hay

English

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Etymology 1

Middle English hey, from Old English hīġ, hīeġ, from Proto-Germanic *hawją (cf. West Frisian hea, Dutch hooi, German Heu), from *hawwaną ‘to hew, cut down’. More at hew.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hay (countable and uncountable; plural hays)

  1. (uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
  2. (countable) Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
  3. (slang) Cannabis; marijuana.
    • 1947, William Burroughs, letter, 19 Feb 1947:
      I would like some of that hay. Enclose $20.
Derived terms
terms derived from hay (noun)
Translations
grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder
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Verb

hay (third-person singular simple present hays, present participle haying, simple past and past participle hayed)

  1. To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.
Translations
to cut green plants for fodder

Related terms

References

Webster's Online Dictionary article on hay

Etymology 2

From the sound it represents, by analogy with other letters such as kay and gay. The expected form in English if the h had survived in the Latin name of the letter "h", hā.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hay (plural hays)

  1. The name of the letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.
Related terms
  • aitch, the name of the Latin letter for this sound

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Middle French

Verb

hay

  1. first-person singular present indicative of hayr
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Spanish

Etymology

Old Spanish ha i (it has there) (compare French il y a), from ha, third-person singular present of haber (to have), + i, from Latin ibī (there).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ai̯/
  • Homophone: ay

Verb

hay (infinitive haber)

  1. (Impersonal form) Present indicative form of haber, there is, there are
    Hay dos tiendas que venden películas.
    There are two stores that sell films.
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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Adjective

hay

  1. exciting, interesting
    Phim này hay - This film is interesting

Verb

hay [+ verb]

  1. to have a habit of (doing something)
    Con hay nói nhiều lắm - You, child, have a habit of talking too much or You, child, are talkative

Conjunction

hay (là')

  1. or
    Chọn cái này, hay chọn cái kia - Choose this one, or choose that one

Derived terms

  • ơ hay, ô hay
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