quay

See also: quây, quấy, quầy, quẩy, quậy, and Quay

English

WOTD – 24 June 2008
the straightened Scheldt quay at Antwerp

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Etymology

From Old French kay, cail (modern French quai), from Gaulish *kagyum, cagiíun (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“hedge”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kiː/ enPR: kē
  • (US) IPA(key): /kiː/, /keɪ/, /kweɪ/ enPR: kē, kā, kwā
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Homophone: key (in certain pronunciations)

Noun

quay (plural quays)

  1. (nautical) A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.

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Verb

quay (third-person singular simple present quays, present participle quaying, simple past and past participle quayed)

  1. To land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up".

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Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *kweː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *waj(-h) ~ *waaj(-h) (“to turn; to wave”).

Pronunciation

Verb

quay (拐, 歪, 乖, 𢮿, 𢵴, 𨆠, 𨧰)

  1. to turn; to revolve; to swivel
  2. to whirl; to reverse; to turn back
  3. to spit roast

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