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English

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?, IPA^(key): /he?/
• Homophone: hay
• Rhymes: -e?

Etymology 1

From Middle English hey, hei, also without h- in ey, from Old English *h?, ?a (interjection), attested as first element in h?l?, ?al? (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”). Cognate with Dutch hé, hei (“hi, hey”), German hei (“hey, wow”), Danish and Swedish hej (“hello, hey”), Faroese hey (“hey, hello”), Old Norse, Icelandic and Norwegian hei (“hey”), Romanian hei, Russian ?? (ej, “hey”); see heigh. Probably a natural expression, as may be inferred from its presence with similar meaning in many other unrelated languages: for example, Burmese ??? (he:), Finnish hei, Unami hè, and Mandarin ? (?i), and various sound-alikes as Ancient Greek ??? (eîa) and Latin eia, eho, Sanskrit ?? (he). See also hello.

Alternative forms

• hay
• heigh

Interjection

hey

1. An exclamation to get attention.

2. A protest or reprimand.

3. An expression of surprise.

4. An informal greeting, similar to hi.

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

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

Synonyms

• (exclamation 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; see also Thesaurus:hello

Related terms

Translations

See also

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

hey (plural heys)

1. (country dancing) A choreographic figure in which three or more dancers weave between one another, passing by left and right shoulder alternately.

Translations

Etymology 3

See he.

Noun

hey (plural heys)

1. Alternative spelling of he (Hebrew letter)

Anagrams

• Yeh, hye, yeh

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Interjection

hey

1. hi, hey, hello

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

   Antonyms: farvæl, vit síggjast

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hei?/
• Rhymes: -ei?

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hey, from Proto-Germanic *hawj?.

Noun

hey n (genitive singular heys, nominative plural hey)

1. (usually uncountable) hay

Declension

Etymology 2

Interjection

hey

1. hey

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English h??, h?e?, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawj? (“hay”).

Noun

hey (uncountable)

1. hay

Alternative forms

• hey?, heygh, hay, ay, heyn, hayn, hei, hei?, heigh, hai, hain

Descendants

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

References

• “hei, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English *h?, ?a. See English hey for more.

Interjection

hey

1. hey

Alternative forms

• hay, ay, he, heh, heigh

Descendants

• English: hey
• Scots: hey

References

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

Etymology 3

Noun

hey

1. Alternative form of heye (“hedge”)

Etymology 4

Noun

hey (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of hye (“haste”)

Etymology 5

Pronoun

hey

1. Alternative form of he (“he”)

Etymology 6

Pronoun

hey

1. Alternative form of he (“they”)

Etymology 7

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of heien (“to lift up”)

Etymology 8

Pronoun

hey (comparative heyer, superlative heyest)

1. Alternative form of heigh (“high”)

Portuguese

Verb

hey

1. Obsolete spelling of hei

Somali

Verb

hey

1. possess

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ey

Etymology

Borrowed from English hey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ei/, [?ei?]

• (Imitating English) IPA^(key): /?xei/, [?xei?]

Interjection

¡hey!

1. hey!

   Synonyms: eh, oye

Related terms

• ah
• oh
• hala

Yola

Noun

hey

1. Alternative form of hye

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: l?m'?, IPA^(key): /?l?m?/
• Rhymes: -?m?
• Hyphenation: lem?ma

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ????? (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from ??????? (lambán?, “I take”).

Noun

lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata)

1. (mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
2. (linguistics, lexicography) The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:lemma.
3. (psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.

Synonyms

• (linguistics, lexicography: canonical form of a word): citation form

Antonyms

• (linguistics, lexicography: canonical form of a word): non-lemma

Derived terms

• lemmatize

Related terms

Translations

See also

• basic form
• canonical form
• citation form
• dictionary form
• headword
• infinitive

Etymology 2

From the Ancient Greek ????? (lémma), from ???? (lép?, “I peel”).

Noun

lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata)

1. (botany) The outer shell of a fruit or similar body.
2. (botany) One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Sister projects

• lemma (psycholinguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• lemma (morphology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• lemma (logic) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• lemma (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• headword on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• lemma (botany) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• melam

Czech

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ????? (lêmma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?ma]
• Hyphenation: le?m?ma

Noun

lemma n

1. (mathematics) lemma
2. (linguistics) lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word)

Declension

Related terms

• lemmatický
• lemmatizace
• lemmatizátor
• lemmatizovat
• dilema
• trilema

Further reading

• lemma in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• lemma in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek ????? (lêmma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?.ma?/
• Hyphenation: lem?ma
• Rhymes: -?ma?

Noun

lemma n (plural lemma's or lemmata, diminutive lemmaatje n)

1. (mathematics) lemma (proved or accepted proposition used in a proof)
2. (linguistics) lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word, dictionary form)

Derived terms

• hoofdlemma
• sublemma

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from ??????? (lambán?, “I take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lem??/, [?le?m??]
• Rhymes: -em??
• Syllabification: lem?ma

Noun

lemma

1. (linguistics) lemma
2. (mathematics) lemma

Declension

Synonyms

• (linguistics): perusmuoto
• (math): apulause

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek ????? (lêmma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?m.ma/
• Hyphenation: lem?ma

Noun

lemma m (plural lemmi)

1. (mathematics, linguistics, lexicography) lemma
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:lemma.
2. entry (in a dictionary)

Related terms

• lemmatico

References

• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) , “lemma”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

• “lemma” in Il Sabatini Coletti: Dizionario della Lingua Italiana (© 2011)
• lemma¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• melma

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ????? (lêmma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?le?m.ma/, [???e?m?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lem.ma/, [?l?m??]

Noun

l?mma n (genitive l?mmatis); third declension

1. (literally) A subject for consideration or explanation, a theme, matter, subject, contents.
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Younger to this entry?)
2. (transferred senses):
   1. the title of an epigram (because it indicates the subject)
   2. the epigram itself
   3. story, tale
   4. the assumption or lemma of a syllogism
      • (Can we find and add a quotation of Aulus Gellius to this entry?)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

• n?tr?cis l?mmata

Descendants

• Dutch: lemma
• English: lemma
• French: lemme
• German: Lemma
• Italian: lemma
• Spanish: lema

References

• lemma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lemma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 898/2
• “lemma” on page 1,015/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

Probably a scribal error: ni ? m.

Noun

lemma f (genitive lemmae); first declension

1. medieval spelling of lemnia [8th C.]

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• lemma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lemma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from ??????? (lambán?, “I take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?m.ma/

Noun

lemma f

1. (linguistics, lexicography) lemma

Declension

Further reading

• lemma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

lemma n

1. lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word, a headword in a dictionary)
2. (mathematics) lemma (a proposition)

Declension

Synonyms

• uppslagsord

Related terms

References

• lemma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)