yeah

See also: þeah

English

Etymology 1

Colloquial form of yea or yes. Compare nah.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjɛ(ə)/, /ˈjæ.(ə)/
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Audio (US, interjection) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛə, -ɛ, -æ

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

yes, yep, yup, aye, ya, yea, uh-huh

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

Interjection

yeah

Expressing joy, celebration, glee, etc.
Yeah! We did it!

Synonyms

hurrah, hurray, woohoo, yay, yippee

Derived terms

yeah right

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!)

Etymology 2

See year.

Noun

yeah (plural yeahs)

Pronunciation spelling of year.

Anagrams

Haye, haye, heya

Chinese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From English?”)

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): je¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: je¹
  - Yale: yē
  - Cantonese Pinyin: je¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yé¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː⁵⁵/

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

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