yessir

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English

Etymology

yes +‎ sir

Pronunciation

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Interjection

yessir

(informal or military) Used to express assent, especially to a male superior.

Translations

used to express assent, especially to a superior

Arabic: نَعَم سَيِّدِي (naʕam sayyidī)
Azerbaijani: baş üstə
Finnish: kyllä herra, jessör
French: oui monsieur
German: jawohl (de)
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Hungarian: igenis
Italian: sì signore, sissignore
Portuguese: sim senhor
Russian: есть (ru) (jestʹ), так то́чно (ru) (tak tóčno), слу́шаюсь (ru) (slúšajusʹ) (dated)
Spanish: sí señor

See also

yes'm
yessiree, yessirree

Anagrams

yisser

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