different between okay vs oaky
okay
English
Alternative forms
- OK, O.K., okey-dokey, k, 'kay, m'kay, A-OK, otay, ok, okeh, okey, okie-dokie, kay
Etymology
A respelling of OK.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????ke?/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /???kæ?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?o??ke?/
Noun
okay (plural okays)
- Alternative spelling of OK
Verb
okay (third-person singular simple present okays, present participle okaying, simple past and past participle okayed)
- Alternative spelling of OK
Adjective
okay (comparative more okay, superlative most okay)
- Alternative spelling of OK
- 1869 Little Women, Part Second, by Louisa May Alcott
- One of us must marry well. Meg didn't, Jo won't, Beth can't yet, so I shall, and make everything okay all round.
- 1869 Little Women, Part Second, by Louisa May Alcott
Adverb
okay (comparative more okay, superlative most okay)
- Alternative spelling of OK
Interjection
okay
- Alternative spelling of OK
Anagrams
- kayo, oaky, yoak
Ainu
Alternative forms
- (Saru dialect) oka
Etymology
From oka (“are”) +? i (nominalising suffix), literally “those which are”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ò??káj]
Pronoun
okay (Kana spelling ???)
- they (third-person plural pronoun)
Usage notes
This word is not actually a proper pronoun, but is often used when it is absolutely necessary to point directly to a third person in conversation. The proper third-person pronoun in Ainu would be the lack of any personal pronoun at all, i.e., it has a null value.
See also
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English okay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.k?/, /?.ke/
Interjection
okay
- OK (endorsement; approval)
German
Alternative forms
- ok, OK
- o.k., O.K. (proscribed)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o?ke?/, /o?k???/
Interjection
okay
- OK
- Synonyms: in Ordnung, d’accord, tamam
Usage notes
The spelling okay is the most frequent in German. Abbreviations (as given above) do exist, but are less common than in English.
Adverb
okay
- OK
- Synonyms: ordentlich, annehmlich, annehmbar, zufriedenstellend
Adjective
okay (comparative okayer, superlative am okaysten)
- (informal) OK
- Synonyms: in Ordnung, d’accord, annehmlich, annehmbar
- 2009, Christian Y. Schmidt, Allein unter 1,3 Milliarden: Eine chinesische Reise von Shanghai bis Kathmandu, Rowohlt Verlag GmbH (?ISBN)
- Dieser Hügel ist achthundertsieben Meter hoch, und ich bin nur hochgelaufen, weil der Strand von meiner Freundin blockiert wurde, die mir gerade auf die Nerven ging. Das war noch ein halbwegs okayer Ausflug.
- 2016, Karin Kaçi, Jan Braren, Homevideo, Carlsen E-Books (?ISBN)
- »Jakon Moormann. Deine Slides waren schon mal besser, aber du bist ein ganz okayer Skater. Bist auch ein ganz okayer Kumpel. Und die Mädchen finden dich superokay.«
Usage notes
The comparative and attributive use is recent and therefore not always considered grammatical.
Declension
Further reading
- “okay” in Duden online
- “okay” in Duden online
References
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English okay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?okei/, [?o.kei?]
Interjection
okay
- OK (endorsement; approval)
okay From the web:
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- what okay means
- what okay meme
- what okay gif
- what okay dave chappelle
- what okay in spanish
- what okay stands for
oaky
English
Etymology
From oak +? -y.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?o?ki/
- Rhymes: -??ki
Adjective
oaky (comparative oakier, superlative oakiest)
- Resembling or characteristic of the oak tree or its wood.
- Describing the taste of wine that has been aged in oak and acquired tannins from the wood.
Anagrams
- kayo, okay, yoak
oaky From the web:
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- what does oaky wine mean
- what is oaky wine
- what does oaky wine taste like
- what is oaky afterbirth
- what is oaky chardonnay
- what does oaky taste like
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