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Etymology
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OE. gese|ġ�se, probably from gea|ġ�a �yes� + sie|sīe �be it�. Compare yea.

Pronunciation
IPA|/j�s/, SAMPA|/jEs/
audio|en-us-yes.ogg|Audio (US)

Adverb
en-adv|-

1. A word used to show agreement or acceptance.

#: Yes, you are correct.
#: Yes, you may go to the bathroom now.

1. A word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.

Synonyms
Dialect or archaic forms: yea, aye, ay
Nautical, military, telecommunications: affirmative
Colloquial or slang forms: yah, yep, yeppers, yeah, yup, yuppers, yus, ya, ye.

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

Translations
trans-top|word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
Aleut: aang
Arabic: ARchar|�ع�|��ع�� unicode|(ná�am), ARchar|ا��� (�áiwa)
Aramaic:

Bulgarian: t+|bg|да|sc=Cyrl
Czech: t+|cs|ano
Danish: t+|da|ja
Dutch: t+|nl|ja
Faroese: t-|fo|ja|xs=Faroese
Finnish: t+|fi|kyllä
French: t+|fr|oui
German: t+|de|ja
Greek: t+|el|ναι|sc=Grek (nai)
Hungarian igen
Icelandic: t+|is|já
Indonesian: t+|id|ya|xs=Indonesian
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Italian: t+|it|sì
Japanese: �� (hai) (polite), �� (ee) (polite), �� (un) (informal)
Latvian: t-|lv|j�|xs=Latvian
Lithuanian: taip
Maltese: t-|mt|iva|xs=Maltese
Norwegian: t+|no|ja
Novial: yes
Polish: t+|pl|tak
Portuguese: t+|pt|sim
Romanian: t+|ro|da
Russian: да (da)
Slovak: áno, hey, no
Slovene: t+|sl|da, t+|sl|ja
Spanish: sí#Spanish|sí, simón (colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala)
Swedish: t+|sv|ja
Tagalog: t+|tl|oo|xs=Tagalog
Turkish: t+|tr|evet
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trans-top|word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
Arabic: Arab|ب�|ب�� (bal)
Danish: t-|da|jo
Dutch: jawel, toch, wel (most common)
Faroese: t-|fo|jú|xs=Faroese
Finnish: kylläpäs, verb + -pas
French: t+|fr|si
German: t+|de|doch
Icelandic: t-|is|jú
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Hungarian: de igen
Norwegian: t-|no|jo
Slovene: t+|sl|da, t+|sl|ja
Swedish: t+|sv|jo
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Alabama: yamá, yamma
ttbc|Albanian: po
ttbc|Afrikaans: ja
ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|أج�|أج�� (�ájal)
ttbc|Armenian: Õ¡ÕµÕ¸ (ayo)
ttbc|Aymara: jisa
ttbc|Basque: bai
ttbc|Belarusian: �ак (tak)
ttbc|Bengali: হ�যা� (ɦæ�)
ttbc|Bikol: oo
ttbc|Breton: ya#Breton|ya (1), eo#Breton|eo, geo#Breton|geo (2)
ttbc|Catalan: sí#Catalan|sí
ttbc|Cebuano: oo
ttbc|Chickasaw: hohmi, ah
ttbc|Chinese: ��shì), 对(duì), � (n) (1)
ttbc|Coptic: �ϩ��áha), ⲥ� (sa)
ttbc|Croatian: da#Croatian|da
ttbc|Esperanto: jes
ttbc|Frisian: ja
ttbc|Garífuna: ayé (used by males), ayí (used by females)
ttbc|Georgian: ���� (dia�), �� (ki)
ttbc|Guarani: heẽ
ttbc|Hebrew: �� (ken)
ttbc|Hiligaynon: huo
ttbc|Hindi: हा� (h��)
ttbc|Ilokano: wen
ttbc|Interlingua: si
ttbc|Inuktitut: �
ttbc|Kalaallisut: aap
ttbc|Kapampangan: wa
ttbc|Korean: � (ye), � (ne)
ttbc|Kurdish: belê, erê, a, e, KUchar|ئا, KUchar|ب��ڵ�
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ttbc|Lao: (men, doy, eur)
ttbc|Latin: ita, ita vero, sic, recte
ttbc|Macedonian: da#Macedonian|da
ttbc|Malagasy: eny
ttbc|Malay: ya#Malay|ya
ttbc|Maléku Jaíka: áo
ttbc|Maori: ae, �e
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|ب�� unicode|(�bæle), FAchar|آر� (�ré)
ttbc|Quechua: arí
ttbc|Romansch: gea
ttbc|Sardinian: eja
ttbc|Serbian: да#Serbian|да (da#Serbian|da)
ttbc|Swahili: ndiyo, sawa
ttbc|Tagalog: oo
ttbc|Tausug: huun
ttbc|Telugu: �వ�న�, �న�
ttbc|Thai: THchar|��� (châi), THchar|�ู� (tòok) THchar|�ู���อ� (tòok dtông, formal), THchar|อืม (eum, informal)
ttbc|Tok Pisin: yes, yesa
ttbc|Tupinambá: pá (said by men); e'ẽ (said by men and women)
ttbc|Tzutujil: ken
ttbc|Ukrainian: �ак (tak), �а (ta) (informal), да (da) (less common)
ttbc|Urdu: URchar|ھاں (h��) (current standard orthography), URchar|�اں (former optional orthography)
ttbc|Vietnamese:

• Generically: vâng (North), dạ (South), á»� (informal, akin to yeah)
• có in response to a question containing có
• phải in response to a question containing phải
• rá»�i in response to a question containing chÆ°a

Volapük}}: [[si
ttbc|Welsh: ie (ee-ya; commonly used in English, shown as "yeah")
ttbc|Yiddish: ��ָ (yo)
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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 he or she does not. Many languages use a specific word for this purpose; see translation table above.

Interjection
en-intj

1. Used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement.

Antonyms
no

Translations
trans-top|expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement
Finnish: jess!
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Noun
en-noun|es

1. An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

#: Was that a yes?

1. 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
(1): aye, yea
(2): yea

Antonyms
(1): no, nay
(2): nay

Translations
trans-top|affirmative expression
Finnish: t+|fi|kyllä
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trans-top|vote of support
Finnish: t+|fi|jaa, t+|fi|kyllä
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Verb
en-verb|yeses|yessing|yessed

1. context|colloquial|transitive To agree with, to affirm.

#: Did he yes the veto?

1. slang To attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing.

Translations
trans-top|to affirm
Finnish: t+|fi|vahvistaa
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trans-top|attempt to flatter by agreeing
Finnish: myönnellä
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Derived terms
yes man

Category:100 English basic words

Ido

Adverb
infl|io|adverb

1. #English|yes

af:yes
ar:yes
da:yes
de:yes
dv:yes
et:yes
el:yes
fa:yes
fr:yes
ko:yes
hy:yes
io:yes
it:yes
kk:yes
ku:yes
hu:yes
nl:yes
ja:yes
pl:yes
pt:yes
ru:yes
simple:yes
fi:yes
sv:yes
ta:yes
te:yes
th:yes
vi:yes
tr:yes
uk:yes
zh:yes

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