oi

See also oí, oï, ơi, ổi, and Oi

English

Alternative forms

• oy

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɔɪ/ X-SAMPA: /OI/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Interjection

Wikipedia

oi

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, usually impolite) Said to get someone's attention.

   Oi, you with the red hat - stop doing that!

Synonyms

• hey, yo

Noun

oi (uncountable)

Wikipedia

1. (UK, sometimes capitalized) A working-class punk rock subgenre of the 1970s, sometimes associated with racism.
   • 1997, David Schwarz, Listening subjects: music, psychoanalysis, culture

     A way for Oi musicians to avoid responsibility for acts of violence that were preceded by listening to Oi is the claim that what people do with their music is out of the control of the musicians themselves.

Anagrams

• io , Io, IO, I/O

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Campidanese Sardinian

Etymology

Compare Italian oggi.

Adverb

oi

1. today

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: oi
• Rhymes: -oi
• IPA: [oi]

Interjection

oi

1. (poetic) o, oh

   Oi Herra! (O Lord!)

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Hiri Motu

Pronoun

oi

1. 2nd-person singular pronoun: you

See also

Hiri Motu personal pronouns

			singular	plural
1st person			lau	ai (exclusive) ita (inclusive)
2nd person			oi	umui
3rd person			ia	idia

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: oi
• Rhymes: -oi
• IPA: /oj/

Interjection

oi

1. hi.

   Oi, Maria! - "Hi, Mary!"

2. A request to repeat a message for clarification, like I beg your pardon and excuse me.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [oj]

Etymology 1

Noun form

Noun

oi f pl

1. Plural form of oaie

Etymology 2

Verb form

Verb

(eu) oi (modal auxiliary; first-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)

1. (I) might

   eu oi merge-n București mâine

   I might go to Bucharest tomorrow

Verb

(tu) oi (modal auxiliary; second-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)

1. (you) might

   crezi că oi vrea tu ceva de băut mai târziu?

   do you think you might want something to drink later?

singular			plural
1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
oi	oi	o	om	oți	or

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Vietnamese

Adjective

oi

1. hot and oppressive, sultry

Noun

oi

1. creel