yeah

See also: þeah

English

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Etymology 1

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yes and no

Wikipedia

Colloquial form of yea or yes. Compare nah. yes +‎ -h.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /jɛə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /jɛ(ə)/, /jæ(ə)/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /jeː/
• Rhymes: -ɛə, -ɛ, -æ

Particle

yeah (colloquial)

1. Yes.

   Synonyms: yes, yep, yup, aye, ya, yea, uh-huh; see also Thesaurus:yes

   —You wanna get pizza for dinner? —Yeah, all right.

2. Used to express acknowledgment of what was previously said.

   —You wanna get pizza for dinner? —Yeah, I think I'm gonna have leftovers instead.

3. Used to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.

   Synonym: eh (Canada)

   I was walking down the road, yeah, and you know what I saw, yeah? A dog wearing a dress!

Usage notes

• The particle for ascertaining attention may be proscribed.

Alternative forms

• yea
• ya
• ye (Internet), yeh
• yeag (Internet slang, humorous)

Derived terms

• aww yeah
• fuck yeah
• heck yeah
• hells yeah
• hell yeah
• I will yeah
• oh yeah
• shit yeah
• yeah-huh
• yeah-nah
• yeah, no
• yee

Related terms

• ya, yah
• yea
• yay (“yes”)
• yeh
• yes

Translations

• Note: Many languages have no exact equivalent of this word; in those cases, the translations given here are for yes.

yes

Azerbaijani: həri Catalan: sí (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 是啊 (zh) (shì a), 對啊 / 对啊 (duì a), 啊 (zh) (à), 嗯 (zh) (ǹg) Czech: jo (cs), no (cs) Dutch: ja (nl), jawel (nl) Finnish: joo (fi), juu (fi) French: ouais (fr) German: (yeah) jo (de), joa (de); (yes) ja (de) Greek: ναι (el) (nai) Hebrew: כע (ke) Hindi: हाँ (hi) (hā̃) Hungarian: igen (hu), ja (hu) Icelandic: já (is) Interlingua: si (ia) Italian: sì (it), già (it) Japanese: うん (ja) (un), そう (ja) (sō), ええ (ja) (ē), ああ (ja) (ā) Kapampangan: awa, uwa Korean: 응 (ko) (eung), 네 (ko) (ne), 예 (ko) (ye), 응 (ko) (eung), 어 (ko) (eo) Lithuanian: taip (lt), jo (lt) Louisiana Creole: wé Navajo: wehee Norwegian: Bokmål: ja (no), yeah, ja vel (no) Nynorsk: ja (nn), yeah, ja vel Occitan: òc (oc) Old Church Slavonic: ⰵⰹ (ei) Persian: Dari: آه (fa) (āh), بَلی (balē), آری (fa) (ārē) Iranian Persian: بله (fa) (bale), آره (fa) (âre) Polish: tak (pl), no (pl), aha (pl) m, ta (pl) m (colloquial) Portuguese: sim (pt), é (pt), iá (pt) (informal) Romanian: da (ro) Russian: ага́ (ru) (agá), ага́ (ru) (ahá), угу́ (ru) (ugú), угу́ (ru) (uhú), так (ru) (tak), ну (ru) (nu) Serbo-Croatian: da (sh) da (sh) Cyrillic: да̑ Roman: dȃ (sh) Sicilian: sì (scn), sè (scn), certu Slovak: no (sk) , hej Slovene: ja (sl) Spanish: sí (es), seh, sipi (es), aa (es), mm (es) Swedish: ja (sv) n Thai: เออ (th) (əə) Ukrainian: еге́ (ehé), та (uk) (ta) Urdu: ہاں (hā̃) (informal) Vietnamese: ừ (vi) (informal), ờ (vi) (informal) Volapük: si (vo) Welsh: iah Yoruba: bẹ́ẹ̀ ni

Interjection

yeah

1. Expressing joy, celebration, glee, etc.

   Yeah! We did it!

Synonyms

• hurrah, hurray, woohoo, yay, yippee

Derived terms

• yeah right

Translations

expressing joy

Dutch: yes (nl), jippie (nl) Finnish: jee (fi), joo (fi) French: ouais (fr) Italian: sì (it), vai (it), evvai (it), evviva Japanese: やった (ja) (yatta), イェー (slang) Korean: 아싸 (ko) (assa), 앗싸 (atssa) Portuguese: é! (pt), isso aí! Russian: да! (ru) (da!), ура́! (ru) (urá!), э-ге́й! (e-géj!), е! (ru) (je!) (slang) Sicilian: forza ḍḍocu! Ukrainian: так! (uk) (tak!), та! (uk) (ta!)

See also

• yes

Etymology 2

See year.

Noun

yeah (plural yeahs)

1. Pronunciation spelling of year.

Anagrams

• Haye, haye, heya

Chinese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From English?”)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je¹
    • Yale: yē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː⁵⁵/

Noun

yeah

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) V sign

Verb

yeah

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to make a V sign

Adjective

yeah

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, somewhat dated) cool; stylish