Noun

cay

1. fish

References

• Church, Clarence; Church, Katherine (1955) Vocabulario castellano-jacalteco, jacalteco-castellano?^[1] (in Spanish), Guatemala C. A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 47; 9

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [kaj??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [kaj??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ka(?)j??]

Adjective

cay • (?, ?, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????)

1. (of sensation) hot, spicy, or reminiscent of chili pepper

Derived terms

English

Alternative forms

• cay

Etymology

The current spelling was adopted in the 1690s to emulate the spelling but not the pronunciation (at least originally) of the equivalent modern French quai. From Middle English kay, key, kaye, keye, from Old French kay, cail, from Gaulish *kagyum, cagiíun (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“hedge”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kag?yóm (“enclosure”). Doublet of hedge.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ki?/ enPR: k?
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ke?/
• (US) enPR: k?, IPA^(key): /ki/, /ke?/
• Rhymes: -i?, -e?
• Homophone: key

Noun

quay (plural quays)

1. (nautical) A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.

Derived terms

• Connah's Quay
• quayside
• Willington Quay

Translations

Verb

quay (third-person singular simple present quays, present participle quaying, simple past and past participle quayed)

1. To land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up".

See also

• dock; pier; float; cay; harbour, harbor; mole; riprap; wharf

References

• quay at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• quya

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *kwe?.

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [kwaj??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [kwaj??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [waj??]

Verb

quay • (?, ?, ?, ????, ????, ????, ????)

1. to turn; to revolve; to swivel
2. (transitive) to dial (a phone number)

3. to whirl; to reverse; to turn back
4. to spit roast
5. to film

Derived terms