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English
Etymology 1
Colloquial form of yea or yes. Compare nah.
Pronunciation
Particle
yeah
- (colloquial) yes.
- (colloquial) Used to express acknowledgment of what was previously said.
Do you wanna get pizza for dinner?
Yeah, I think I'm gonna eat some leftovers.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
Note: Many languages have no exact equivalent of this word; in those cases, the translations given here are for yes.
yes
- Azerbaijani: həri
- Catalan: sí (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 是啊 (zh) (shì a), 對啊／对啊 (duì a), 啊 (zh) (à), 嗯 (zh) (ǹg)
- Czech: jo (cs), no (cs)
- Dutch: ja (nl), jawel (nl)
- Finnish: joo (fi), juu (fi)
- French: ouais (fr)
- German: (yeah) jo (de), joa (de); (yes) ja (de)
- Greek: ναι (el) (nai)
- Hebrew: כע (ke)
- Hindi: हाँ (hi) (hā̃)
- Hungarian: igen (hu), ja (hu)
- Icelandic: já (is)
- Interlingua: si (ia)
- Italian: sì (it), già (it)
- Japanese: うん (ja) (un), そう (ja) (sō), ええ (ja) (ē), ああ (ja) (ā)
- Kapampangan: awa, uwa
- Korean: 응 (ko) (eung), 네 (ko) (ne), 예 (ko) (ye), 응 (ko) (eung), 어 (ko) (eo)
- Lithuanian: taip (lt)
- Navajo: wehee
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: ja (no), yeah, ja vel (no)
- Nynorsk: ja (nn), yeah, ja vel
- Occitan: òc (oc)
- Old Church Slavonic: ⰵⰹ (ei)
- Persian: بله (fa) (bale), آره (fa) (âre)
- Polish: tak (pl), no (pl), aha (pl) m, ta (pl) m (colloquial)
- Portuguese: sim (pt), é (pt), iá (pt) (informal)
- Romanian: da (ro)
- Russian: ага́ (ru) (agá), ага́ (ru) (ahá), угу́ (ru) (ugú), угу́ (ru) (uhú), так (ru) (tak), ну (ru) (nu)
- Serbo-Croatian: da (sh) da (sh)
- Cyrillic: да̑
- Roman: dȃ (sh)
- Sicilian: sì (scn), sè (scn), certu
- Slovak: no (sk) , hej
- Slovene: ja (sl)
- Spanish: sí (es), seh, sipi
- Swedish: ja (sv) n
- Thai: เออ (th) (əə)
- Ukrainian: еге́ (ehé)
- Urdu: ہاں (hā̃) (informal)
- Vietnamese: ừ (vi) (informal), ờ (vi) (informal)
- Volapük: si (vo)
- Welsh: iah
- Yoruba: bẹ́ẹ̀ ni
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Interjection
yeah
- Expressing joy, celebration, glee, etc.
Yeah! We did it!
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
expressing joy
- Dutch: yes (nl), jippie (nl)
- Finnish: jee (fi), joo (fi)
- French: ouais (fr)
- Italian: sì (it), vai (it), evvai (it), evviva
- Japanese: やった (yatta), イェー (slang)
- Portuguese: é! (pt), isso aí!
- Russian: да! (ru) (da!), ура́! (ru) (urá!), э-ге́й! (e-géj!), е! (ru) (je!) (slang)
- Sicilian: forza ḍḍocu!
- Ukrainian: так! (uk) (tak!)
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See also
Etymology 2
See year.
Noun
yeah (plural yeahs)
- Pronunciation spelling of year.
Anagrams
Chinese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From English?”)
Pronunciation
Noun
yeah
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) V sign
Verb
yeah
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) to make a V sign
Adjective
yeah
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, somewhat dated) cool; stylish
