Yeah

English

Etymology

From Middle English ya, ye, from Old English ġēa (“yes”), from Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes”), from Proto-Indo-European *yē (“already”). Cognate with Dutch ja, German ja, Swedish ja. Related to existing English terms yes and yea.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jɛ/, /jɛə/ or /jæ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛə

Adverb

yeah

1. (informal) yes

Translations

Note: Many languages have no equivalent of this word; in those cases, the translations given here are for yes.

yes

Arabic: أيوة (ar) ('áywa) (Eastern Arabic), إية (ar) ('íyya) (Western Arabic) Bosnian: ja (bs) Catalan: sí (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 是啊 (cmn) (shì a), 對啊 (cmn), 对啊 (cmn) (duì a), 啊 (zh) (à) Croatian: ja (hr) Czech: jo (cs) Dutch: ja (nl), jawel (nl) Finnish: joo (fi), juu (fi) French: ouais (fr) German: ja (de) Hindi: हाँ (hā̃) Hungarian: igen (hu) Icelandic: já (is) Interlingua: si Italian: si (it), già (it)

Japanese: うん (ja) (un), そう (ja) (sō), ええ (ja) (ē), ああ (ja) (ā) Navajo: wehee Norwegian: ja (no) Persian: بله (fa) Polish: tak (pl) Portuguese: sim (pt) Russian: ага (ru) (agá, ahá), угу (ru) (ugú, uhú), так (ru) (tak) Serbian: Cyrillic: ја Roman: ja Slovak: no Slovene: ja (sl) Spanish: sí (es) Swedish: ja (sv) n. Vietnamese: ừ (informal; does translate as "yeah"), ờ (vi) Volapük: si Welsh: iah (pronounced "ee-ah")

Synonyms

• yep
• yup
• yea
• yes
• uh-huh
• aye

Synonyms

• (agreement): yep, yup, aye
• (joy): hurrah, hurray, woohoo, yay, yippee

Translations

expressing agreement

Finnish: joo (fi) French: ouais (fr) Greek: ναι (el)

Japanese: うん (ja) (un) Portuguese: é!, isso aí!

Interjection

yeah

1. Expressing joy, celebration, glee, etc.

   Yeah! We did it!

Derived terms

• yeah right

Translations

expressing joy

Finnish: jee (fi)

Japanese: やった (ja) (yatta)

See also

• yes

Anagrams

• heyacs:yeah