yes
English
/jɛs/
part
Definitions
- Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct.
- An exclamation of pleasure or approval, usually transcribed with an exclamation point.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English yes inherited from Old English ġīese.
Origin
Old English
ġīese
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- man English
- sir English
- siree English
- yes-man English
- yesable English
- yesish English
- yesman English
- yesmanship English
- yessir English
- yessiree English
- yeswoman English
- jees Finnish
- jees-mies Finnish
- jes Finnish
- jessör Finnish
- yes Dutch, Flemish
- yes French
- イエス Japanese
- ġīese Old English
- yes Middle English
- yes Danish
- jes Esperanto
- jesa Esperanto
- jese Esperanto
- jeso Esperanto
- kapjesi Esperanto
- kapjeso Esperanto
- jes Serbo-Croatian
- jess Icelandic
- yes Ido
- yes Tok Pisin