hei

See also: héi, hēi, and héí

English

Noun

hei (plural heis)

1. Alternative spelling of he (Hebrew letter)

Anagrams

• hie

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Cornish

Noun

hei

1. Aspirate mutation of kei.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛi̯
• IPA^(key): /ɦɛi̯/
• Homophone: hij

Noun

hei f (plural heides or heiden, diminutive heitje n)

1. Alternative form of heide

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Finnish

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: hei
• Rhymes: -ei
• IPA^(key): /ˈhei̯/

Interjection

hei

1. hi
2. bye (often repeated twice for goodbye: "hei hei")
3. hey

Anagrams

• hie

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Galician

Verb

hei

1. first-person singular present indicative of haber

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German Low German

Alternative forms

• (more common in the western dialects, though still found in Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian alongside hei) he

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛɪ̯/, /haɪ̯/

Pronoun

hei m (genitive sin, dative em, dative 2 jüm, accusative en)

1. (in some dialects, including, Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian, personal) Alternative form of he

   (Low Prussian) Hei ös to lat.

   He is too late.

Usage notes

• Which dative is employed depends on dialect, not on function.
• Some dialects might consider any of the inflected forms obsolete.

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Japanese

Romanization

hei

1. Rōmaji transcription of へい

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Latvian

Interjection

hei

1. hey

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German hia, alternative form of hiar, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r. Compare archaic German hie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑɪ̯/
• Rhymes: -ɑɪ

Adverb

hei

1. here, in this place

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Mandarin

Romanization

hei (Zhuyin ㄏㄟ˙)

1. Nonstandard spelling of hēi.

Usage notes

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

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Maori

Particle

hei

1. Future locative particle

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæɪ/
• Rhymes: -æɪ

Interjection

hei

1. hi (greeting)
   • hei!

     hi!

Derived terms

• heie

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heiðr.

Noun

hei f, m (definite singular heia or heien, indefinite plural heier, definite plural heiene)

1. a heath or moor

References

• “hei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæɪ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hei.

Interjection

hei

1. hi (greeting)
   • hei!

     hi!

Derived terms

• heie

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heiðr. Akin to English heath.

Noun

hei f (definite singular heia, indefinite plural heier or heiar, definite plural heiene or heiane)

1. a heath or moor

Derived terms

• heilo

References

• “hei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• hey (obsolete)
• ey (obsolete)
• ei (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈej/

Verb

hei

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of haver

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Vallader) hai

Interjection

hei

1. (Puter, Vallader) yes (used to indicate agreement with the speaker in a conversation)

Derived terms

• bainschi hei

Related terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) gea
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
• (Sursilvan) gie, (Sursilvan) bein
• (Sutsilvan) bagn
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) ea
• (Surmiran) gea bagn
• (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, schi

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Scots

Pronoun

hei

1. (South Scots, personal) he

See also

• ei