WordCodex

ai

See also: Variations of "ai"

ai - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɑ.i/

Noun

ai (plural ais or ai)

  1. A type of three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, endemic to forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil.

Synonyms

  • (Bradypus tridactylus): maned sloth

Pronunciation

Contraction

ai

  1. (slang, US) All right.
    • Ai, let's go.

Anagrams

ai - Akei

Noun

ai

  1. water

ai - Albanian

Pronoun

ai m sg (accusative atë, dative atij, ablative atij)

  1. he

Declension

ai (3rd person masculine singular)
nominative ai
ablative atij / tij
full form clitic
accusative atë e
dative atij i
possessive adjective possessive pronoun
i tij i tiji

Pronoun

ai

  1. that

Declension

singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
nominative ai ajo ata ato
accusative atë atë ata ato
genitive/dative/ablative atij asaj atyre atyre

ai - Amblong

Noun

ai

  1. water

ai - Apalaí

Noun

ai

  1. penis

ai - Araki

Noun

ai

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)
  2. river, lake

ai - Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA: /ˈaj/

Interjection

ai

  1. ouch (pain), ooh (pain)

Noun

ai m (plural ais)

  1. ooh (pain)

ai - Chuukese

Determiner

ai

  1. First person singular general possessive; my (used with general-class objects)
Small objects, concepts Large objects, living things Suffix
Singular First person ainei-ei
Second person omw, omnoum-om
Third person announ-an
PluralFirst person äm (exclusive) ach (inclusive)nöu̇m (exclusive) nöüch (inclusive)-em (exclusive) -ach (inclusive)
Second person ämi, aminoumi-emi
Third person arnour-er

ai - Corsican

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈaj/
  • Hyphenation: ai

Verb

ai

  1. second-person singular indicative present of avè

ai - Dadibi

Noun

ạị

  1. water

Synonyms

ai - Dubu

Noun

ai

  1. water

ai - Dutch

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɑi/
  • Hyphenation: ai

Noun

ai m (plural ais)

  1. pale-throated sloth, Bradypus tridactylus

ai - Estonian

Interjection

ai

  1. ow, ouch

Synonyms

ai - Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɑi̯/, [ˈɑ̝i̯]
  • Syllabification: ai

Interjection

ai

  1. ouch!
  2. oh!
    • Ai, se olitkin sinä!
      • Oh, it was you!
  3. (colloquial, interrogative particle) Oh? As in...?
    • "Käytkö kaupassa?" "Ai, ruokakaupassa?"
      • "Will you go to the shop?" "Oh, the food shop?"

Synonyms

Derived terms

Anagrams

ai - French

Pronunciation

Verb

ai

  1. first-person singular present indicative of avoir
    • J'ai un chien.
      • I have a dog.

Anagrams

ai - Friulian

Noun

ai m (plural ais)

  1. garlic

ai - Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈaj]

Interjection

ai

  1. ouch! Expresses pain
  2. ooh! Expresses pain
  3. oh! Expresses concern

ai - Gilbertese

Noun

ai

  1. fire

ai - Gun

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ā.jí/

Noun

aí (plural aí lẹ́) (Nigeria)

  1. ground

Derived terms

ai - Hawaiian

Verb

ai

  1. To have sexual intercourse, to copulate.

ai - Hiri Motu

Pronoun

ai

  1. 1st-person plural pronoun exclusive: we, us (but not you)

ai - Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /aiʔ/, /aɛʔ/

Noun

ai

  1. water

ai - Italian

Alternative forms

  • a' (truncation)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈaj/
  • Homophone: hai
  • Hyphenation: ài

Contraction

ai

  1. contraction of a i; to the, at the

Anagrams

ai - Japanese

Romanization

ai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あい
  2. Rōmaji transcription of アイ

ai - Kalasha

Pronoun

ai

  1. Alternative spelling of ábi (sense 1).

ai - Kendayan

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /aiʔ/

Noun

ai

  1. water

ai - Kott

Pronoun

ai

  1. I (first-person singular subjective)

ai - Kriol

Noun

ai

  1. eye
  2. headlight of a car
  3. seed

Pronoun

ai

  1. I

Adjective

ai

  1. high, tall

ai - Kuna

Noun

ai

  1. friend

ai - Ladin

Contraction

ai

  1. at or to the (+ plural noun)

ai - Ladino

Adverb

ai (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אאי‎)

  1. Alternative form of aí

ai - Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA: /ai̯/, [äi̯]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /aj/, [äj]

Verb

ai

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of āiō

ai - Latvian

Interjection

ai

  1. ouch!
  2. oh!

ai - Leti (Indonesia)

Noun

ai

  1. fire

ai - Lithuanian

Pronunciation

ái: IPA: /a͡ɪ/

aĩ: IPA: /ɐ͡ɪ/

Interjection

ái! or aĩ!

  1. ow!, ah!, (expresses pain, fear or surprise)
  2. oi!, hey! (used to attract someone's attention)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • aje
  • ajai
  • ajajai
  • aičioti
  • aikčioti
  • aiksėti
  • aiktelėti
  • aiman
  • aimana
  • aimanuoti

ai - Lombard

Noun

ai

  1. Alternative form of aj (“garlic”)

ai - Manchu

Romanization

ai

  1. Romanization of ᠠᡳ

ai - Mandarin

Romanization

ai

  1. Nonstandard spelling of āi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of ái.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of ǎi.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of ài.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

ai - Maquiritari

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [aj]

Postposition

ai

  1. through, by; indicates motion by way of a non-aquatic object of class 1

Usage notes

A possessed noun that is the object of this postposition does not take the possessed suffix -dü. The postposition can thus combine with nouns referring to body parts and parts of objects to form more complex postpositions/relational nouns.

ai - Mbyá Guaraní

Adjective

ai

  1. (to be) bitter

Conjugation

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person inclusive 1st person exclusive 2nd person 3rd person
xerai nderai hai nhanderai orerai penderai hai

Noun

ai

  1. wound, injury

ai - Middle English

Pronoun

ai

  1. Alternative form of þei (“they”)

ai - Naga Pidgin

Noun

ai

  1. mother, mom

ai - Norman

Verb

ai

  1. (Guernsey) first-person singular present indicative of aver

ai - North Frisian

Adverb

ai

  1. (Mooring) not

ai - Norwegian Bokmål

Interjection

ai

  1. used to express surprise

ai - Norwegian Nynorsk

Interjection

ai

  1. used to express surprise

ai - Occitan

Verb

ai

  1. first-person singular present indicative of aver

ai - Pitjantjatjara

Interjection

ai

  1. huh
  2. geez
  3. what
  4. hey

ai - Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɐi/

Interjection

ai

  1. no way!

ai - Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA: /ˈaj/ [ˈaɪ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA: /ˈaj/
  • Hyphenation: ai

Interjection

ai

  1. ouch (expression of physical pain)
    • Ai! Pisei um prego! ― Ouch! I stepped on a nail!
  2. oh (expression of concern)

Derived terms

  • ai meu deus

ai - Rapa Nui

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈa.i/
  • Hyphenation: a‧i

Pronoun

ai

  1. who?

ai - Rohingya

Verb

ai

  1. come

ai - Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /aj/
  • Hyphenation: ai

Article

ai (masculine plural possessive)

  1. of
    • Niște prieteni ai lui sunt interesanți.
      • Some friends of his are interesting.

Noun

ai m (uncountable)

  1. (regional) garlic

Declension

singular
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) ai aiul
genitive/dative (unui) ai aiului
vocative aiule

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

ai

  1. second-person singular present indicative of avea
    • (you) have
      • Ai vreun prieten în România?
        • Do you have any friends in Romania?
  2. inflection of avea:
    1. second-person singular present subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Verb

ai

  1. (tu) ai (modal auxiliary, second-person singular form of avea, used with past participles to form perfect compus tenses)

Verb

ai

(tu) ai (modal auxiliary, second-person singular form of avea, used with infinitives to form conditional tenses)

  1. (you) would
    • Ai fi murit dacă ți-aș fi spus.
      • You would have died if I'd told you.

ai - Seri

Noun

ai (plural aaita)

  1. his father

Declension

Declension of ai

Preposition

ai

  1. still (used with nominalized third person verbs)

ai - Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

  • ay (unofficial)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /aj/

Noun

ai

  1. eye

Interjection

ai

  1. yes

ai - Sumbawa

Noun

ai

  1. water

ai - Tày

Pronunciation

  • (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [ʔaːj˧˧]
  • (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [ʔaːj˦˥]

Noun

ai (埃)

  1. Synonym of cò niêng

ai - Tetum

Noun

ai

  1. tree
  2. wood

ai - Tok Pisin

This entry has fewer than three known examples of actual usage, the minimum considered necessary for clear attestation, and may not be reliable. Tok Pisin is subject to a special exemption for languages with limited documentation. If you speak it, please consider editing this entry or adding citations. See also Help and the Community Portal.

Noun

ai

  1. (anatomy) eye
  2. hole, opening, lid
  3. tip

Derived terms

ai - Tokelauan

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈa.i/
  • Hyphenation: a‧i

Pronoun

ai

  1. who?

Particle

ai

  1. Anaphoric particle used to refer to an adverbial clause; there, then

Derived terms

ai - Torres Strait Creole

Pronoun

ai

  1. I (see also mi)

Noun

ai

  1. eye

ai - Venetian

Noun

ai

  1. plural of aio

ai - Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ai • (埃)

  1. who
    • Bạn là ai?
      • Who are you?
    • Ai (mà) biết.
      • Who knows? / How should I know?
  2. whoever
  3. someone else
  4. one, a person
  5. (rhetorical) nobody

Usage notes

  • The interrogative pronoun ai is used for a person. When ai functions as the subject of the question, it is placed at the beginning of the question.
    • Ai có ô tô? ― Who has a car?
  • When functioning as the predicate, it can either follow or predate the linking verb là.
    • Hải là ai? ― Who is Hải?
    • Ai là Hải? ― Who is Hải?
  • When functioning as the object, it is placed after the verb.
    • Nga vẽ ai? ― Whom is Nga drawing?

ai - Volapük

Adverb

ai

  1. always
  2. at all times
  3. constantly (habitually)
  4. ever (always)
  5. habitually

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • ai laidio (forever)

ai - Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ai̯/

Particle

ai

  1. interrogative particle (used when a non-verbal element is fronted for emphasis)
    • Ai athro yw ef?
      • Is he a teacher?
  2. whether, if (used when the subordinate clause has a non-verbal element fronted for emphasis)
    • Ni wn ai athro yw ef.
      • I do not know whether he is a teacher.

ai - West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈa.i/

Verb

ai

  1. (intransitive) to come back, return
  2. (intransitive) to depart
    • naai sito? ― where did you depart from?

Conjugation

Conjugation of ai (action verb)

ai - Yami

Noun

ai

  1. (anatomy) foot

ai - Zou

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ai̯˧˥/

Noun

ái

  1. crab
Meaning and Definition of ai
© 2022 WordCodex