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English

Etymology 1
Onomatopoeia.

Interjection
ai

1. An expression of pity, pain, anguish etc.

Etymology 2
Originated 1685�95, from Brazilian Portuguese aï, from Tupi.

Pronunciation
IPA|/��ɪ/

Noun
en-noun

1. A type of three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil.

References
R:American Heritage 2000|ai
R:Dictionary.com|ai

Category:English two-letter words

Albanian

Pronoun
ai

1. he

Category:Albanian pronouns

Apalaí

Noun
ai

1. penis.

Category:Apalaí nouns

Finnish

Pronunciation
Hyphenation: ai
Rhymes: Rhymes:Finnish:-�i|-�i
IPA|[�i]

Interjection
fi-int

1. ouch!
2. oh!

#:Ai, se olitkin sinä! (Oh, it was you!)

Synonyms
(ouch) aih, au, auts.

French

Verb
ai

1. First-person singular indicative present of avoir.

#:J'ai un chien.
#:I have a dog.

Category:French first person singular present indicative forms

Italian

Etymology
prep a#Italian|a + article i#Italian|i

Contraction
ai

1. at the, to the (+ a masculine noun in plural).

Category:Italian contractions

Homophones
hai

Japanese

ja-attention|Romaji header should be replaced with POS header|key=p

Romaji
romaji|��

1. ja-def|� love

Kriol

Etymology
(noun) from English eye.
(pronoun) from English I.
(adjective) from English high.

Noun
ai

1. eye.
2. headlight of a car.
3. seed.

Pronoun
ai

1. I.

Adjective
ai

1. high, tall.

Category:Kriol adjectives
Category:Kriol nouns
Category:Kriol pronouns

Kuna

Noun
ai

1. friend

Mandarin
Pronunciation
IPA|[ ai ]

Adjective
cmn-adj|p|pin�i|pintai3|tas=�

1. short.

Noun
cmn-noun|p|pinài|pintai4|tra�|sim�|rs=�09

1. love.

Verb
cmn-verb|p|pinài|pintai4|tra�|sim�|rs=�09

1. to love; to be fond of.

Usage notes
When used for people, ài usually refers to romantic love. When used like this, older Mandarin speakers often describe the use of this term as overly �麻 (ròumá, adj. something that gives you the creeps, disgusting). For this reason, the word zh-ts|�歡|�欢 (x�hu�n, to like) might be used instead. Using the word x�hu�n literally means like, but when used in a romantic context (especially boyfriend/girlfriend), it actually means love. However, younger Mandarin speakers seem to have been influenced somewhat by Western culture, and are now using the verb ài much more often than was socially acceptable in the past.
�: HSK beginning Mandarin
zh-ts|�|�: HSK beginning Mandarin

Pinyin syllable
ai

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, �i, ái, �i, or ài.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

Piemontese

Noun
ai

1. garlic

Category:Piemontese nouns

Rohingya

Verb
ai

1. come

Category:Rohingya verbs

Romanian
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Etymology
From the L.|ro allium / alium.

Article
ai (masculine plural possessive article)

1. of

#:prieteni ai lui sunt interesanţi - his friends are interesting.

See also
al (masculine/neuter singular)
a (feminine singular)
ale (feminine/neuter plural)

Category:Romanian articles

Noun
ro-noun|gendm|plai

1. garlic

Declension
ro-noun-m|plai|defaiul

Derived terms
aior

Related terms
usturoi
mujdei
ceap�

Category:ro:Plants

Verb
ro-verbform|avea|person2s|timepresent|tense=ind

#(you) have

Verb
ro-verbform|avea|person2s|timepres|tense=sub

#(you) have

Verb
ro-aux|avea|person2s|tensec

1. (you) would

#:ai fi murit dac� îţi spusesem
#::you would have died if I'd told you

Seri

Noun
ai

1. his father.

Preposition
ai

1. still (used with nominalized third person verbs)

Category:Seri nouns
Category:Seri prepositions

Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English eye#English|eye.

Noun
ai

1. eye.
2. hole, opening, lid.
3. tip.

Category:Tok Pisin nouns

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology
(pronoun) From English I.
(noun) From English eye.

Pronoun
ai

1. I (see also mi).

Noun
ai

1. eye.

Category:tcs:Anatomy
Category:Torres Strait Creole nouns
Category:Torres Strait Creole pronouns

Vietnamese

Pronunciation
IPA|/��j˦/

Pronoun
ai

1. who|Who.
2. whoever|Whoever.
3. someone|Someone else.
4. one#Pronoun|One.
5. context|Rhetorically nobody|Nobody.

Category:Vietnamese pronouns

Volapük

Adverb
ai

1. always.
2. at all times.
3. constantly (habitually).
4. ever (always).
5. habitually.

Adverb
ai (laidio)

1. forever

Category:Mammals
Category:Volapük adverbs

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la:ai
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ja:ai
pl:ai
pt:ai
ro:ai
ru:ai
sq:ai
fi:ai
sv:ai
vi:ai
tpi:ai
uk:ai
vo:ai

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