different between yes vs ies

English

Etymology

From Middle English yes, from Old English ??ese. Compare yea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Particle

yes

1. Used to show agreement or acceptance.
   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Hi, Jonathan. Are you busy? — Yes, I’m busy.

2. Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.

3. (sometimes humorous) Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct.

4. An exclamation of pleasure or approval, usually transcribed with an exclamation point.

Usage notes

• In Old and Middle English, yes was a more forceful affirmative than yea.
• An example of yes used to disagree with a statement: the questions "You don’t want it, do you?" and "Don’t you want it?" are answered by "yes" if the respondent does want the item, and "no" if not. Many languages use a specific word for this purpose; see translation table below.

Synonyms

• Dialect or archaic forms: arr, ay, aye, yea, yassuh
• Nautical, military, telecommunications: affirmative
• Colloquial or slang forms: ya, yah, yeah, yeh, yep, yeppers, yup, yuppers, yus, ahuh, mhm, uh huh.
• See also: Thesaurus:yes

Antonyms

• Standard form: no
• Nautical, military, telecommunications: negative
• Dialect or archaic forms: nay
• Colloquial or slang forms: ixnay, nah, naw, nope
• See also: Thesaurus:no

Coordinate terms

• (expression of agreement or acceptance): nod

Derived terms

Translations

Interjection

yes

1. Used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement.

   Antonym: no

2. Response that confirms that the user is paying attention.

Translations

Noun

yes (plural yeses or yesses)

1. An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

   Synonyms: aye, yea, nod

   Antonyms: no, nay

2. A vote of support or in favor/favour of something.

   Synonyms: aye, yea

   Antonym: nay

Translations

Verb

yes (third-person singular simple present yeses or yesses, present participle yessing, simple past and past participle yessed)

1. (colloquial, transitive) to agree with, affirm, approve.

   Synonyms: agree, consent, nod

2. (slang) to attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• yee

Anagrams

• Sey., Sye, eys, sye

Asturian

Verb

yes

1. second-person singular present indicative of ser

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English yes.

Interjection

yes

1. (colloquial) Expression of triumph, vehement approval, etc.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English yes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?s/
• Hyphenation: yes
• Rhymes: -?s

Interjection

yes

1. (colloquial) yay (exclamation of happiness or enthusiasm)

   Synonym: jee

French

Etymology

From English yes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?s/

Interjection

yes

1. (chiefly Quebec, colloquial) yes!

   Synonym: oui

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto jes, from English yes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jes/

Adverb

yes

1. yes

   Antonym: no

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

yes (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of is (“ice”)

Etymology 2

Interjection

yes

1. Alternative form of yis (“yes”)

Etymology 3

Determiner

yes

1. (East Anglia) Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Etymology 4

Noun

yes

1. (Late Middle English) plural of ye (“eye”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

yes

1. plural of ye

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English yes.

Particle

yes

1. yes (word used to show agreement or acceptance)

Interjection

yes

1. yes (used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement)

English

Noun

ies

1. (rare) plural of i, the name of the letter I.

Anagrams

• -ise, -sie, EIS, EIs, ESI, I'se, ISE, sei, sie

Aromanian

Verb

ies (third-person singular present indicative iasi/iase, past participle ishitã)

1. Alternative form of es

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *iz. Cognate with Gothic ???????? (is), German er.

Pronoun

ies

1. he
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Ies Varthata. Ille fecit.

Esperanto

Etymology

From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) +? -es (correlative suffix of genitives).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ies/
• Hyphenation: i?es
• Rhymes: -ies

Pronoun

ies (plural ies, accusative singular ies, accusative plural ies)

1. someone's (indeterminate correlative of genitives)

Derived terms

• ies ajn (“anyone's”)
• iesa?o (“property, s.t. belonging to s.o.”)

Finnish

Etymology

From earlier *ikes, borrowed from Old East Slavic ??? (igo) (gen. ??? (iga), *????? (*ižese)), from Proto-Slavic *j?go (gen. *j?ga, *j?žese), from earlier *j?go (gen. *j?ga, *j?gese), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *juga-, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ie?s/, [?ie??s?]
• Rhymes: -ies
• Syllabification: ies

Noun

ies

1. yoke
2. (figuratively) yoke, restraint, burden, load; repression, slavery, oppression, persecution, tyranny

   ikeen alla = under the yoke

Declension

Synonyms

• (yoke, restraint, burden, load): taakka, kuorma, pakko
• (oppression, persecution, repression, slavery, tyranny): sorto, orjuus

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) , “???”, in Etimologi?eskij slovar? russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Truba?óv, Moscow: Progress

Anagrams

• eis, esi-, sei, sie

Latvian

Verb

ies

1. 3rd person singular future indicative form of iet
2. 3rd person plural future indicative form of iet

Old French

Verb

ies

1. second-person singular imperfect indicative of estre

Romanian

Verb

ies

1. first-person singular present indicative of ie?i
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of ie?i
3. third-person plural present indicative of ie?i

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) oss
• (Surmiran) òss
• (Puter, Vallader) öss

Etymology

From Latin ossum, popular variant of os.

Noun

ies m

1. (Sursilvan) bone

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian ?s, from Proto-Germanic *?s?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i??s/

Noun

ies c (plural iezen)

1. bait

   Synonym: lokies

2. carrion

Derived terms

• lokies