oyes

English

Interjection

oyes

1. Alternative form of oyez

Noun

oyes (plural oyeses or oyesses)

1. Alternative form of oyez

Middle English

Alternative forms

• oyas, oye, hoi

Etymology

From Old French oyez (“hear ye”), the imperative plural of oir (“hear; listen”).

Noun

oyes

1. a call for attention

Descendants

• English: oyez

References

• “oyes, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʝes/ [ˈo.ʝes]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈoʝes/ [ˈo.ʝes]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈoʃes/ [ˈo.ʃes]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈoʒes/ [ˈo.ʒes]

• Rhymes: -oʝes
• Syllabification: o‧yes

Verb

oyes

1. second-person singular present indicative of oír