different between quay vs wharve

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English wharven (“to turn”), from Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *hwerban? (“to turn”). Cognate with Dutch werven (“to recruit”), Icelandic hverfa (“to turn”), Faroese hvørva (“to disappear”), German werben (“to recruit, advertise”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /w??v/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /w??v/
• (without the wine–whine merger) IPA^(key): /???v/

Verb

wharve (third-person singular simple present wharves, present participle wharving, simple past wharved or whorf, past participle wharved or whorven)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) to turn, turn over (especially of mown grass).
   • “Junda” Klingrahool (1898)?

     It wharves the wair and stirs the sand.

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language