Standard Lemma guide

yes

det · intj · name · noun · particle · verb · 15 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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  • /jɛs/
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  • rhymes with -ɛs
  • CMU ARPABET: Y EH1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

det

Meaning 1

Countering a statement using the determiner no:

There is; indicating the existence of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: humorous

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

det

Meaning 2

Countering a statement using the determiner no:

Indicating the possibility or allowance of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: humorous

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

intj

Meaning 3

An exclamation of pleasure or approval, usually transcribed with an exclamation point.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Our second goal of the match! Yes!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: affirmative

Antonyms: no

4

intj

Meaning 4

Response that confirms that the user is paying attention.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

intj

Meaning 5

Used to ask for more information with a request.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: interrogative

Examples

  • I need some help. Yes?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

name

Meaning 6

plural of Ye

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Was that a yes?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aye, yea, nod

Antonyms: no, nay

8

noun

Meaning 8

A vote of support or in favor of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aye, yea

Antonyms: nay, no

9

particle

Meaning 9

Used to show agreement or acceptance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Yes, you are correct.
  • Yes, you may go play outside now.
  • Yes, sir, we have your package right here.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

particle

Meaning 10

Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • It was not my fault we lost the race. Oh, yes, it was!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

particle

Meaning 11

Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: humorous

Examples

  • Do you like cake, or pie? Yes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To agree with, affirm, approve.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, transitive

Examples

  • Did he yes the veto?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: agree, consent, nod

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To say “yes”.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

an affirmative

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I was hoping for a yes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: no

Broader terms: affirmative

History

Etymology

From Middle English yes, from Old English ġīese (“by all means, of course, yes”), derived from the same root as yea. Compare Faroese júsá (“yes, indeed, certainly”).

Across languages

Translations

548 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Breton: ya — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Choctaw: a̱ — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Dutch: ja — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Esperanto: jes — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Finnish: jes! — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • French: oui — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Georgian: ურა (ura) — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Georgian: ვაშა (vaša) — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • German: ja — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Gothic: 𐌾𐌰 (ja) — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Greek: ναι (nai) — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Hebrew: יש! (yesh!) — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Irish: sea — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Italian: sì — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Japanese: よし (yoshi) — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Japanese: やった (yatta) — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Kapampangan: ayua — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Kapampangan: ayuanaman — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Latin: sīc — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Latin: eu — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Latin: euge — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Latin: iō — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Eastern Mari: ыгы (ygy) — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Norwegian: yes — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Old English: gea — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Polish: tak — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Portuguese: sim! — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Portuguese: é! — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Portuguese: assim! — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Portuguese: isso! — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Portuguese: aí! — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Russian: да! (da) — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Scottish Gaelic: tha — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Serbo-Croatian: to! — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Slovene: to! — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Spanish: sí — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Swedish: ja — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Turkish: evet — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Welsh: ie'n — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Wiradjuri: yaala! — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Wiradjuri: yalu — expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee
  • Finnish: niin — response that confirms attention
  • Japanese: はい (hai) — response that confirms attention
  • Kapampangan: wa — response that confirms attention
  • Kapampangan: o — response that confirms attention
  • Kapampangan: opu — response that confirms attention
  • Nepali: हजुर (hajura) — response that confirms attention
  • Spanish: dí — response that confirms attention
  • Sundanese: kulan — response that confirms attention
  • Sundanese: kah — response that confirms attention
  • Vietnamese: vâng — response that confirms attention
  • Vietnamese: dạ — response that confirms attention
  • Spanish: dí — response that asks for more information about a request
  • Tamil: ம்ம் (mm) — response that asks for more information about a request
  • Vietnamese: vâng — response that asks for more information about a request
  • Vietnamese: dạ — response that asks for more information about a request
  • Vietnamese: ơi — response that asks for more information about a request
  • Arabic: نَعَم (naʕam) — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Arabic: نَعَمَانِ (naʕamāni) — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Arabic: نَعَمَات (naʕamāt) — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Basque: baietz — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同意 (tóngyì) — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Czech: ano — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Danish: ja — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Esperanto: jeso — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Finnish: kyllä — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • French: oui — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • French: si — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Georgian: თანხმობა (tanxmoba) — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • German: Ja — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Greek: ναι (nai) — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Italian: sì — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Norwegian: ja — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Portuguese: sim — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Portuguese: afirmativo — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Russian: да (da) — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Slovene: dà — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Spanish: sí — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Swedish: ja — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Tamil: ஆம் (ām) — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Tamil: ஆமாம் (āmām) — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Yoruba: òòò — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Yoruba: ẹyi — answer that shows agreement or acceptance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同意票 — vote of support
  • Finnish: jaa — vote of support
  • Finnish: kyllä — vote of support
  • French: oui — vote of support
  • Georgian: კი (ḳi) — vote of support
  • German: Ja — vote of support
  • Greek: ναι (nai) — vote of support
  • Italian: sì — vote of support
  • Italian: voto a favore — vote of support
  • Portuguese: sim — vote of support
  • Portuguese: a favor — vote of support
  • Spanish: sí — vote of support
  • Spanish: a favor — vote of support
  • Swedish: ja — vote of support
  • Tamil: ஆம் (ām) — vote of support
  • Abkhaz: ааи (aaj) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Abkhaz: аиеи (ajej) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Afrikaans: ja — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Albanian: po — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Aleut: aang — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Southern Altai: эйе (eye) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Alutiiq: aa'a — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • American Sign Language: S@Side Nod — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Amharic: አዎን (ʾäwon) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Western Apache: au — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Western Apache: haʼah — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Arabic: نَعَم (naʕam) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Arabic: أَجَل (ʔajal) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Arabic: إِي (ʔī) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Algerian Arabic: ايه (ēh) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Algerian Arabic: هيه (hēh) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Algerian Arabic: واه (wāh) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Cypriot Arabic: ye — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Arabic: أَيْوَة (ʔaywa) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Arabic: ايوه (ʔaywa) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Arabic: اه (ā) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Arabic: إي (ī) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Arabic: إيوه (īwa) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Arabic: نَعَم (naʕam) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Iraqi Arabic: إي (ī) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Arabic: اِيه (ē) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Arabic: نعم (naʔam) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Arabic: آه (ʔā) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Arabic: أيوه (ʔaywa) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Tunisian Arabic: إي (ay) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Aragonese: sí — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Aramaic: אין (’ēn) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Aramaic: ܐܝܢ (’ēn) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Armenian: այո (ayo) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Armenian: հա (ha) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Aromanian: ie — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Assamese: অঁ (õ) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Assamese: হয় (hoy) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Asturian: sí — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Aymara: jisa — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Azerbaijani: bəli — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Azerbaijani: hə — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Bashkir: эйе (eye) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Basque: bai — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Belarusian: так (tak) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Belarusian: да (da) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Bengali: হ্যাঁ (hễ) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Bengali: জি (ji) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Bhojpuri: हँ (hã) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Central Bikol: iyo — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Breton: ya — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Bulgarian: да (da) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Burmese: ဟုတ်ကဲ့ (hutkai.) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Burmese: အင်း (ang:) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Burmese: အေး (e:) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Burushaski: awá — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Carpathian Rusyn: айно (ajno) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Carpathian Rusyn: так (tak) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Carpathian Rusyn: йо (jo) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Catalan: sí — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵢⴰⵀ (yah) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Chamicuro: eje — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Chechen: хӏаъ (haʔ) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Cherokee: ᎥᎥ (vv) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Chichewa: inde — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Chickasaw: i̠i — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Chinese Cantonese: 係 /系 (hai6) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Chinese Cantonese: 唔 (m4) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Chinese Cantonese: 嗯 (ng2) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Chinese: 好 (hó) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Chinese: 是 (sī / sǐ) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 是 (shì) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 對 /对 (duì) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 啊 (à) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Choctaw: a̱ — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Comanche: haa — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Coptic: ⲁϩⲁ (aha) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Coptic: ⲥⲉ (se) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Corsican: iè — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Corsican: sì — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Czech: ano — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Czech: jo — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Czech Sign Language: ces — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Czech Sign Language: cn — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Danish: ja — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Dutch: ja — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Egyptian: ti-W-A2 (tjw) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Esperanto: jes — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Estonian: jah — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Estonian: jaa — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Faroese: ja — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Fijian: io — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Finnish: kyllä — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Finnish: joo — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Finnish: juu — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Franco-Provençal: ouè — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • French: oui — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Old French: oïl — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • North Frisian: jåå — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Saterland Frisian: jee — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • West-Frisian: ja — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Friulian: sì — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Galician: si — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Garo: hoe — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Georgian: დიახ (diax) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Georgian: კი (ḳi) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Georgian: ჰო (ho) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Georgian: ხო (xo) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • German: ja — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Bavarian German: jo — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Greek: ναι (nai) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Ancient Greek: ναί (naí) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Greenlandic: aap — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Paraguayan Guarani: heẽ — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Gujarati: હા (hā) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Halkomelem: á:'a — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Hebrew: כֵּן (ken) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Hebrew: הֵן (hen) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Hiligaynon: hoo — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Hindi: हाँ (hā̃) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Hindi: जी (jī) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Hindi: जी हाँ (jī hā̃) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Hungarian: igen — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Icelandic: já — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Ido: yes — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Igbo: eē — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Ilocano: wen — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Indonesian: ya — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Interlingua: si — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Italian: sì — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Japanese: はい (hai) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Japanese: ええ (ē) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Japanese: うん (un) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Jeju: ᄋᆞ (aw) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Jeju: 예 (ye) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Kabyle: ih — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Kaingang: hÿ — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Kannada: ಹೌದು (haudu) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Kapampangan: ua — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Kapampangan: ne — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Kapampangan: o — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Kapampangan: opu — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Kaqchikel: ja' — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Kazakh: иә (iä) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Khmer: ច៎ា (jaa) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Khmer: បាទ (baat) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Khmer: អើ (’aə) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Khmer: អឺ (’əɨ) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Khmer: ចាស (caah) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Khmer: ចា៎ះ (caah) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • K'iche': je' — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Konkani: व्है (vhai) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Korean: 네 (ne) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Korean: 예 (ye) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Korean: 응 (eung) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Korean: 어 (eo) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Middle Korean: 에ᇰ (eyng) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Central Kurdish: ئەرێ (erê) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Central Kurdish: بەڵێ (bellê) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Central Kurdish: ئا (a) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Kyrgyz: ооба (ooba) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Kyrgyz: макул (makul) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Kyrgyz: ийе (iye) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Lao: ແມ່ນ (mǣn) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Lao: ແມ່ນແລ້ວ (mǣn lǣu) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Lao: ໂດຍ (dōi) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Latgalian: nui — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Latgalian: tai — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Latin: etiam — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Latin: ita — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Latin: ita vērō — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Latin: vērō — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Latin: sīc — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Latvian: jā — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Laz: ho — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Laz: xo — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Limburgish: jao — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Lithuanian: taip — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Lombard: si — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Lombard: haé — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Louisiana Creole: wé — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Louisiana Creole: wi — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Low German: jo — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Luganda: yee — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Luo: ee — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Luxembourgish: jo — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Macedonian: да (da) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Malagasy: eny — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Malay: ya — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Malay: ha'ah — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Malayalam: ശരി (śari) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Maltese: iva — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Mandinka: haa — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Manx: she — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Māori: āe — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Māori: ae — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Marshallese: aaet — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Marshallese: in̄n̄ā — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Marshallese: iiūn̄ — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Marwari: हां (hā̃) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Mauritian Creole: wi — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Mingrelian: იახ (iax) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Mingrelian: ქო (ko) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Miskito: au — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Central Sierra Miwok: guˀuh — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Southern Sierra Miwok: hy·ʔy· — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Mongolian: тийм (tiim) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Motu: e — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Motu: o — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Motu: oi — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Mudburra: yuu — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Mudburra: yuwayi — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Nahuatl: quemah — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Navajo: aooʼ — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Neapolitan: eine — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Neapolitan: sine — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Nepali: सही (sahī) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Nepali: जी (jī) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Nepali: हाँ (hā̃) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Nootka: haa — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Norwegian: ja — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Occitan: òc — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Odia: ହଁ (hã) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Northern Ohlone: hé̄'e — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Southern Ohlone: gehe — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Old Church Slavonic: ⰵⰹ (ei) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Old English: ġēa — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Old English: ġīese — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Old Saxon: ja — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Old Tupi: pá — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • O'odham: heu'u — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Ossetian: о (o) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Palauan: chochoi — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Pashto: هو (ho) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Pennsylvania German: ja — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Dari: آری (ārē) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Dari: بَلی (balē) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Dari: آه (āh) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Iranian Persian: بله (bale) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Iranian Persian: آره (âre) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Iranian Persian: آری (âri) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Picard: oui — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Plautdietsch: jo (nds) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Polish: tak — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Polish: no — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Polish: ano — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Polish: juści — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Polish: jo — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Polish: ja — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Portuguese: sim — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Punjabi: ਹਾਂ (hā̃) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Punjabi: ہاں (hāṉ) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Punjabi: جِی (jī) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Punjabi: ہاں جِی (hāṉ jī) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Punjabi: جْیا — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Punjabi: آہو (āho) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Quechua: arí — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Rapa Nui: eee — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Romani: va — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Romani: ova — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Romani: oja — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Romani: ja — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Romani: tam — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Romani: tàmi — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Vlax-Romani: ya (Kalderash) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Romanian: da — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Romansh: gea — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Romansh: gie — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Romansh: ea — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Romansh: schi — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Romansh: hei — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Romansh: hai — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Russian: да (da) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Russian: так (tak) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Russian: ага́ (ahá, agá) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Northern Sami: juo — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Samoan: ioe — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Sanskrit: एवं (evaṃ) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Sanskrit: आम् (ām) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Sardinian: eja — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Scots: aye — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Scottish Gaelic: seadh — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Serbo-Croatian: да — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Serbo-Croatian: da — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Shor: эзе (eze) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Sicilian: se — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Sicilian: sì — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Silesian: ja — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Sinhalese: ඔවු (owu) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Slovak: áno — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Slovak: hej — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Slovak: no — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Slovene: dà — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Slovene: já — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Somali: haa — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Lower Sorbian: jo — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Spanish: sí — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Spanish: pues — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Spanish: sí pues — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Svan: ა̄დუ (ādu) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Svan: ა̄დვ (ādv) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Swahili: ndiyo — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Swedish: ja — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Sylheti: ꠅꠄ (oe) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Tagalog: oo — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Tagalog: opo — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Taíno: han — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Taíno: jan — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Tajik: ҳа (ha) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Tajik: бале (bale) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Tajik: оре (ore) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Tamil: ஆம் (ām) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Tamil: ஆமாம் (āmām) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Taos: hą — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Tatar: әйе (äye) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Telugu: అవును (avunu) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Telugu: ఔను (aunu) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Thai: ใช่ (châi) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Thai: ครับ (kráp) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Thai: ค่ะ (kâ) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Thai: ถูก (tùuk) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Thai: ถูกต้อง (tùuk-dtɔ̂ng) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Thai: อืม (ʉʉm) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Tok Pisin: ya — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Tok Pisin: yes — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Tok Pisin: yesa — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Tongan: io — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Turkish: evet — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Turkish: he — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Turkish: ha — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Turkmen: hawa — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Turkmen: hä — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Turkmen: dogry — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Turkmen: howa (colluqial) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Turkmen: owa (colluqial) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Turkmen: he (colluqial) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Tuvan: ийе (iye) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Ukrainian: так (tak) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Urdu: ہاں (hā̃) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Urdu: جی (jī) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Urdu: جی ہاں (jī hā̃) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Urdu: بلیٰ (balā) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Urdu: بلے (bale) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Urdu: آرے (āre) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Urdu: نعم (na'am) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Uyghur: ھەئە (he'e) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Uzbek: ha — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Uzbek: boʻpti — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Vietnamese: vâng — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Vietnamese: dạ — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Vietnamese: phải — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Vietnamese: ờ — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Vietnamese: ừ — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Volapük: si — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Walloon: oyi — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Walloon: awè — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Walloon: åy — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Welsh: ie — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Welsh: ia — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Winnebago: hąąhąʼa — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Wiradjuri: ngawa — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Woiwurrung: ngai — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Wolof: waaw — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Wolof: waawaaw — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Xhosa: ewe — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Yaghnobi: ҳа (ha) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Yiddish: יאָ (yo) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Yoruba: bẹ́ẹ̀ ni — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Yoruba: bẹ́ẹ̀ náà ni — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Yoruba: hẹn — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Yup'ik: ii-i — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Zazaki: e (diq) — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Zulu: yebo — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • ǃXóõ: ʻée — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • ǃXóõ: ʻíi — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • ǃXóõ: ʻē êh — word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
  • Arabic: بَلَى (balā) — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Arabic: مبلا (mbala) — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Breton: geo — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Catalan: sí — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Danish: jo — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Dutch: jawel — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Dutch: toch — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Dutch: wel — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Estonian: ikka — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Faroese: jú — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Faroese: júgv — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Fijian: ia — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Fijian: io — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Finnish: kylläpäs — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Finnish: joopas — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Finnish: juupas — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • French: si — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Georgian: კი (ḳi) — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • German: doch — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • German: wohl — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Greek: ναι (nai) — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Hebrew: דווקא כן — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Hungarian: de igen — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Hungarian: de — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Icelandic: jú — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Italian: sì — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Italian: invece sì — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Japanese: いいえ (īe) — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Kapampangan: alina — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Kapampangan: aliman — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Kapampangan: aliya — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Kapampangan: ua — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Korean: 아니요 (aniyo) — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Latin: immō — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Latin: immō vērō — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Norwegian: jo — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Pashto: هو (ho) — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Persian: چرا (čerâ) — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Polish: ależ tak — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Polish: owszem — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Portuguese: sim — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Romanian: ba da — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Romansh: bain — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Romansh: bein — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Romansh: bagn — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Romansh: gea bagn — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Romansh: bainschi — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Romansh: bainschi hei — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Romansh: bainschi hai — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Russian: ещё как (ješčó kak) — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Russian: наоборо́т (naoborót) — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Russian: напро́тив (naprótiv) — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Sicilian: se — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Sicilian: e mmeci se — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Slovene: dà — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Slovene: já — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Spanish: sí — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Swedish: jo — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Tamil: தான் (tāṉ) — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Walloon: siya — word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
  • Dutch: beamen — to affirm
  • Esperanto: jesi — to affirm
  • Finnish: vahvistaa — to affirm
  • German: bejahen — to affirm
  • Gujarati: હા પાડવી (hā pāḍvī) — to affirm
  • Italian: approvare — to affirm
  • Spanish: aceptar — to affirm
  • Swedish: godkänna — to affirm
  • Swedish: acceptera — to affirm
  • Tamil: ஒப்புதலளி (opputalaḷi) — to affirm
  • Finnish: myönnellä — attempt to flatter by agreeing
  • Russian: подда́кивать (poddákivatʹ) — attempt to flatter by agreeing
  • Russian: подда́кнуть (poddáknutʹ) — attempt to flatter by agreeing
  • Spanish: de acuerdo — attempt to flatter by agreeing