keye

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English cǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic *kaiju; the final vowel is from the Old English oblique cases.

Alternative forms

kai, kay, kaye, keie, keiȝe, key, keyȝe, kye
(early) cæȝe, kæie

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkæi̯(ə)/
(Northern) IPA^(key): /ˈkeːj(ə)/, /ˈkeː(ə)/

Noun

keye (plural keyes or keyen)

A key; a tool for opening locks.
In various extended senses:
1. (architecture) A protrusion at the apex of a vault.
2. (music, rare) A musical sound; a note or tone.
3. (nautical, rare) A rudder (device for steering a ship)
In various figurative senses:
1. Control, safety, or that which ensures it.
2. A requirement or prerequisite.
3. (rare) An explication; explanatory material.

Descendants

English: key
Scots: key, kee, kye

References

“keie, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French kay, cail.

Alternative forms

caye, kaye

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɛi̯/

Noun

keye (plural keyes)

quay

Descendants

English: quay, cay
- → Scottish Gaelic: cidhe
- → Bulgarian: кей (kej)
- → Macedonian: кеј (kej)
- → Serbo-Croatian: кеј
- → Serbo-Croatian: kej
Yola: kie

References

“keie, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Hyphenation: ke‧ye

Noun

keye

house

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