yes

See also: þes

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

yes and no

Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English yes, from Old English ġīese. Compare yea.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /jɛs/
UK
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US
(file)
Rhymes: -ɛs

Particle[edit]

yes

Used to show agreement or acceptance.
Yes, you are correct.

Yes, you may go play outside now.

Yes, sir, we have your package right here.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
  Hi, Jonathan. Are you busy? — Yes, I’m busy.
  Audio (US)
  (file)
Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.
It was not my fault we lost the race.
Oh, yes, it was!
Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct.
Do you like cake or pie?
Yes.
An exclamation of pleasure or approval, usually transcribed with an exclamation point.

Usage notes[edit]

In Old and Middle English, yes was a more forceful affirmative than yea.
An example of yes used to disagree with a statement: the questions "You don’t want it, do you?" and "Don’t you want it?" are answered by "yes" if the respondent does want the item, and "no" if not. Many languages use a specific word for this purpose; see translation table below.

Synonyms[edit]

Dialect or archaic forms: arr, ay, aye, yea, yassuh
Nautical, military, telecommunications: affirmative
Colloquial or slang forms: ya, yah, yeah, yeh, yep, yeppers, yup, yuppers, yus, ahuh, mhm, uh huh.
See also: Thesaurus:yes

Antonyms[edit]

Standard form: no
Nautical, military, telecommunications: negative
Dialect or archaic forms: nay
Colloquial or slang forms: ixnay, nah, naw, nope
See also: Thesaurus:no

Coordinate terms[edit]

(expression of agreement or acceptance): nod

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

word used to indicate agreement or acceptance

Abkhaz: ааи (āāi), аиеи (āiei)
Afrikaans: ja (af)
Albanian: po (sq)
Aleut: aang
Alutiiq: aa'a
American Sign Language: S@Side Nod
Apache:
Western Apache: au
Arabic: نَعَم‎ (ar) (naʿam), أَجَل‎ (ar) (ʾajal), إِي‎ (ar) (ʾī)
Algerian Arabic: ايه‎, هيه‎, واه‎

Cypriot Arabic: ye‎

Egyptian Arabic: أَيْوَة‎ (áywa), ايوه‎ (áywa), اه‎ (ā)

Hijazi Arabic: إيوه‎ (īwa), نَعَم‎ (naʿam) (in respond to call)
Aragonese: sí
Aramaic:
Hebrew: אין‎ (’ēn)

Syriac: ܐܝܢ‎ (’ēn)
Armenian: այո (hy) (ayo) (polite), հա (hy) (ha) (informal)
Aromanian: ie
Assamese: অঁ (õ), হয় (hoy) (formal)
Asturian: sí (ast)
Aymara: jisa (ay)
Azerbaijani: bəli (az), hə (az)
Bashkir: эйе (eye)
Basque: bai (eu)
Bavarian: jo
Belarusian: так (tak), да (da)
Bengali: জি (ji) (formal), হ্যাঁ (hjã) (informal)
Bikol Central: iyo
Breton: ya (br)
Bulgarian: да (bg) (da)
Burmese: ဟုတ်ကဲ့ (my) (hutkai.), အင်း (my) (ang:), အေး (my) (e:) (among equals or to people of lower status)
Catalan: sí (ca)
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵢⴰⵀ (yah)
Central Sierra Miwok: guˀuh m pl
Chamicuro: eje
Chechen: хӏаъ (haʾ)
Cherokee: ᎥᎥ (vv)
Chichewa: inde
Chickasaw: i̠i
Chinese:
Cantonese: 係 (yue) (hai⁶), 唔 (yue) (m⁴), 嗯 (ng²)

Mandarin: 是 (zh) (shì), 對 (zh), 对 (zh) (duì), 啊 (zh) (à) (colloquial), (repeating the verb/attribute used in the question to mean "yes" 你知道吗？知道)
Choctaw: ome
Comanche: haa
Coptic: ⲁϩⲁ (aha), ⲥⲉ (se)
Corsican: iè, sì
Czech: ano (cs), jo (cs) (colloquial)
Danish: ja (da)
Dutch: ja (nl)
Egyptian:

(tjw)
Esperanto: jes (eo)
Estonian: jah (et), jaa (et)
Faroese: ja (fo)
Fijian: io (fj)
Finnish: use the verb, kyllä (fi) (literary), joo (fi) (colloquial), juu (fi) (colloquial)
Franco-Provençal: ouè
French: oui (fr)
Friulian: sì
Galician: si (gl)
Georgian: დიახ (diax), კი (ḳi), ჰო (ho), ხო (xo)
German: ja (de)
Greek: ναι (el) (nai)
Ancient: ναί (naí)
Greenlandic: aap
Gujarati: હા (hā)
Hebrew: כֵּן‎ (he) (ken)
Hiligaynon: hu-o
Hindi: हाँ (hi) (hā̃), जी (hi) (jī), जी हाँ (jī hā̃)
Hungarian: igen (hu)
Icelandic: já (is)
Ido: yes (io)
Ilocano: wen
Indonesian: ya (id)
Interlingua: si (ia)
Interlingue: yes
Irish: (not used, affirmative form of the verb is used instead)
Italian: sì (it)
Japanese: はい (ja) (hai) (polite), ええ (ja) (ē), うん (ja) (un) (informal)
Kabyle: ih
Kannada: ಹೌದು (kn) (haudu)
Kapampangan: wa
Kazakh: иә (kk) (ïä)
Khmer: (female speaker) ច៎ា (jaa), (male speaker) បាទ (km) (baat), (informal) អើ (km) (’aə), (very informal) អឺ (km) (’əɨ)
Korean: 네 (ko) (ne), 예 (ko) (ye), 응 (ko) (eung) (informal)
Kyrgyz: ооба (ky) (ooba), макул (ky) (makul)
Lao: ແມ່ນ (mǣn), ແມ່ນແລ້ວ (mǣn lǣu), ໂດຍ (dōi)
Latgalian: nui, tai
Latin: etiam (la), ita (la) (est), ita vērō, vērō (la), sīc (est)
Latvian: jā (lv)
Laz: ho, xo
Limburgish: jao (li)
Lithuanian: taip (lt)
Lombard: si, haé
Luganda: yee
Luo: ee
Luxembourgish: jo (lb)
Macedonian: да (da)
Malagasy: eny (mg)
Malay: ya (ms), (informal) ha'ah
Malayalam: ശരി (ml) (śari)

Maltese: iva (mt)
Mandinka: haa
Manx: she
Maori: āe
Middle Korean: 에ᇰ (eyng)
Mingrelian: [script needed] (iax), [script needed] (ko)
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Miskito: au
Mongolian: тийм (mn) (tijm)
Motu: e, o, oi
Nahuatl: quemah
Navajo: aooʼ
Neapolitan: eine, sine
Nepali: सही (sahī), जी (ne) (jī), हाँ (hā̃)
Nootka: haa
North Frisian: jåå
Northern Ohlone: hé̄'e
Northern Sami: juo
Norwegian: ja (no)
Novial: yes
Occitan: òc (oc)
Old Church Slavonic: ⰵⰹ (ei)
Old English: ġēa, ġīese
Old French: oïl
Old Saxon: ja
Oriya: ହଁ (hôm̐)
Ossetian: о (o)
Palauan: chochoi
Pashto: هو‎ (ps) (ho)
Persian: بله‎ (fa) (bale), آره‎ (fa) (âre), آری‎ (fa) (âri)
Plautdietsch: jo
Polish: tak (pl), (informal) no (pl), ano (pl) (informal), juści (dialectal or outdated), jo (pl) (dialectal), ja (pl) (dialectal)
Portuguese: sim (pt)
Punjabi: ਹਾਂ (hā̃)
Quechua: ari
Rajasthani: हां (hā̃)
Rapa Nui: eee
Romanian: da (ro)
Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) gea, (Sursilvan) gie, (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) ea, (Puter, Vallader) schi, (Puter, Vallader) hei, (Vallader) hai
Russian: да (ru) (da), так (ru) (tak), ага́ (ru) (ahá, agá) (colloquial)
Rusyn: айно (ajno), так (tak), йо (jo)
Samoan: ioe
Sanskrit: एवं (sa) (evaṃ), आम् (sa) (ām)
Sardinian: eja
Saterland Frisian: jee
Scots: aye
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: да

Roman: da (sh)
Shor: эзе (eze)
Sicilian: sè (scn)
Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
Silesian: ja
Sinhalese: ඔවු (owu)
Slovak: áno (sk), hej (colloquial), no (sk) (informal)
Slovene: dà (sl), já (sl)
Somali: haa (so)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: jo
Southern Ohlone: gehe
Southern Sierra Miwok: hy·ʔy·
Spanish: sí (es)
Svan: ა̄დუ (ādu), ა̄დვ (ādv)
Swahili: ndiyo (sw)
Swedish: ja (sv)
Sylheti: ꠅꠄ (oe)
Tagalog: oo (tl), (formal) opo (tl)
Tajik: ҳа (tg) (ha), бале (tg) (bale), ори (ori)
Tamil: ஆமாம் (ta) (āmām)
Taos: hą
Tatar: әйе (tt) (äye)
Taíno: han
Telugu: అవును (te) (avunu), ఔను (te) (aunu)
Thai: ใช่ (th) (châi), ครับ (th) (kráp) (male speaker), ค่ะ (th) (kâ) (female speaker), ถูก (th) (tùuk), ถูกต้อง (th) (tùuk-dtɔ̂ng) (formal), อืม (th) (ʉʉm) (informal)
Tok Pisin: ya, yes, yesa
Tongan: io
Turkish: evet (tr), he (tr), ha (tr)
Turkmen: hawa
Tuvan: ийе (iye)
Ukrainian: так (uk) (tak)
Urdu: ہاں‎ (hā̃), جی‎ (jī), جی ہاں‎ (jī hā̃)
Uyghur: ھەئە‎ (he'e)
Uzbek: ha (uz), boʻpti (uz)
Vietnamese: vâng (vi) (Northern Vietnam), dạ (vi) (Southern Vietnam), có (vi) (in response to a question containing có), phải (vi) (in response to a question containing (có) phải), được (vi) (in response to a question containing được không), rồi (vi) (in response to a question containing chưa), ờ (vi) (informal), ừ (informal)
Volapük: si (vo)
Walloon: oyi (wa), awè (wa), åy (wa)
Welsh: (not used, affirmative form of the verb is used instead); ie, ia (colloquial)}}
West Frisian: ja (fy)
Winnebago: hąąhąʼa
Wiradhuri: ngawa
Wolof: waaw (wo), waawaaw
Xhosa: ewe
Yagnobi: ҳа (ha)
Yiddish: יאָ‎ (yo)
Yoruba: bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, bẹ́ẹ̀ náà ni, hẹn (informal)
Yup'ik: ii-i
Zazaki: e
Zulu: yebo (zu)
ǃXóõ: ʻée, ʻíi, ʻē êh

word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement

Arabic: بَلَى‎ (balā)
Catalan: sí (ca)
Danish: jo (da)
Dutch: jawel (nl), toch (nl), (most common form) wel (nl)
Estonian: ikka (et)
Faroese: jú, júgv
Fijian: ia (fj), io (fj)
Finnish: verb + -pas, kylläpäs (fi), joopas (fi) (colloquial), juupas (fi) (colloquial)
French: si (fr)
German: doch (de)
Greek: ναι (el) (nai)
Hebrew: דווקא כן‎ (dávka (dáfka, colloquial) kén)
Hungarian: de igen, de (hu)
Icelandic: jú (is)
Italian: sì (it), invece sì
Japanese: いいえ (ja) (īe)

Korean: 아니요 (ko) (aniyo)
Latin: immō (la), immō vērō
Norwegian: jo (no)
Pashto: هو‎ (ps) (ho)
Persian: چرا‎ (fa) (čerâ)
Polish: ależ tak, owszem (pl)
Portuguese: sim (pt)
Romanian: ba da
Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain, (Sursilvan) bein, (Sutsilvan) bagn, (Surmiran) gea bagn, (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, (Puter, Vallader) bainschi hei, (Vallader) bainschi hai
Russian: ещё как (ješčó kak), наоборо́т (ru) (naoborót), напро́тив (ru) (naprótiv)
Slovene: dà (sl), já (sl)
Spanish: sí (es)
Swedish: jo (sv)
Vietnamese: có chứ (in response to a statement containing không có), được chứ (in response to a statement containing không được)
Walloon: siya (wa)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Alabama: ^{(please verify)} yamá, ^{(please verify)} yamma
Albanian: ^{(please verify)} po (sq)
Arabic: ^{(please verify)} أَجَل‎ (ar) (ʾajal)
Aymara: ^{(please verify)} jisa (ay)
Bengali: ^{(please verify)} হ্যাঁ (hjã)
Breton: (1) ^{(please verify)} ya (br), ^{(please verify)} eo (br), (2) ^{(please verify)} geo (br)
Chickasaw: ^{(please verify)} hohmi, ^{(please verify)} ah
Garifuna: (used by males) ^{(please verify)} ayé, (used by females) ^{(please verify)} ayí
Guaraní: ^{(please verify)} heẽ
Inuktitut: ^{(please verify)} ᐄ (ii)

Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} ئا‎ (ku) (a), ^{(please verify)} بەڵێ‎ (ku) (bellê)

Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} belê (ku), ^{(please verify)} erê (ku), ^{(please verify)} a (ku), ^{(please verify)} e (ku)
Maguindanao: ^{(please verify)} wai
Malagasy: ^{(please verify)} eny (mg)
Maléku Jaíka: ^{(please verify)} áo
Maori: ^{(please verify)} ae, ^{(please verify)} āe
Sardinian: ^{(please verify)} eja
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} да ^{(please verify)} da (sh)
Sinhalese: ^{(please verify)} ඔවු (owu)
Swahili: ^{(please verify)} ndiyo (sw), ^{(please verify)} sawa (sw)
Tausug: ^{(please verify)} huun
Tupinambá: (said by men) ^{(please verify)} pá, (said by men and women) ^{(please verify)} e'ẽ
Tz'utujil: ^{(please verify)} ken

Interjection[edit]

yes

Used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement.
Our second goal of the match! Yes!

Antonym: no
Response that confirms that the user is paying attention.

Translations[edit]

expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — See also translations at yay

Breton: ya (br)
Dutch: ja (nl)
Esperanto: jes (eo)
Finnish: jes! (fi)
French: oui (fr)
Georgian: ურა (ura), ვაშა (vaša)
German: ja (de)
Gothic: 𐌾𐌰 (ja)
Greek: ναι (el) n (nai)
Hebrew: יש!‎ (he) (yesh!)
Irish: sea (ga)
Italian: sì (it)
Japanese: よし (ja) (yoshi), やった (yatta)
Latin: sīc, eu (la), euge, evax, iō

Norwegian: yes (no) n
Old English: gea
Polish: tak (pl)
Portuguese: sim! (pt), é! (pt), assim! (pt), isso! (pt), aí! (pt)
Russian: да (ru) (da)!
Scottish Gaelic: tha
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: to!
Slovene: to! (sl)
Spanish: sí (es)
Swedish: ja (sv)
Turkish: evet (tr)
Welsh: ie'n
Wiradhuri: yaala!, yalu

response that confirms attention

Finnish: niin (fi)

Vietnamese: vâng (vi) (Northern Vietnam), dạ (vi) (Southern Vietnam), ơi (vi) (informal)

Noun[edit]

yes (plural yeses or yesses)

An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
Was that a yes?

Synonyms: aye, yea, nod

Antonyms: no, nay
A vote of support or in favor/favour of something.
The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".

Synonyms: aye, yea

Antonym: nay

Translations[edit]

answer that shows agreement or acceptance

Arabic: نَعَم‎ (ar) f (naʿam), نَعَمَانِ‎ f du (naʿamāni), نَعَمَات‎ f pl (naʿamāt)
Basque: baietz
Czech: ano (cs)
Danish: ja (da)
Finnish: kyllä (fi)
French: oui (fr) m, si (fr) m
Georgian: თანხმობა (tanxmoba)
German: Ja (de) m or n
Greek: ναι (el) n (nai)

Italian: sì (it) m
Portuguese: sim (pt) m, afirmativo (pt) m
Russian: да (ru) m (da)
Slovene: dà (sl) m
Spanish: sí (es)
Swedish: ja (sv)
Yoruba: òòò, ẹyi (honorific)

vote of support

Finnish: jaa (fi), kyllä (fi)
French: oui (fr) m
Georgian: კი (ḳi)
German: Ja (de) n
Greek: ναι (el) n (nai)

Italian: sì (it) m, voto a favore m
Portuguese: sim (pt) m, a favor (pt) m
Spanish: sí (es) m, a favor m
Swedish: ja (sv)

Verb[edit]

yes (third-person singular simple present yeses or yesses, present participle yessing, simple past and past participle yessed)

(colloquial, transitive) to agree with, affirm, approve.
Did he yes the veto?
- 1972 Oct, Barth, John, “Perseid”, in Harper's Magazine, page 79:
  "That's really what you wanted?" I yessed both; ...
Synonyms: agree, consent, nod
(slang) to attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

to affirm

Dutch: beamen (nl)
Finnish: vahvistaa (fi)
Italian: approvare (it)

Spanish: aceptar (es)
Swedish: godkänna (sv), acceptera (sv)

attempt to flatter by agreeing

Finnish: myönnellä (fi)

Anagrams[edit]

Sey., Sye, eys, sye

Asturian[edit]

Verb[edit]

yes

second-person singular present indicative of ser

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English yes.

Interjection[edit]

yes

(colloquial) Expression of triumph, vehement approval, etc.

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English yes.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /jɛs/
Audio
(file)
Hyphenation: yes
Rhymes: -ɛs

Interjection[edit]

yes

(colloquial) yay (exclamation of happiness or enthusiasm)
Synonym: jee

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English yes.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /jɛs/

Interjection[edit]

yes

(chiefly Quebec, colloquial) yes!
Synonym: oui

Ido[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Esperanto jes, from English yes.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /jes/

Adverb[edit]

yes

yes
Antonym: no

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yes (uncountable)

Alternative form of is (“ice”)

Etymology 2[edit]

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yes

Alternative form of yis (“yes”)

Etymology 3[edit]

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yes

(East Anglia) Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Etymology 4[edit]

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yes

(Late Middle English) plural of ye (“eye”)

Novial[edit]

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yes

yes
Antonym: no

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɟ͡ʝes/

Noun[edit]

yes

plural of ye

Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English yes.

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yes

yes (word used to show agreement or acceptance)

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yes

yes (used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement)

yes

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