ai

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

Onomatopoeia. From Portuguese ai. Example from a thirteen century cantiga de amigo: E se vós, filha, meu amor queredes, rogo vos eu que nunca lhi faledes sen mi, ai filha fremosa

Bernal de Bonaval (text from Cohen 2003, tr. M. Boaz)

[edit] Interjection

ai

  1. An expression of pity, pain, anguish etc.

[edit] Etymology 2

Originated 1685–95, from Brazilian-Portuguese aï, from Old Tupi.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɑːɪ/

[edit] Noun

Singular
ai

Plural
ais

ai (plural ais)

  1. A type of three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil.

[edit] References

  • “ai” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
  • “ai” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

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[edit] Albanian

[edit] Pronoun

ai

  1. he

[edit] Apalaí

[edit] Noun

ai

  1. penis

[edit] Finnish

[edit] Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ai
  • Rhymes: -ɑi
  • IPA: [ɑi]

[edit] Interjection

ai

  1. ouch!
  2. oh!
    Ai, se olitkin sinä! (Oh, it was you!)

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /e/, /ɛ/

[edit] Verb

ai

  1. First-person singular indicative present of avoir.
    J'ai un chien.
    I have a dog.

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[edit] Italian

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[edit] Homophones

[edit] Contraction

ai

  1. a + i; at the, to the (+ a masculine noun in plural)

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

ai (hiragana あい)

  1. 愛: love

[edit] Kott

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaʒ ("I"). Compare Arin and Assan aj ("I") and Pumpokol ad ("I").

[edit] Pronoun

ai

  1. I (first-person singular subjective)

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[edit] Kriol

[edit] Etymology 1

From English eye.

[edit] Noun

ai

  1. eye
  2. headlight of a car
  3. seed

[edit] Etymology 2

From English I

[edit] Pronoun

ai

  1. I

[edit] Etymology 3

From English high.

[edit] Adjective

ai

  1. high, tall

[edit] Kuna

[edit] Noun

ai

  1. friend

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Adjective

ai (Pinyin ǎi, traditional and simplified 矮)

  1. (Beginning Mandarin) short (of stature)
  2. (Beginning Mandarin) low

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[edit] Noun

ai (Pinyin ài, traditional 愛, simplified 爱)

  1. (Beginning Mandarin) love

[edit] Verb

ai (Pinyin ài, traditional 愛, simplified 爱)

  1. (Beginning Mandarin) love
    wo ai ni. "I love you."
    ni ai ta ma? "Do you love her/him?"
  2. like; be fond of; be keen on
    ta ai shuohua. "He likes to talk."
    wo bu ai chi zhurou. "I don't like to eat pork."

[edit] Usage notes

  • When used for people, ài usually refers to romantic love. When used like this, older Mandarin speakers often describe the use of this term as overly 肉麻 (ròumá, adj. something that gives you the creeps, disgusting). For this reason, the word trad. 喜欢, simpl. 喜欢 (xǐhuān, to like) might be used instead. Using the word xǐhuān literally means like, but when used in a romantic context (especially boyfriend/girlfriend), it actually means love. However, younger Mandarin speakers seem to have been influenced somewhat by Western culture, and are now using the verb ài much more often than was socially acceptable in the past.

[edit] Pinyin syllable

ai

  1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, āi, ái, ǎi, or ài.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.


[edit] References

  • Shao, Jingmin (ed.) (2000). HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English). Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers. ISBN 7561720785.

[edit] Piedmontese

[edit] Noun

ai

  1. garlic

[edit] Pitjantjatjara

[edit] Interjection

ai

  1. huh
  2. geez
  3. what
  4. hey

[edit] References

  • "ai" in Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary, Cliff Goddard, Second Edition, 1992.
  • Ninti Ngapartji

[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Interjection

ai

  1. ouch (expression of one's own physical pain)


This Portuguese entry was created from the translations listed at ouch. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see ai in the Portuguese Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2009

[edit] Rohingya

[edit] Verb

ai

  1. come

[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

From the Latin allium / alium.

[edit] Article

ai (masculine plural possessive)

  1. of
    prieteni ai lui sunt interesanţi - his friends are interesting.

[edit] See also

  • al (masculine/neuter singular)
  • a (feminine singular)
  • ale (feminine/neuter plural)

[edit] Noun

ai m. (plural ai)

  1. garlic

[edit] Declension

    declension of ai
singular plural
gender m. indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
Nominative/Accusative un ai aiul nişte ai aii
Genitive/Dative unui ai aiului unor ai ailor
Vocative — — — —


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[edit] Verb

ai

  1. second-person singular present tense form of avea. you have
    Ai tu un prieten în România?
    Do you have a friend in Romania?
  2. second-person singular subjunctive form of avea.

(tu) ai (modal auxiliary; second-person singular form of avea, used with infinitives to form conditional tenses)

  1. (you) would
    ai fi murit dacă îţi spusesem
    you would have died if I'd told you

[edit] Seri

[edit] Noun

ai

  1. his father

[edit] Preposition

ai

  1. still (used with nominalized third person verbs)

[edit] Sranan Tongo

[edit] Interjection

ai

  1. yes

[edit] Tok Pisin

[edit] Etymology

From English eye.

[edit] Noun

ai (plural ol ai)

  1. eye
  2. hole, opening, lid
  3. tip

[edit] Torres Strait Creole

[edit] Etymology 1

From English I.

[edit] Pronoun

ai

  1. I (see also mi)

[edit] Etymology 2

From English eye.

[edit] Noun

ai

  1. eye.

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɐːj˦/

[edit] Pronoun

ai

  1. who
  2. whoever
  3. someone else
  4. one
  5. (rhetorical) nobody

[edit] Volapük

[edit] Adverb

ai

  1. always
  2. at all times
  3. constantly (habitually)
  4. ever (always)
  5. habitually

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