Standard Lemma guide

yep

intj · 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /jɛp/
  • [jɛp̚]
  • [jɛʔ]
  • [jɛʔp̚]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛp
  • CMU ARPABET: Y EH1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

intj

Meaning 1

Yes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: See Thesaurus:yay, See Thesaurus:wow

Antonyms: nope

2

name

Meaning 2

Initialism of Yorkshire Evening Post.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A surname from Cantonese.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Yes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

  • I'll take that as a yep, then.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Representing yeah pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Compare yup, nope, welp, and ope. Compare also German jap (“yep”).

From Cantonese 葉 /叶 (jip6).

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَيْوَة (ʔaywa) — informal "yes"
  • Arabic: إِيَّة (ʔiyya) — informal "yes"
  • Arabic: آ (ʔā) — informal "yes"
  • Catalan: sip — informal "yes"
  • Chinese Mandarin: 是啊 (shì a) — informal "yes"
  • Chinese Mandarin: 對啊 /对啊 (duì a) — informal "yes"
  • Chinese Mandarin: 啊 (à) — informal "yes"
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嗯 (ǹg) — informal "yes"
  • Czech: jo — informal "yes"
  • Danish: jep — informal "yes"
  • Finnish: joo — informal "yes"
  • Finnish: juu — informal "yes"
  • Finnish: jep — informal "yes"
  • French: ouaip — informal "yes"
  • French: mouais — informal "yes"
  • French: moui — informal "yes"
  • French: voui ouin — informal "yes"
  • German: jo — informal "yes"
  • Hungarian: ja — informal "yes"
  • Italian: già — informal "yes"
  • Japanese: うん (un) — informal "yes"
  • Japanese: そう (sō) — informal "yes"
  • Japanese: ええ (ē) — informal "yes"
  • Japanese: ああ (ā) — informal "yes"
  • Korean: 응 (eung) — informal "yes"
  • Korean: 어 (eo) — informal "yes"
  • Korean: 넵 (nep) — informal "yes"
  • Latin: etiam — informal "yes"
  • Maltese: ijwa — informal "yes"
  • Maltese: ijja — informal "yes"
  • Maltese: eħe — informal "yes"
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jepp — informal "yes"
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jepp — informal "yes"
  • Persian: آره (âre) — informal "yes"
  • Polish: no — informal "yes"
  • Polish: ta — informal "yes"
  • Portuguese: aham — informal "yes"
  • Romanian: mda — informal "yes"
  • Romanian: dap — informal "yes"
  • Russian: ага́ (agá, ahá) — informal "yes"
  • Russian: угу́ (ugú, uhú) — informal "yes"
  • Russian: так (tak) — informal "yes"
  • Russian: ну (nu) — informal "yes"
  • Spanish: sip — informal "yes"
  • Swedish: jäpp — informal "yes"
  • Swedish: jepp — informal "yes"
  • Swedish: japp — informal "yes"
  • Vietnamese: ừ — informal "yes"
  • Vietnamese: ờ — informal "yes"