yessir

English

Etymology 1

From yes +‎ sir.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈjɛsɜː(ɹ)/

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• (General American, informal) IPA^(key): /ˈjɛsːɝ/
• (General American, military) IPA^(key): /ˌjɛsˈsɝ/
• Rhymes: (General American, military) -ɜː(ɹ)

Interjection

yessir

1. (informal or military) Used to express assent, especially to a male superior.

   Antonyms: nossuh, nosuh

   Coordinate terms: yessum, yes'm, yassum, yas'm

2. (informal) Used to express emphatic affirmation.

   Synonyms: hell yes, hells yeah, heck yeah

   Antonyms: hell no, heck no, hecks no, hell to the no

Alternative forms

• yessuh, yessiree, yessirree

Descendants

• Japanese: イエッサー (slang)

Translations

used to express assent, especially to a superior

• Arabic: نَعَم سَيِّدِي (naʕam sayyidī)
• Armenian: լսում եմ (lsum em)
• Azerbaijani: baş üstə
• Danish: javel (da)
• Finnish: kyllä herra, jessör
• French: oui monsieur
• German: jawohl (de)
• Hungarian: igenis (hu)
• Istriot: iavòl
• Italian: sì signore, sissignore
• Japanese: 了解 (ja) (ryoukai), 了解しました (ryoukai shimashita), イエッサー (iessā) (slang)
• Malay: baik tuan
• Portuguese: sim senhor
• Russian: есть (ru) (jestʹ), так то́чно (ru) (tak tóčno), слу́шаюсь (ru) (slúšajusʹ) (dated)
• Spanish: sí señor

Etymology 2

Noun

yessir

1. (Isle of Man, colloquial) Term of address to a male; mate; buddy.

Anagrams

• yisser