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Definition: Yea |
YeaAdverb1. Not only so, but; "I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice". Noun1. An affirmative; "The yeas have it". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "yea" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
YEA | English | Youth Employment Agency | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: YeaSynonym: yeah (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: nay (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Assent | Adverb: yes, yea, ay, aye, true; good; well; very well, very true; well and good; granted; even so, just so; to be sure, "thou hast said", you said it, you said a mouthful; truly, exactly, precisely, that's just it, indeed, certainly, you bet, certes, ex concesso; of course, unquestionably, assuredly, no doubt, doubtless; naturally, natch. |
Superiority | Eminently, egregiously, preeminently, surpassing, prominently, superlatively, supremely, above all, of all things, the most, to crown all, gr/kat exochin/gr, par excellence, principally, especially, particularly, peculiarly, a fortiori, even, yea, still more. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Yea |
| English words defined with "yea": Ay ♦ Ya, Ye, yeah. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "yea": Bible-carrier ♦ YEA AND NAY MAN, Yesterday. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "yea": Ya. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Yea, unless you got a bottle of beer that's not working (Double Indemnity; writing credit: James M. Cain; Billy Wilder) Yea, sure (Scream; writing credit: Kevin Williamson) Yea, and I love you too, Terry (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers) Yea I know (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) Yea, well its part timedick (Old School; writing credit: Court Crandall; Todd Phillips) | |
Lyrics | Aye yea yea yea aye yea yea aye yea oh yea oh oh ohh (Above The Clouds; performing artist: Amber) Sha, la, la, la, la, la, yea (Mr. Jones; performing artist: Counting Crows) Yea uh huh uh huh so so (Jumpin', Jumpin' (So So Def Remix); performing artist: Destiny's Child) Hey yea (Hold On; performing artist: En Vogue) Huh Huh uh huh do it Yea (Young'n; performing artist: Fabolous) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Sam Cates from Oklahoma, now establishing a little farm up Cow Hollow, with his great grandfather's gun, who brought it from South Carolina. The gun is 150 years old. This family took this gun from South Carolina to Texas, from Texas to Arkansas (five yea. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death ... Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
John Wesley | My ground is the Bible. Yea, I am a Bible-bigot. I follow it in all things, both great and small. |
Matthew Arnold | Unquiet souls. In the dark fermentation of earth, in the never idle workshop of nature, in the eternal movement, yea shall find yourselves again. |
Rabelais | A woman that is neither fair nor good, to what use serves she? To make a nun of, said Gargantua. Yea, said the monk, to make shirts and smocks. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Nature... She pardons no mistakes. Her yea is yea, and her nay, nay. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare | Yea, noise |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | Belize | Increasingly, youthful offenders are transferred from the main prison to the YEA facilities. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | YESTERDAY, n. The infancy of youth, the youth of manhood, the entire past of age. But yesterday I should have thought me blest To stand high-pinnacled upon the peak Of middle life and look adown the bleak And unfamiliar foreslope to the West, Where solemn shadows all the land invest And stilly voices, half-remembered, speak Unfinished prophecy, and witch-fires freak The haunted twilight of the Dark of Rest. Yea, yesterday my soul was all aflame To stay the shadow on the dial's face At manhood's noonmark! Now, in God His name I chide aloud the little interspace Disparting me from Certitude, and fain Would know the dream and vision ne'er again. Baruch Arnegriff It is said that in his last illness the poet Arnegriff was attended at different times by seven doctors. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Yea" is generally used as an interjection -- approximately 93.69% of the time. "Yea" is used about 111 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Interjection | 93.69% | 104 | 31,955 |
| Unclassified Items | 6.31% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 111 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "yea": Yea-and-nay. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
yea | 153 | moo yea | 4 |
hell yea | 75 | yea yea yea | 4 |
oh yea | 31 | co.,ltd enterprise shen tay yea | 3 |
hell lyrics yea | 11 | whatever yea | 3 |
everlasting yea | 9 | o yea | 3 |
alabama ringtone yea | 8 | um yea | 3 |
right yea | 7 | yea yea | 2 |
it know yea yea | 6 | ginuwine hell yea | 2 |
yea yea yeas | 5 | it know yea | 2 |
alabama yea | 4 | toast yea | 2 |
baby yea | 4 | i poster though through walk yea | 2 |
ginuwine hell lyrics yea | 4 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "yea"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | po (am, but, was, yeah, yep, yes, yup). (various references) | |
Arabic | نعم (ay, aye, refine, tenderize, yes). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съгласие (accord, accordance, agreement, approval, assent, compliance, concert, concord, concurrence, congruence, consensus, consent, consonance, consort, fiat, grant, harmony, rapport, sympathy, understanding, union, unison, unity, yes), човек гласувал 'за', глас 'за' при устно гласуване, вярно (aright, faithfully, sic, surely, true, truly, truthfully), нещо повече (besides, furthermore, indeed, nay), не само че но и, наистина (actually, all right, for real, forsooth, in all verity, in sooth, indeed, real, really, sure, sure enough, surely, true, truly, verily), потвърждение (acknowledgement, authorization, corroboration, endorsement, verification), положителен отговор (affirmative), да (and, as to, ay, aye, exactly, if, let, shall, that, to, yep, yes, yup). (various references) | |
Czech | ano (ay, aye, granted, yeah, yep, yes). (various references) | |
Farsi | اری (Aye, Yes), رای مثبت (Aye), درحقیقت (Sooth, Whereas), بله (Aye, Yes), بلکه (Rather). (various references) | |
French | oui (yeah, yep, yes), ouais (yeah, yep). (various references) | |
German | Ja (aye, certainly, even, I do, indeed, just, rather, really, surely, uh-huh, yeah, yep, yes, yup). (various references) | |
Greek | όντωσ (in fact, really, truly), ναί (yes), μάλιστα (certainly, most, yes). (various references) | |
Hungarian | igen (ay, aye, greatly, high, I don't mind, mightily, mighty, passing, quite, the odds are that, very, very much, yeah, yep, yes). (various references) | |
Italian | voto affermativo, si (hello, herself, himself, itself, one, oneself, themselves, yep, yes, you, yourself), sì (aye, yeah, yep, yes). (various references) | |
Manx | She (aye, be, T'is). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | yeaay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | voto afirmativo (aye), sim (assent, yes), de fato (de facto, indeed, naturally, really, surely, verily). (various references) | |
Romanian | persoanã care a votat pentru, da (accord, administer, afford, avail, beat, bestow, bind, deal, deliver, deliver up, extend, fetch, find, gift, give, give away, grant, hallo, hand, inflict, launch, lend, offer, pass, pay, push, reach, render, restore, return, sell, send, set, sound, sprout, yes, yield), ce zic (nay). (various references) | |
Russian | больше того, да (ay, aye, yeah, yeah particle, yep, yes). (various references) | |
Scottish | eadh (it is, it is not, so: ni h-eadh, space, yes). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | glas 'da', da (if, lest, like, so, that, yeah, yep, yes). (various references) | |
Spanish | sin duda (clearly, in all probability, no doubt, undoubtedly, without question), si (as, b, hello, how, if, like, once, provided that, si, such as, supposing, whether, yeah, yep, yes), sí (ay, aye, herself, himself, o.k., o.s., ok, okay, okey, oneself, sure, yeah, yep, yes, yourself, yourselves), ciertamente (assuredly, by all odds, certainly, exactly, expressly, surely), además (additionally, again, also, at that, besides, else, farther, further, furthermore, in addition, into the bargain, moreover, then, too). (various references) | |
Swedish | ja (I see, indeed, nay, well, why, yah, yeah, yean, yes). (various references) | |
Turkish | olumlu cevap (affirmative, positive answer, yes), gerçekten (actually, by my troth, for real, forsooth, genuinely, honest, honest injun, honestly, in fact, in point of fact, in sooth, in troth, in very deed, indeed, it's no joke, of a verity, quite, real, really, regularly, sure enough, true, truly, yes indeed), evet oyu, evet (ay, aye, yeah, yep, yes, yup), bir de (besides, by the same token, in addition, into the bargain, item, moreover, on the side, on the top of it, on top of it, to boot), ayrıca (additionally, again, also, besides, beyond, else, extra, farther, further, furthermore, in addition to, into the bargain, item, likewise, on the side, otherwise, over and above, then again, thereto, to boot, withal). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | хіба, так (accordingly, as, ay, aye, sic, so, that, this, thus, yeah, yep, yes), згода (accedence, accord, accordance, adhesion, agreement, approbation, approval, arrangement, assent, compliance, concert, concord, concordance, consensus, consent, consonance, entente, fiat, o.k., ok, okay, okey, okeydokey, oneness, suit, understanding, yes). (various references) | |
Welsh | ie (ay, yes). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | quin etiam. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 5, Verse 37 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Estw de o logoV umwn nai nai ou ou to de perisson toutwn ek tou ponhrou estin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sit autem sermo vester est est non non quod autem his abundantius est a malo est |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Soðlice sye eowre spræce. hyt is.hit is. hyt nis. hyt nys. Soðlice gyf þærmare beoð. þæt beoð of yfele. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But be youre word, Yhe, yhe; Nay, nay; and that that is more than these, is of yuel. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | But your comunicacion shalbe ye ye: nay nay. For whatsoeuer is more then yt cometh of yvell. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But let your communication be, Yea, yea, Nay, nay: for whatever is more than these cometh of evil. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 5, Verse 37 |
| Chinese | 們 的 話 、 是 、 就 說 是 ． 不 是 、 就 說 不 是 ． 若 再 多 說 、 就 是 出 於 那 惡 者 。 " 或 作 是 從 惡 裡 出 來 的 〕 |
| Croatian | Vaša rijeè neka bude: 'Da, da, - ne, ne!' to je više od toga, od Zloga je." |
| Danish | Men eders Tale skal være ja, ja, nej, nej; hvad der er ud over dette, er af det onde. |
| Dutch | Maar laat zijn uw woord ja, ja; neen, neen; wat boven deze is, dat is uit den boze. |
| Finnish | vaan olkoon teidän puheenne: `On, on`, tahi: `ei, ei`. Mitä siihen lisätään, se on pahasta. |
| French | Que votre parole soit oui, oui, non, non; ce qu`on y ajoute vient du malin. |
| German | Eure Rede aber sei: Ja, ja; nein, nein. Was darüber ist, das ist vom Übel. |
| Haitian Creole | Men, lè w'ap pale se wi ak non pou ou genyen ase. Tou sa ou mete an plis, se nan Satan sa soti. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Katakan saja 'Ya' atau 'Tidak' --lebih dari itu datangnya dari si Iblis." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | melainkan padalah perkataanmu dengan berkata: Ya, di atas yang ya, atau tidak, di atas yang tidak; lebih daripada itu jahat. |
| Latvian | Bet jûsu runai jâbût: jâ, jâ! nç, nç! Kas vairâk par to, ir no ïauna. |
| Manx Gaelic | Agh lhig da'n ghlare eu ve, She, she, Cha nee, cha nee: son cre-erbee ta harrish shoh, te cheet veih yn olk. |
| Maori | Erangi ko tenei hei kupu ma koutou, Ae, ae; Kahore, kahore: no te mea ki te maha atu i ena, no te kino. |
| Norwegian | Men eders tale skal være ja, ja, nei, nei; det som er mere enn dette, er av det onde. |
| Portuguese | Seja, porém, o vosso falar: Sim, sim; não, não; pois o que passa daí, vem do Maligno. |
| Rumanian | Felul vostru de vorbire sq fie: ,,Da, da; nu, nu``; ce trece peste aceste cuvinte, vine dela cel rqu. |
| Russian | оП "Б 'Х"ЕФ УМПЧП ЧБЫЕ: "Б, "Б; ОЕФ, ОЕФ; Б ЮФП УЧЕТИ ЬФПЗП, ФП ПФ МХЛБЧПЗП. |
| Shuar | Tura Wisha Tájarme: Ayatik "Ee" Tákumka tura "Atsá" Tákumka Wáitrutsuk nuke Titiá. Támena nu nekas umiktaj takum ame Nú arant pachistiniaitkiumka nuka yajauchiiti, iwianchnumiaiti. Ti nekas tajai tusam nayaim pachischatniuitme. Nuka Uunt Yus pujutainti. Nunkasha pachischatniuiti Yusa tarimtairi asamtai. Jerusaren péprusha pachischatniuiti Uunt Akupin pujutai nui asamtai. Múukmesha pachischatniuitme. Chikichik intiashkesha Pújusha mukusasha awajsachminiaitme. Ayatik nekasa nu Páchitsuk Titiá.' |
| Spanish | Pero sea vuestro hablar, 'sí', 'sí', y 'no', 'no'. Porque lo que va más allá de esto, procede del mal. |
| Swahili | Ukisema, `Ndiyo`, basi iwe `Ndiyo`; ukisema `Siyo`, basi iwe kweli `Siyo`. Chochote kinachozidi hayo hutoka kwa yule Mwovu. |
| Swedish | utan sådant skall edert tal vara, att ja är ja, och nej är nej. Vad därutöver är, det är av ondo. |
| Uma | Ane patuju-ta mpo'uli' io', uli' -mi `Io'.' Ane patuju-ta mpo'uli' uma, uli' wo'o `Uma.' Uma-hana lompe' ane taperohoi lolita-ta hante mosumpa, apa' kehi to hewa toe mehupa' ngkai Magau' Anudaa'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "yea": yeah, yealing, yealings, yean, yeaned, yeaning, yeanling, yeanlings, yeans, year, yearbook, yearbooks, yearend, yearends, yearlies, yearling, yearlings, yearlong, yearly, yearn, yearned, yearner, yearners, yearning, yearningly, yearnings, yearns, years, yeas, yeasayer, yeasayers, yeast, yeasted, yeastier, yeastiest, yeastily, yeastiness, yeastinesses, yeasting, yeasts, yeasty. (additional references) | |
Words containing "yea": biyearly, dyeabilities, dyeability, dyeable, eyeable, honeyeater, honeyeaters, midyear, midyears, multiyear, semiyearly, unyeaned, yesteryear, yesteryears. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "yea" (pronounced yā") |
| 2 | y ā" | dossier, yay. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: aye. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-y" | |
-1 letter: ae, ay, ya, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-y" | |
+1 letter: abye, aery, ayes, easy, eyas, eyra, yare, yeah, yean, year, yeas. | |
+2 letters: abbey, abyes, agley, alley, apery, barye, bayed, beady, beaky, beamy, belay, cagey, cakey, cymae, deary, decay, delay, deray, early, embay, essay, etyma, eyras, faery, fakey, fayed, gamey, gayer, hayed, hayer, heady, heavy, hyena, lacey, layed, layer, leady, leafy, leaky, leary, leavy, lyase, lycea, mamey, matey, maybe, mayed, mealy, meany, meaty, payed, payee, payer, peaky, peaty, peavy, rayed, ready, relay, repay, resay, sayer, seamy, teary, vealy, waney, wavey, weary, yager, yamen, yarer, yawed, yeans, yearn, years, yeast, yenta, yerba. | |
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