hei

See also: héi, hēi, hèi, and héí

hei - English

Noun

hei (plural heis)

  1. Alternative spelling of he (Hebrew letter)

Anagrams

hei - Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Noun

hei n

  1. (Formazza) home

hei - Cornish

Noun

hei

  1. Aspirate mutation of kei.

hei - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɦɛi̯/
  • Hyphenation: hei
  • Homophones: hij, Hei

Noun

hei f (plural heides or heiden, diminutive heitje n)

  1. Alternative form of heide

Derived terms

- general:

  • heidag

- toponyms:

hei - Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈhei̯/, [ˈhe̞i̯]
  • Syllabification: hei

Interjection

hei

  1. hi
  2. bye (often repeated twice for goodbye: "hei hei")
  3. hey

Derived terms

Anagrams

hei - Galician

Verb

hei

  1. first-person singular present indicative of haber

hei - German Low German

Alternative forms

  • (more common in the western dialects, though still found in Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian alongside hei) he
  • hai

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hɛɪ̯/, /haɪ̯/

Pronoun

hei m (genitive sin, dative em, dative 2 jüm, accusative en)

  1. (in some dialects, including Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian, personal) Alternative form of he
    • (Low Prussian) Hei ös to lat.
      • He is too late.

Pronoun

hei m (dative ühne or ühm' or ühm, accusative ühne or ühn or iähne, weak accusative ne)

  1. (Paderbornisch, personal) he

hei - Japanese

Romanization

hei

  1. Rōmaji transcription of へい

hei - Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA: /hei̯/, [hɛi̯]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ej/, [ɛj]

Interjection

hei

  1. ah! oh!; an expression of grief or fear
    • hei mihi!alas! woe is me!

hei - Latvian

Interjection

hei

  1. hey

hei - Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hai̯/, [hɑɪ̯]

Adverb

hei

  1. here, in this place

Derived terms

hei - Mandarin

Romanization

hei (hei5hei0, Zhuyin ˙ㄏㄟ)

  1. Nonstandard spelling of hēi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of hèi.

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.

hei - Maori

Particle

hei

  1. Future locative particle

hei - Middle English

Noun

hei (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of hey (hay)

Interjection

hei

  1. Alternative form of hey (hey)

Noun

hei

  1. Alternative form of heye (hedge)

Pronoun

hei

  1. Alternative form of he (they)

Verb

hei (third-person singular simple present heieth, present participle heiende, heiynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle heied)

  1. Alternative form of heien (to lift up)

Adjective

hei (comparative heier, superlative heiest)

  1. Alternative form of heigh (high)

hei - Mòcheno

Noun

hei n

  1. hay

hei - Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hæɪ/

Interjection

hei

  1. hi (greeting)

Derived terms


Noun

hei f or m (definite singular heia or heien, indefinite plural heier, definite plural heiene)

  1. a heath or moor

hei - Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hɛɪː/

Interjection

hei

  1. hi (greeting)

Derived terms


Noun

hei f (definite singular heia, indefinite plural heier or heiar, definite plural heiene or heiane)

  1. a heath or moor

Derived terms

hei - Old Frisian

Noun

hei m

  1. mind, sense

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • North Frisian: huwggje

hei - Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • hey (obsolete)
  • ey (obsolete)
  • ei (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA: /ˈej/ [ˈeɪ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɐj/
  • Homophone: ei
  • Hyphenation: hei

Verb

hei

  1. first-person singular present indicative of haver

Derived terms

hei - Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hej/

Interjection

hei

  1. hey

hei - Romansch

Alternative forms

Interjection

hei

  1. (Puter, Vallader) yes (used to indicate agreement with the speaker in a conversation)

Derived terms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) gea
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
  • (Sursilvan) gie, (Sursilvan) bein
  • (Sutsilvan) bagn
  • (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) ea
  • (Surmiran) gea bagn
  • (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, schi

hei - Scots

Pronoun

hei

  1. (South Scots, personal) he

hei - Sranan Tongo

Adjective

hei

  1. high

Noun

hei

  1. paca

Alternative forms

Meaning and Definition of hei
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