yoyo

See also: YOYO, Yoyo, yoyó, and yo-yo

English

Etymology

Genericized trademark. Likely from Ilocano yóyo or another Philippine cognate.

Pronunciation

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Noun

yoyo (plural yoyos)

1. Alternative spelling of yo-yo.

Verb

yoyo (third-person singular simple present yoyos, present participle yoyoing, simple past and past participle yoyoed)

1. Alternative spelling of yo-yo.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English yo-yo / yoyo. Formerly a trademark. Most likely from Ilocano yóyo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: yo‧yo

Noun

yoyo

1. a yo-yo; a toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical spindle having a circular groove in which string is wound; it is used by holding the string in the fingers and reeling the spindle up and down by movements of the wrist
2. a cake that is shaped like a yoyo, akin to a cookie sandwich, often purple and with a margarine filling and rolled in white sugar

Verb

yoyo

1. to play with a yo-yo

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English yo-yo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jo.jo/

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Noun

yoyo m (plural yoyos)

1. yo-yo

Further reading

• “yoyo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Ido

Noun

yoyo (plural yoyi)

1. yo-yo

Ilocano

Etymology

From Spanish yoyo, according to Constantino (1971). See also Spanish yo (“I”) & Ilocano yo (“you; by you; your”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjojo/ [ˈjo.jo]
• Hyphenation: yo‧yo

Noun

yóyo

1. yo-yo

Derived terms

• agyoyo

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English yo-yo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈjojo/ [ˈjo.jo]
• Rhymes: -ojo
• Syllabification: yo‧yo

Noun

yoyo (plural yoyo-yoyo)

1. yo-yo (kind of toy)

Japanese

Romanization

yoyo

1. Rōmaji transcription of よよ

Karao

Noun

yoyo

1. mudfish

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝoʝo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝoʝo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.ʝo] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃoʃo/ [ˈʃo.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒoʒo/ [ˈʒo.ʒo] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʝojo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.jo] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -oʝo
• Syllabification: yo‧yo

Noun

yoyo m (plural yoyos)

1. (Cuba, El Salvador, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Philippines, US) alternative form of yoyó

Further reading

• “yoyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• yuyo

Etymology

Borrowed from English yo-yo, a genericized trademark, possibly from Ilocano yoyo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈjojoʔ/ [ˈjoː.joʔ]
• Rhymes: -ojoʔ
• Syllabification: yo‧yo

Noun

yoyò (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜌᜓ)

1. yo-yo

Derived terms

• magyoyo
• pagyoyoyo
• yoyoan
• yoyoin

Further reading

• “yoyo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• oyoy

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjo.jo]

Interjection

yoyo

1. wow!

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English yo-yo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /joˈjo/

Noun

yoyo (definite accusative yoyoyu, plural yoyolar)

1. (games) yo-yo

Declension

Declension of yoyo

singular plural nominative yoyo yoyolar definite accusative yoyoyu yoyoları dative yoyoya yoyolara locative yoyoda yoyolarda ablative yoyodan yoyolardan genitive yoyonun yoyoların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular yoyom yoyolarım 2nd singular yoyon yoyoların 3rd singular yoyosu yoyoları 1st plural yoyomuz yoyolarımız 2nd plural yoyonuz yoyolarınız 3rd plural yoyoları yoyoları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular yoyomu yoyolarımı 2nd singular yoyonu yoyolarını 3rd singular yoyosunu yoyolarını 1st plural yoyomuzu yoyolarımızı 2nd plural yoyonuzu yoyolarınızı 3rd plural yoyolarını yoyolarını dative singular plural 1st singular yoyoma yoyolarıma 2nd singular yoyona yoyolarına 3rd singular yoyosuna yoyolarına 1st plural yoyomuza yoyolarımıza 2nd plural yoyonuza yoyolarınıza 3rd plural yoyolarına yoyolarına locative singular plural 1st singular yoyomda yoyolarımda 2nd singular yoyonda yoyolarında 3rd singular yoyosunda yoyolarında 1st plural yoyomuzda yoyolarımızda 2nd plural yoyonuzda yoyolarınızda 3rd plural yoyolarında yoyolarında ablative singular plural 1st singular yoyomdan yoyolarımdan 2nd singular yoyondan yoyolarından 3rd singular yoyosundan yoyolarından 1st plural yoyomuzdan yoyolarımızdan 2nd plural yoyonuzdan yoyolarınızdan 3rd plural yoyolarından yoyolarından genitive singular plural 1st singular yoyomun yoyolarımın 2nd singular yoyonun yoyolarının 3rd singular yoyosunun yoyolarının 1st plural yoyomuzun yoyolarımızın 2nd plural yoyonuzun yoyolarınızın 3rd plural yoyolarının yoyolarının