oi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oi"

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɔɪ/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Etymology 1

Variant of the interjection hoy with h-dropping in working class and Cockney speech; first recorded in the 1930s.

Interjection

oi　(Britain, Ireland, 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?
    Oi! Stop that!
  2. An expression of surprise.
    Oi! This is new!
  3. An informal greeting, similar to hi.
    Oi! How's it going?
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations

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

Etymology 3

Pronoun

oi

  1. (representing rural dialect pronunciation) I.
    Sometimes oi sits and thinks, and sometimes oi just sits.

Anagrams

Bima

Noun

oi

  1. water

References

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin odium.

Noun

oi m (plural ois)

  1. (Mallorca) aversion, revulsion

Etymology 2

Interjection

oi

  1. Used at the end of a sentence, or with que at the beginning to make a tag question.
    • 1994, Ferran Canyameres, Montserrat Canyameres, Obra completa IV, page 194
      Oi que ho farà? Digui que sí.
      Won't you do it? Say you will.
  2. Indicates agreement with a statement: yeah; that's right
  3. Indicates surprise: whoa; hey
  4. Indicates physical pain: ouch

Further reading

Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

oi

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

Anagrams

Hiri Motu

Pronoun

oi

  1. 2nd-person singular pronoun: you

See also

Japanese

Romanization

oi

  1. Rōmaji transcription 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)

Synonyms

Romanian

Pronunciation

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 că 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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *cʔur ~ *cʔuur ~ *(c)ʔuər ~ *cʔər ~ *cʔəər (“warm”); cognate with Ruching Palaung ka-ūr/ka-ǖr (“tepid; to warm food”), Khasi ur (“with a warm sensation”).

Adjective

oi

  1. hot and oppressive, sultry
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

(classifier cái) oi

  1. creel
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