quay
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
The current spelling replaced the spelling key in the 1690s to emulate the spelling but (at least originally) not the pronunciation of the equivalent modern French quai. From Middle English kay, key, kaye, keye, from Old French kay, cail, from Gaulish *kagyum, cagiíun (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“field”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”). Doublet of hedge.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /kiː/ enPR: kē
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /keɪ/
- (US) enPR: kē, IPA(key): /kiː/, /keɪ/, /kweɪ/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -iː, -eɪ
- Homophone: key
Noun edit
quay (plural quays)
- (nautical) A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
- moor up in the quay
- 1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 10, pp. 166-167:
- […] its harbour was filled with stately ships; and its quays, swarming with foreign traders and loaded with bales of costly merchandise […]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Scottish Gaelic: cidhe
- → Bulgarian: кей (kej)
- → Macedonian: кеј (kej)
- → Serbo-Croatian: кеј
- → Serbo-Croatian: kej
Translations edit
structure for loading and unloading vessels
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Verb edit
quay (third-person singular simple present quays, present participle quaying, simple past and past participle quayed)
- To land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up".
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
quay (comparative quayer, superlative quayest)
Adverb edit
quay (comparative quayer, superlative quayest)
References edit
- “quay”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams edit
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Vietic *kweː.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
- to turn; to revolve; to swivel
- Synonym: xoay
- to whirl; to reverse; to turn back
- to spit roast
- (by extension) to film
- (by extension, transitive) to dial (a phone number)
- quay số 9-1-1 ― to dial 9-1-1
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