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Oi

Oi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oi"

English

Pronoun

Oi

  1. (south west England) Eye dialect spelling of I.

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Swabian

Noun

Oi

  1. egg

oi

oi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oi"

English

Interjection

oi (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, usually impolite)

  1. Said to get someone's attention; hey.
    Oi, you with the red hat – what do you think you're doing?
  2. A protest or reprimand.
    Oi! Stop that!
  3. An expression of surprise.
    Oi! This is new!
  4. An informal greeting, similar to hi.
    Oi! How's it going?
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Noun

oi (uncountable)

  1. (Britain, sometimes capitalized) A working-class punk rock subgenre of the 1970s, sometimes associated with racism.
    • 1997, David Schwarz, Listening subjects: music, psychoanalysis, culture
      A way for Oi musicians to avoid responsibility for acts of violence that were preceded by listening to Oi is the claim that what people do with their music is out of the control of the musicians themselves.

Etymology 2

Variant of oy, from Yiddish.

Interjection

oi

  1. Alternative spelling of oy

Anagrams


Bima

Noun

oi

  1. water

References


Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoi̯/
  • Hyphenation: oi
  • Rhymes: -oi

Interjection

oi

  1. (poetic) o, oh
    Oi Herra! (O Lord!)

Hiri Motu

Pronoun

oi

  1. 2nd-person singular pronoun: you

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Japanese

Romanization

oi

  1. rōmaji reading of おい

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin audītus.

Verb

oi

  1. past participle of oir

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: oi
  • Rhymes: -oi
  • IPA(key): /oj/

Interjection

oi

  1. hi (informal greeting)
    Oi, Maria!
    Hi, Mary!

Synonyms

Interjection

oi?

  1. (informal) sorry? I beg your pardon? excuse me? (request to repeat a message that wasn’t heard clearly)

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Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oj/

Etymology 1

Noun form.

Noun

oi f

  1. indefinite singular genitive and dative form of oaie.
  2. indefinite plural nominative and accusative form of oaie.
  3. indefinite plural genitive and dative form of oaie.

Etymology 2

Verb form.

Verb

(eu) oi (modal auxiliary, first-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)

  1. (I) might
    Oi merge-n București mâine.
    I might go to Bucharest tomorrow.

Verb

(tu) oi (modal auxiliary, second-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)

  1. (you) might
    Crezi oi vrea ceva de băut mai târziu?
    Do you think you might want something to drink later?

Sardinian

Etymology

Compare Italian oggi.

Adverb

oi

  1. (Campidanese) today

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Adjective

oi

  1. hot and oppressive, sultry

Noun

oi

  1. creel