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yes

See also: þes

yes - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jɛs/

Particle

yes

  1. Used to show agreement or acceptance.
    • Yes, you are correct.
    • Yes, you may go play outside now.
    • Yes, sir, we have your package right here.
  2. Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.
    • It was not my fault we lost the race. Oh, yes, it was!
  3. (humorous) Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct.
    • Do you like cake or pie? Yes.

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

Antonyms

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

Coordinate terms

  • (expression of agreement or acceptance): nod

Derived terms

Translations

  • Abkhaz: ааи (aaj), аиеи (ajej)
  • Afrikaans: ja (af)
  • Albanian: po (sq)
  • Aleut: aang
  • Alutiiq: aa'a
  • American Sign Language: S@Side Nod
  • Amharic: አዎን (ʾäwon)
  • Apache:
  • Arabic: نَعَم‎ (ar) (naʕam), أَجَل‎ (ar) (ʔajal), إِي‎ (ar) (ʔī)
  • Aragonese: sí
  • Aramaic:
  • Armenian: այո (hy) (ayo) (polite), հա (hy) (ha) (informal)
  • Aromanian: ie
  • Assamese: অঁ (õ), হয় (hoy) (formal)
  • Asturian: sí (ast)
  • Aymara: jisa (ay)
  • Azerbaijani: bəli (az), hə (az)
  • Bashkir: эйе (eye)
  • Basque: bai (eu)
  • Belarusian: так (tak), да (da)
  • Bengali: জি (ji) (formal), হ্যাঁ (bn) (hễ) (informal)
  • Bikol Central: iyo (bcl)
  • Breton: ya (br)
  • Bulgarian: да (bg) (da)
  • Burmese: ဟုတ်ကဲ့ (my) (hutkai.), အင်း (my) (ang:), အေး (my) (e:) (among equals or to people of lower status)
  • Burushaski: awá
  • Catalan: sí (ca)
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵢⴰⵀ (yah)
  • Central Sierra Miwok: guˀuh m pl
  • Chamicuro: eje
  • Chechen: хӏаъ (haʔ)
  • Cherokee: ᎥᎥ (vv)
  • Chichewa: inde
  • Chickasaw: i̠i
  • Chinese:
    • Cantonese: 係／系 (yue) (hai6), 唔 (yue) (m4), 嗯 (ng2)
    • Mandarin: 是 (zh) (shì), 對／对 (zh) (duì), 啊 (zh) (à) (colloquial), (repeating the verb/attribute used in the question to mean "yes" 你知道吗？ 知道)
  • Choctaw: ome
  • Comanche: haa
  • Coptic: ⲁϩⲁ (aha), ⲥⲉ (se)
  • Corsican: iè, sì
  • Czech: ano (cs), jo (cs) (colloquial)
  • Danish: ja (da)
  • Dutch: ja (nl)
  • Egyptian: (tjw)
  • Esperanto: jes (eo)
  • Estonian: jah (et), jaa (et)
  • Faroese: ja (fo)
  • Fijian: io (fj)
  • Finnish: (echo answer - use the verb), kyllä (fi) (literary), joo (fi) (colloquial), juu (fi) (colloquial)
  • Franco-Provençal: ouè
  • French: oui (fr)
  • Friulian: sì
  • Galician: si (gl)
  • Garo: hoe
  • Georgian: დიახ (diax), კი (ḳi), ჰო (ho), ხო (xo)
  • German: ja (de)
    • Bavarian: jo
    • Pennsylvania German: ja
  • Greek: ναι (el) (nai)
  • Greenlandic: aap
  • Guaraní: heẽ
  • Gujarati: હા (hā)
  • Halkomelem: á:'a
  • Hebrew: כֵּן‎ (he) (ken), הֵן‎ (he) (hen) (formal)
  • Hiligaynon: hu-o
  • Hindi: हाँ (hi) (hā̃), जी (hi) (jī), जी हाँ (jī hā̃)
  • Hungarian: igen (hu)
  • Icelandic: já (is)
  • Ido: yes (io)
  • Ilocano: wen
  • Indonesian: ya (id)
  • Interlingua: si (ia)
  • Irish: (not used, affirmative form of the verb is used instead)
  • Italian: sì (it)
  • Japanese: はい (ja) (hai) (polite), ええ (ja) (ē), うん (ja) (un) (informal)
  • Jeju: ᄋᆞ (aw) (informal), 예 (ye) (polite)
  • Kabyle: ih
  • Kannada: ಹೌದು (kn) (haudu)
  • Kapampangan: wa, ne, o, opu
  • Kazakh: иә (kk) (iä)
  • Khmer: (female speaker) ច៎ា (jaa), (male speaker) បាទ (km) (baat), (informal) អើ (km) (’aə), (very informal) អឺ (km) (’əɨ)
  • Korean: 네 (ko) (ne), 예 (ko) (ye), 응 (ko) (eung) (informal), 어 (ko) (eo) (informal)
  • Kyrgyz: ооба (ky) (ooba), макул (ky) (makul)
  • Lao: ແມ່ນ (mǣn), ແມ່ນແລ້ວ (mǣn lǣu), ໂດຍ (dōi)
  • Latgalian: nui, tai
  • Latin: etiam (la), ita (la) (est), ita vērō, vērō (la), sīc (est)
  • Latvian: jā (lv)
  • Laz: ho, xo
  • Limburgish: jao (li)
  • Lithuanian: taip (lt)
  • Lombard: si, haé
  • Luganda: yee
  • Luo: ee
  • Luxembourgish: jo (lb)
  • Macedonian: да (da)
  • Malagasy: eny (mg)
  • Malay: ya (ms), (informal) ha'ah
  • Malayalam: ശരി (ml) (śari)
  • Maltese: iva (mt)
  • Mandinka: haa
  • Manx: she
  • Maori: āe
  • Middle Korean: 에ᇰ (eyng)
  • Mingrelian: იახ (iax), ქო (ko)
  • Miskito: au
  • Mongolian: тийм (mn) (tiim)
  • Motu: e, o, oi
  • Nahuatl: quemah
  • Navajo: aooʼ
  • Neapolitan: eine, sine
  • Nepali: सही (sahī), जी (ne) (jī), हाँ (hā̃)
  • Nootka: haa
  • North Frisian: jåå
  • Northern Ohlone: hé̄'e
  • Northern Sami: juo
  • Norwegian: ja (no)
  • Occitan: òc (oc)
  • Old Church Slavonic: ⰵⰹ (ei)
  • Old English: ġēa, ġīese
  • Old French: oïl
  • Old Saxon: ja
  • Old Tupi: pa
  • Oriya: ହଁ (hôm̐)
  • Ossetian: о (o)
  • Palauan: chochoi
  • Pashto: هو‎ (ps) (ho)
  • Persian: بله‎ (fa) (bale), آره‎ (fa) (âre), آری‎ (fa) (âri)
  • Picard: oui
  • Plautdietsch: jo (nds)
  • Polish: tak (pl), (informal) no (pl), ano (pl) (informal), juści (dialectal or outdated), jo (pl) (dialectal), ja (pl) (dialectal)
  • Portuguese: sim (pt)
  • Punjabi:
  • Quechua: ari
  • Rajasthani: हां (hā̃)
  • Rapa Nui: eee
  • Romani: va, ova, oja, ja, tam, tàmi
    • Vlax Romani: ya (Kalderash)
  • Romanian: da (ro)
  • Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) gea, (Sursilvan) gie, (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) ea, (Puter, Vallader) schi, (Puter, Vallader) hei, (Vallader) hai
  • Russian: да (ru) (da), так (ru) (tak), ага́ (ru) (ahá, agá) (colloquial)
  • Rusyn: айно (ajno), так (tak), йо (jo)
  • Samoan: ioe
  • Sanskrit: एवं (sa) (evaṃ), आम् (sa) (ām)
  • Sardinian: eja
  • Saterland Frisian: jee
  • Scots: aye
  • Scottish Gaelic: (not used, affirmative form of the verb is used instead); seadh (much more limited than English usage; used as general acknowledgement of an utterance)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic: да
    • Roman: da (sh)
  • Shor: эзе (eze)
  • Sicilian: se, sì (scn)
  • Silesian: ja
  • Sinhalese: ඔවු (owu)
  • Slovak: áno (sk), hej (colloquial), no (sk) (informal)
  • Slovene: dà (sl), já (sl)
  • Somali: haa (so)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: jo
  • Southern Ohlone: gehe
  • Southern Sierra Miwok: hy·ʔy·
  • Spanish: sí (es)
  • Svan: ა̄დუ (ādu), ა̄დვ (ādv)
  • Swahili: ndiyo (sw)
  • Swedish: ja (sv)
  • Sylheti: ꠅꠄ (oe)
  • Tagalog: oo (tl), (formal) opo (tl)
  • Tajik: ҳа (tg) (ha), бале (tg) (bale), ори (ori)
  • Tamil: ஆம் (ta) (ām), ஆமாம் (ta) (āmām)
  • Taos: hą
  • Tatar: әйе (tt) (äye)
  • Taíno: han, jan
  • Telugu: అవును (te) (avunu), ఔను (te) (aunu)
  • Thai: ใช่ (th) (châi), ครับ (th) (kráp) (male speaker), ค่ะ (th) (kâ) (female speaker), ถูก (th) (tùuk), ถูกต้อง (th) (tùuk-dtɔ̂ng) (formal), อืม (th) (ʉʉm) (informal)
  • Tok Pisin: ya, yes, yesa
  • Tongan: io
  • Turkish: evet (tr), he (tr), ha (tr)
  • Turkmen: hawa
  • Tuvan: ийе (iye)
  • Ukrainian: так (uk) (tak)
  • Urdu: ہاں‎ (hā̃), جی‎ (jī), جی ہاں‎ (jī hā̃)
  • Uyghur: ھەئە‎ (he'e)
  • Uzbek: ha (uz), boʻpti (uz)
  • Vietnamese: vâng (vi) (Northern Vietnam), dạ (vi) (Southern Vietnam), có (vi) (in response to a question containing có), phải (vi) (in response to a question containing (có) phải), được (vi) (in response to a question containing được không), rồi (vi) (in response to a question containing chưa), ờ (vi) (informal), ừ (informal)
  • Volapük: si (vo)
  • Walloon: oyi (wa), awè (wa), åy (wa)
  • Welsh: (not used, affirmative form of the verb is used instead); ie, ia (colloquial)
  • West Frisian: ja (fy)
  • Winnebago: hąąhąʼa
  • Wiradhuri: ngawa
  • Wolof: waaw (wo), waawaaw
  • Xhosa: ewe
  • Yagnobi: ҳа (ha)
  • Yiddish: יאָ‎ (yo)
  • Yoruba: bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, bẹ́ẹ̀ náà ni, hẹn (informal)
  • Yup'ik: ii-i
  • Zazaki: e (diq)
  • Zulu: yebo (zu)
  • ǃXóõ: ʻée, ʻíi, ʻē êh
  • Arabic: بَلَى‎ (balā)
  • Breton: geo (br)
  • Catalan: sí (ca)
  • Danish: jo (da)
  • Dutch: jawel (nl), toch (nl), (most common form) wel (nl)
  • Estonian: ikka (et)
  • Faroese: jú, júgv
  • Fijian: ia (fj), io (fj)
  • Finnish: verb + -pas, kylläpäs (fi), joopas (fi) (colloquial), juupas (fi) (colloquial)
  • French: si (fr)
  • Georgian: კი (ḳi)
  • German: doch (de), wohl (de)
  • Greek: ναι (el) (nai)
  • Hebrew: דווקא כן‎ (dávka (dáfka, colloquial) kén)
  • Hungarian: de igen, de (hu)
  • Icelandic: jú (is)
  • Italian: sì (it), invece sì
  • Japanese: いいえ (ja) (īe)
  • Kapampangan: alina, aliman, aliya, wa
  • Korean: 아니요 (ko) (aniyo)
  • Latin: immō (la), immō vērō
  • Norwegian: jo (no)
  • Pashto: هو‎ (ps) (ho)
  • Persian: چرا‎ (fa) (čerâ)
  • Polish: ależ tak, owszem (pl)
  • Portuguese: sim (pt)
  • Romanian: ba da
  • Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain, (Sursilvan) bein, (Sutsilvan) bagn, (Surmiran) gea bagn, (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, (Puter, Vallader) bainschi hei, (Vallader) bainschi hai
  • Russian: ещё как (ješčó kak), наоборо́т (ru) (naoborót), напро́тив (ru) (naprótiv)
  • Sicilian: se, e mmeci se
  • Slovene: dà (sl), já (sl)
  • Spanish: sí (es)
  • Swedish: jo (sv)
  • Vietnamese: có chứ (in response to a statement containing không có), được chứ (in response to a statement containing không được)
  • Walloon: siya (wa)

Interjection

yes

  1. An exclamation of pleasure or approval, usually transcribed with an exclamation point.
    • Our second goal of the match! Yes!
    • Antonym: no
  2. Response that confirms that the user is paying attention.
  3. (interrogative) Used to ask for more information with a request.
    • I need some help. Yes?

Translations

  • Vietnamese: vâng (vi) (Northern Vietnam), dạ (vi) (Southern Vietnam), ơi (vi) (informal)

Noun

yes (plural yeses or yesses)

  1. An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
  2. A vote of support or in favor/favour of something.
    • The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".
    • Synonyms: aye, yea
    • Antonym: nay

Translations

  • Arabic: نَعَم‎ (ar) f (naʕam), نَعَمَانِ‎ f du (naʕamāni), نَعَمَات‎ f pl (naʕamāt)
  • Basque: baietz
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: 同意 (zh) (tóngyì)
  • Czech: ano (cs)
  • Danish: ja (da)
  • Finnish: kyllä (fi)
  • French: oui (fr) m, si (fr) m
  • Georgian: თანხმობა (tanxmoba)
  • German: Ja (de) m or n
  • Greek: ναι (el) n (nai)
  • Italian: sì (it) m
  • Portuguese: sim (pt) m, afirmativo (pt) m
  • Russian: да (ru) m (da)
  • Slovene: dà (sl) m
  • Spanish: sí (es)
  • Swedish: ja (sv)
  • Yoruba: òòò, ẹyi (honorific)
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: 同意票
  • Finnish: jaa (fi), kyllä (fi)
  • French: oui (fr) m
  • Georgian: კი (ḳi)
  • German: Ja (de) n
  • Greek: ναι (el) n (nai)
  • Italian: sì (it) m, voto a favore m
  • Portuguese: sim (pt) m, a favor (pt) m
  • Spanish: sí (es) m, a favor m
  • Swedish: ja (sv)

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.
    • Did he yes the veto?
  2. (slang) to attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

yes - Asturian

Verb

yes

  1. second-person singular present indicative of ser

yes - Coatepec Nahuatl

Noun

yes

  1. blood.

yes - Danish

Interjection

yes

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

yes - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jɛs/
  • Hyphenation: yes

Interjection

yes

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

yes - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jɛs/

Interjection

yes

  1. (chiefly Quebec, colloquial) yes!

yes - Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jes/

Adverb

yes

  1. yes
    • Antonym: no

yes - Middle English

Noun

yes (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of is (“ice”)

Interjection

yes

  1. Alternative form of yis (“yes”)

Determiner

yes

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

Noun

yes

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

yes - Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA: /ˈʝes/ [ˈɟ͡ʝes]
  • Syllabification: yes

Noun

yes f pl

  1. plural of ye

yes - Tocharian B

Pronoun

yes

  1. you (plural), you all

yes - Tok Pisin

Particle

yes

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

Interjection

yes

  1. yes (used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement)
Meaning and Definition of yes
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