different between okay vs okie

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)

1. Alternative spelling of OK

Verb

okay (third-person singular simple present okays, present participle okaying, simple past and past participle okayed)

1. Alternative spelling of OK

Adjective

okay (comparative more okay, superlative most okay)

1. 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.

Adverb

okay (comparative more okay, superlative most okay)

1. Alternative spelling of OK

Interjection

okay

1. 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 ???)

1. 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

1. OK (endorsement; approval)

German

Alternative forms

• ok, OK
• o.k., O.K. (proscribed)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?ke?/, /o?k???/

Interjection

okay

1. 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

1. OK

   Synonyms: ordentlich, annehmlich, annehmbar, zufriedenstellend

Adjective

okay (comparative okayer, superlative am okaysten)

1. (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

1. OK (endorsement; approval)

English

Interjection

okie

1. (informal) Alternative form of OK

Anagrams

• Eiko, Ekoi