okay

See also: o' kay and Okay

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

A respelling of OK.

Pronunciation

  • (stressed)
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/
      • (file)
    • (Ghanaian) IPA(key): [ˌɔˈkej]
  • (unstressed)
    • IPA(key): /əˈkeɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

okay (plural okays)

  1. Alternative spelling of OK

Verb

okay (third-person singular simple present okays, present participle okaying, simple past and past participle okayed)

  1. Alternative spelling of OK

Adjective

okay (comparative more okay or okayer, superlative most okay or okayest)

  1. Alternative spelling of OK

Adverb

okay (comparative more okay, superlative most okay)

  1. Alternative spelling of OK

Interjection

okay

  1. Alternative spelling of OK

Anagrams

Ainu

Alternative forms

  • (Saru dialect) oka

Etymology

From oka (are) + i (nominalising suffix), literally those which are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ò̞ꜛkáj]

Pronoun

okay (Kana spelling オカイ)

  1. they (third-person plural pronoun)

Usage notes

This word is not actually a proper pronoun, but is often used when it is absolutely necessary to point directly to a third person in conversation. The proper third-person pronoun in Ainu would be the lack of any personal pronoun at all, i.e., it has a null value.

See also

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English okay.

Interjection

okay

  1. Alternative spelling of OK

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈkeː/, /oˈkɛɪ̯/
  • (file)

Interjection

okay

  1. OK
    Synonyms: in Ordnung, d'accord, tamam

Usage notes

The spelling okay is the most frequent in German. Abbreviations (as given above) do exist, but are less common than in English.

Adverb

okay

  1. OK
    Synonyms: ordentlich, annehmlich, annehmbar, zufriedenstellend

Adjective

okay (strong nominative masculine singular okayer, comparative okayer, superlative am okaysten)

  1. (informal) OK
    Synonyms: in Ordnung, annehmlich, annehmbar
    • 2009, Christian Y. Schmidt, Allein unter 1,3 Milliarden: Eine chinesische Reise von Shanghai bis Kathmandu, Rowohlt Verlag GmbH, →ISBN:
      Dieser Hügel ist achthundertsieben Meter hoch, und ich bin nur hochgelaufen, weil der Strand von meiner Freundin blockiert wurde, die mir gerade auf die Nerven ging. Das war noch ein halbwegs okayer Ausflug.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2016, Karin Kaçi, Jan Braren, Homevideo, Carlsen E-Books, →ISBN:
      »Jakon Moormann. Deine Slides waren schon mal besser, aber du bist ein ganz okayer Skater. Bist auch ein ganz okayer Kumpel. Und die Mädchen finden dich superokay.«
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2016 December 30, Moritz von Uslar, “Party braucht keinen König”, in Die Zeit:
      Die Firma Tiger of Sweden, die heute ihren Berliner Flagshipstore eröffnet, macht voll okaye, insgesamt vollkommen egale Frauen- und Männermode, wie sie in Flughafenboutiquen verkauft wird.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2022 October 9, Hartmut El Kurdi, “Portrait der unterschätzten Stadt Hannover: Eigentlich doch ganz okay hier”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Und wenn man schon mal ganz unhannoversch – man möge mir verzeihen – die Vorteile beziehungsweise die ganz okayen Aspekte der Stadt aufzählen möchte, darf man die beachtlichen 12 Prozent des Stadtgebietes, die aus Grünfläche bestehen, nicht vergessen:
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

The comparative and attributive use is recent and therefore not always considered grammatical.[1]

Declension

References

  1. okay” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Further reading

  • okay” in Duden online
  • okay” in Duden online

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English okay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈkei/ [oˈkei̯]
  • Rhymes: -ei

Interjection

okay

  1. OK (endorsement; approval)

Usage notes

  • According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
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