dey
/deɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.06 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The ruler of the Regency of Algiers (now Algeria) under the Ottoman Empire.
pron
Pronunciation spelling of their, representing African-American Vernacular English.
pron
Pronunciation spelling of there, representing African-American Vernacular English or Caribbean English.
pron
Pronunciation spelling of they, representing dialects with th-stopping in English.
name
The tenth solar month of the Persian calendar.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "[…] the reigning Dey of Algiers (half of whose twenty-eight predecessors are said to have met violent ends) lost his temper with the French consul, struck him in the face with a fly-whisk, and called him ‘a wicked, faithless, idol-worshipping rascal’."
- "“Boy, is horrors over dey, for so,” he said, obviously excited and anxious to be the bearer of extraordinary news. “Wat happen, somebody dead?”"
- "Dey! Did you press the lift button? What? You have pressed the button for the tenth time?"
- "Dei, you think what, President’s Star Charity ah?"
- "If a player makes a silly mistake, he doesn’t wail when told to “wake up lah, dey”."
Etymology
From Middle English deye, deie, daie, from Old English dǣġe (“maker of bread; baker; dairy-maid”), from Proto-West Germanic *daigijā, from Proto-Germanic *daigijǭ (“kneader of bread, maid”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form, build”). Cognate with Swedish deja, Icelandic deigja (“dairy-maid”); compare dairy, dough, lady.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /deɪ/
Usage
- British usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.