oye

See also: øye

French

Noun

oye f (plural oyes)

1. archaic form of oie (goose)

Derived terms

• Ma mère l’Oye

 

Spanish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʝe/ [ˈo.ʝe]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈoʝe/ [ˈo.ʝe]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈoʃe/ [ˈo.ʃe]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈoʒe/ [ˈo.ʒe]

• Rhymes: -oʝe
• Syllabification: o‧ye

Interjection

oye

1. (exclamation, informal) hey! listen! (call to attract attention of a single person)

   Synonym: (formal) oiga

   ¡Oye! ¡Ven aquí!

   Hey! Come over here!

Verb

oye

1. inflection of oír:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “oye”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.jè/

Noun

oyè

1. honor, respect, a title given to a chieftain or chief

Derived terms

• olóyè (“chief, royal”)
• ìjòyè (“chief”)
• ìwúyè (“coronation”)

 

Etymology 2

From ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ye (“to understand”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.jē/

Noun

òye

1. wisdom, understanding

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• iye

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.jē/

Noun

oye

1. Alternative form of iye (“amount”)