different between hoy vs foy
hoy
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Heu or Dutch gooi.
Noun
hoy (plural hoys)
- A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.
- July 1779, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. William Unwin
- The hoy went to London every week.
- July 1779, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. William Unwin
Derived terms
- powder hoy
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Dutch hoi, compare ahoy.
Interjection
hoy
- Ho!, hallo!, stop!
Verb
hoy (third-person singular simple present hoys, present participle hoying, simple past and past participle hoyed)
- (transitive) To incite; to drive onward.
Etymology 3
Perhaps related to hoick and hoist.
Verb
hoy (third-person singular simple present hoys, present participle hoying or hoyin, simple past and past participle hoyed)
- (Northumbria, Australia) To throw.
References
- hoy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [2]
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [3]
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
Anagrams
- hyo-
Gutnish
Etymology
From Old Norse hey, from Proto-Germanic *hawj?
Noun
hoy n
- hay
Derived terms
- hoytjauk (“haystack”)
Scots
Verb
hoy (third-person singular present hoy, present participle hoyin, past hoyed, past participle hoyed)
- (South Scots) to throw
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish oy, from Vulgar Latin *oie, from Latin hodi?. Compare Portuguese hoje, Italian oggi, hui in French aujourd'hui.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?oi/, [?oi?]
Adverb
hoy
- today
- Synonym: hoy día
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hoy” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
- “hoy” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish oye
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /hoj/
Interjection
hoy
- expression used to call the attention of somebody
- expression used to inform someone
Usage notes
Using this word can make you sound disrespectful in some contexts. Refrain from using it when you're talking to someone who you don't know especially when he's older than you.
Synonyms
- huy
- uy
- oy
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foy
English
Etymology
From Middle French foy.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
foy (countable and uncountable, plural foys)
- (obsolete, rare) Faith, allegiance.
- (obsolete) A feast given by one about to leave a place.
- 1661 November 25, Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1661, 2006, Echo Library, page 124,
- To Westminster Hall in the morning with Captain Lambert, and there he did at the Dog give me and some other friends of his, his foy, he being to set sail to-day towards the Streights.
- 1661 November 25, Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1661, 2006, Echo Library, page 124,
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French foi.
Noun
foy f (plural foys)
- faith
- 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:
- Saigneur Dieu oste moy de ce torment, auquel ces traitres chiens me detiennent, pour la maintenance de ta foy.
- Lord God remove me from this torment in which these traiterous dogs are holding, to help me keep your faith.
- Saigneur Dieu oste moy de ce torment, auquel ces traitres chiens me detiennent, pour la maintenance de ta foy.
- 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:
Descendants
- French: foi
Portuguese
Verb
foy
- Obsolete spelling of foi
foy From the web:
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