different between wye vs vye

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa?/
• Homophones: y, Y, why (wine-whine merger)

Alternative forms

• wy

Etymology 1

Attested as wi c. 1200. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps cognate with Old French ui or gui. However Old Irish had a glyph, a u with an i underneath it, and pronounced wye.

Noun

wye (plural wyes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Y.
2. A Y-shaped object: a wye level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track.

   Synonym: triangle

Derived terms

• wye cable
• wye switch

Translations

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

Verb

wye (third-person singular simple present wyes, present participle wyeing or wying, simple past and past participle wyed)

1. (transitive, rail transport) To reverse the direction of a train using a wye.

Etymology 2

Old English wiga.

Noun

wye (plural wyes)

1. (poetic, obsolete) A warrior or fighter.
2. (poetic, obsolete) A hero; a man, person.

Anagrams

• Wey, wey, yew

Dakaka

Alternative forms

• we (Baiap)
• wie (Sesivi)

Noun

wye

1. (West Ambryn) water

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

English

Verb

vye (third-person singular simple present vyes, present participle vying, simple past and past participle vyed)

1. Obsolete form of vie.

Afrikaans

Noun

vye

1. plural of vy

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French vieux (“old”).

Adjective

vye

1. old

Middle French

Noun

vye f (plural vyes)

1. life

Descendants

• French: vie