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EtymologyEdit

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From Middle English, from Old English wē (“we”), from Proto-Germanic *wīz, *wiz (“we”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we (plural)”). Cognate with Scots wee, we (“we”), North Frisian we (“we”), West Frisian wy (“we”), Low German wi (“we”), Dutch we, wij (“we”), German wir (“we”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian vi (“we”), Icelandic vér, við (“we”).

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) enPR: wē, IPA^(key): /wiː/
• (US) enPR: wē, IPA^(key): /wi/

• Audio (US)

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• Audio (UK)

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• Homophones: wee, whee (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
• Rhymes: -iː

PronounEdit

we first-person plural, nominative case (objective case us, reflexive ourselves, possessive our, possessive noun ours)

1. (personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
2. (personal) The speaker/writer alone. (The use of we in the singular is the editorial we, used by writers and others, including royalty—the royal we—as a less personal substitute for I. The reflexive case of this sense of we is ourself.)
3. (personal) Plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.
   • 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, American Scientist: 

     As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.

   How are we all tonight?

Usage notesEdit

• The meaning of you, plural is generally restricted to specific contexts such as where a server is addressing a table of guests in a restaurant.

TranslationsEdit

DeterminerEdit

we

1. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.

   We Canadians like to think of ourselves as different.

StatisticsEdit

• Most common English words before 1923: so · me · an · #42: we · who · said · would

AnagramsEdit

• ew

EtymologyEdit

See wij.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /wə/

• Audio

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PronounEdit

we (personal pronoun)

1. we

DeclensionEdit

SynonymsEdit

• wij

See alsoEdit

• ons

we

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

NounEdit

we

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

NounEdit

we

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

NounEdit

we

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

RomanizationEdit

we

1. Rōmaji reading of ゑ
2. Rōmaji reading of ヱ
3. Rōmaji reading of うぇ
4. Rōmaji reading of ウェ

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

NounEdit

we

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [vɛ]

PrepositionEdit

we (with locative; especially before labial consonants and consonant clusters)

1. Alternative form of w.

AdjectiveEdit

we (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. new, recent

ReferencesEdit

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

NounEdit

we

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

NounEdit

we

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *wiz, *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy-, plural of *éǵh₂. Cognate with Old Frisian wī (West Frisian wy), Old Saxon wī (Low German wi), Old Dutch wī (Dutch wij), Old High German wir (German wir), Old Norse vér (Danish and Swedish vi), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 (weis).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /weː/

PronounEdit

wē (personal pronoun)

1. we (nominative plural form of iċ)

DescendantsEdit

• Middle English:
  • English: we

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

NounEdit

we

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *én

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [vɛ]

• Audio

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Alternative formsEdit

• w

PrepositionEdit

we (before words that begin with awkward consonant clusters)

1. at, in, into

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /we/ or IPA^(key): /wei/

EtymologyEdit

Variant of güey, representing the relaxed pronunciation of the /gw/ sounds and in some cases loss of the /i/ sound.

NounEdit

we m, f (plural wees)

1. (colloquial) dude, guy, buddy
2. (Mexico, colloquial slang) chump, punk, dumbass, idiot, jerk

SynonymsEdit

• carnal
• cuate
• tonto
• bato

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *dwóy(h₁). Cf. also wu.

NumeralEdit

we f

1. (cardinal) two

Related termsEdit

• wu

EtymologyEdit

English where.

AdverbEdit

we

1. where
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 3:9 (translation here):

     Tasol God, Bikpela i singaut long man na i tok, “Yu stap we?”

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

NounEdit

we

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

PronounEdit

-we

1. Combining stem of wena.

See alsoEdit