okay
okay - English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (unstressed)
- IPA: /əˈkeɪ/
Noun
okay (plural okays)
- Alternative spelling of OK
Verb
okay (third-person singular simple present okays, present participle okaying, simple past and past participle okayed)
- Alternative spelling of OK
Adjective
okay (comparative more okay or okayer, superlative most okay or okayest)
- Alternative spelling of OK
Adverb
okay (comparative more okay, superlative most okay)
- Alternative spelling of OK
Interjection
okay
- Alternative spelling of OK
Anagrams
okay - Ainu
Alternative forms
- (Saru dialect) oka
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ò̞ꜛkáj]
Pronoun
okay (Kana spelling オカイ)
- they (third-person plural pronoun)
Usage notes
This word is not actually a proper pronoun, but is often used when it is absolutely necessary to point directly to a third person in conversation. The proper third-person pronoun in Ainu would be the lack of any personal pronoun at all, i.e., it has a null value.
okay - French
Interjection
okay
- Alternative spelling of OK
okay - German
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: /oˈkeː/, /oˈkɛɪ̯/
Interjection
okay
- OK
- Synonyms: in Ordnung, d'accord, tamam
Usage notes
The spelling okay is the most frequent in German. Abbreviations (as given above) do exist, but are less common than in English.
Adverb
okay
- OK
- Synonyms: ordentlich, annehmlich, annehmbar, zufriedenstellend
Adjective
okay (strong nominative masculine singular okayer, comparative okayer, superlative am okaysten)
- (informal) OK
- Synonyms: in Ordnung, annehmlich, annehmbar
Usage notes
The comparative and attributive use is recent and therefore not always considered grammatical.
Declension
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist okay | sie ist okay | es ist okay | sie sind okay | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | okayer | okaye | okayes | okaye |
| genitive | okayen | okayer | okayen | okayer | |
| dative | okayem | okayer | okayem | okayen | |
| accusative | okayen | okaye | okayes | okaye | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der okaye | die okaye | das okaye | die okayen |
| genitive | des okayen | der okayen | des okayen | der okayen | |
| dative | dem okayen | der okayen | dem okayen | den okayen | |
| accusative | den okayen | die okaye | das okaye | die okayen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein okayer | eine okaye | ein okayes | (keine) okayen |
| genitive | eines okayen | einer okayen | eines okayen | (keiner) okayen | |
| dative | einem okayen | einer okayen | einem okayen | (keinen) okayen | |
| accusative | einen okayen | eine okaye | ein okayes | (keine) okayen | |
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist okayer | sie ist okayer | es ist okayer | sie sind okayer | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | okayerer | okayere | okayeres | okayere |
| genitive | okayeren | okayerer | okayeren | okayerer | |
| dative | okayerem | okayerer | okayerem | okayeren | |
| accusative | okayeren | okayere | okayeres | okayere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der okayere | die okayere | das okayere | die okayeren |
| genitive | des okayeren | der okayeren | des okayeren | der okayeren | |
| dative | dem okayeren | der okayeren | dem okayeren | den okayeren | |
| accusative | den okayeren | die okayere | das okayere | die okayeren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein okayerer | eine okayere | ein okayeres | (keine) okayeren |
| genitive | eines okayeren | einer okayeren | eines okayeren | (keiner) okayeren | |
| dative | einem okayeren | einer okayeren | einem okayeren | (keinen) okayeren | |
| accusative | einen okayeren | eine okayere | ein okayeres | (keine) okayeren | |
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist am okaysten | sie ist am okaysten | es ist am okaysten | sie sind am okaysten | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | okayster | okayste | okaystes | okayste |
| genitive | okaysten | okayster | okaysten | okayster | |
| dative | okaystem | okayster | okaystem | okaysten | |
| accusative | okaysten | okayste | okaystes | okayste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der okayste | die okayste | das okayste | die okaysten |
| genitive | des okaysten | der okaysten | des okaysten | der okaysten | |
| dative | dem okaysten | der okaysten | dem okaysten | den okaysten | |
| accusative | den okaysten | die okayste | das okayste | die okaysten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein okayster | eine okayste | ein okaystes | (keine) okaysten |
| genitive | eines okaysten | einer okaysten | eines okaysten | (keiner) okaysten | |
| dative | einem okaysten | einer okaysten | einem okaysten | (keinen) okaysten | |
| accusative | einen okaysten | eine okayste | ein okaystes | (keine) okaysten | |
okay - Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /oˈkei/ [oˈkei̯]
Interjection
okay
- OK (endorsement; approval)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.