Standard Lemma guide

wey

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • wā
  • /weɪ/
  • rhymes with -eɪ
  • homophone: way
  • homophone: weigh
  • homophone: whey (wine–whine merger)
  • CMU ARPABET: W EY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A river in Surrey, England, a tributary to the Thames.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

A short river in Dorset, England, which flows from Upwey to the sea at Weymouth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

Alternative form of Wei, an ancient Chinese duchy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, historical

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4

noun

Meaning 4

An old English measure of weight containing 224 pounds; equivalent to 2 hundredweight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, uncommon

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History

Etymology

From Middle English weie, waie, weihe, wæȝe, from Old English wǣġ (“a weight; a tool for weighing, balance, scale”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales; weight”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵh- (“to move, bring, transport”). Cognate with German Waage (“weight”), Icelandic vág (“a weight”).