guys

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: gīz, IPA: /ɡaɪz/, X-SAMPA: /gaIz/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: guise
• Rhymes: -aɪz

Noun

guys plural

1. Plural form of guy
2. (colloquial) Persons, irrespective of their genders.

   Who are those guys?

3. (colloquial) A form of address for a group of male persons or a group of mixed male and female persons.

   Hi guys!

Synonyms

• (persons irrespective of gender): people, persons, folks
• (male persons): blokes (British), chaps (British), dudes (US), fellows, gents

Translations

Persons, irrespective of their genders

• French: gars (fr), gens (fr)

• Persian: افراد (fa)

A form of address

• Persian: بچه‌ها (fa)