yé

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je/

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• Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

yé m or f

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of je (representing the Hispanic pronunciation)

Phrase

yé

1. (Quebec, colloquial) he's, it's: contraction of il est.

See also

• y
• è

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeː/

Noun

yé

1. The name of the Latin-script letter y.

Usage notes

Although the letter ⟨y⟩ is not used in Irish, it has a name so it can be referred to in mathematical or scientific usage or when spelling words in other languages.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
• Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je/
• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: -yé, yê

Pronoun

yé (third person plural, objective yé, possessive determiner yê, possessive pronoun yékin, yéchin)

1. (third-person plural nominative) they
2. (third-person plural objective) them

Derived terms

• (prevocalic) y'

Mandarin

Romanization

yé (ye², Zhuyin ㄧㄝˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 峫
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 捓
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 揶
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 擨
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 斚
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爺／爷
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琊
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瑘
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 耶
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荻
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 釾／䥺
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鋠／𫓵
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鎁／𲈍
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 铘
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 餕／馂
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 椰