Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kye

/kaɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables: kye
IPA: /kaɪ/

10

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic

noun

Cocoa (the drink).

British usage; Slang; Uncountable

noun

A Korean fundraising meeting.

name

A male given name from the Germanic languages.

Example Sentences

"Ay, that I do, to my cost. She and her black cat, too, live owre near my milk kye, Brindle and Hawky gi' but half the milk they should gi', and we wat weel whare the ither half gangs to."
"devil the move would the factor at Meikle House make to […] mend the roof of the byre that leaked like a sieve on the head of Mistress Munro when she milked the kye on a stormy night."
"[…] wrapped in layers of warm clothing against rushing icy air, and all longing for bubbling hot kye (Navy cocoa) at midnight."
"Then he walked back to the wheelhouse. Guido arrived with three cups of kye and a plate of hot buttered toast."

Etymology

From Middle English ky, kye, from Old English cȳ (“cows”), plural of cū (“cow”). Cognate with Dutch koeien (“cows”), German Kühe (“cows”), Danish køer (“cows”), Icelandic kýr (“cows”). More at cow and compare kine (“cows”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: ky, cȳ

Usage

Inflected Forms

ky (alternative) ki (alternative) kyes (plural)

Homonyms

Kai chi kie

Rhymes With

by my why high on high try guy buy little guy why oh why july die

Questions

How do you pronounce kye?: The recorded pronunciation is /kaɪ/.
What does kye mean?: plural of cow
Where does kye come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce kye

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