Yes

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adverb 1.2.1 Usage note 1.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.3 Antonyms 1.2.4 Translations 1.3 Interjection 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Antonyms 1.5 Transitive verb

English

Pronunciation

• yes, /jes/, /jes/

Adverb

yes

1. A word used to show agreement or acceptance.

   "Yes, you are correct."

   "Yes, you may go to the bathroom now."

2. A word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.

Usage note

An example of yes used to disagree with a statement: the questions "You don't want it, do you?" and "Don't you want it?" are answered by "yes" if the respondent does want the item, and no if he or she does not. Many languages use a different word for this purpose:

• Dutch: jawel
• German: doch
• French: si

Synonyms

• Dialect or archaic forms: yea, aye, ay
• Nautical, military, telecommunications: affirmative
• Colloquial or slang forms: yah, yep, yeah, yup

Antonyms

• Standard form: no
• Nautical, military, telecommunications: negative
• Dialect or archaic forms: nay
• Colloquial or slang forms: nah, naw, nope

Translations

• Alabama: yamá, yamma
• Arabic: نَعَم (naʕam)
• Aymara: jisa
• Breton: ya (1), eo, geo (2)
• Bulgarian: да
• Catalan: sí
• Chickasaw: hohmi, ah
• Chinese: 是（shì),对(duì),嗯(en) (1)
• Croatian da
• Czech: ano
• Danish: ja
• Dutch: ja
• Esperanto: jes
• Estonian: jah
• Finnish: kyllä
• French: oui (1), si (2)
• German: ja (1), doch (2)
• Greek: ναι
• Guarani: heẽ
• Hebrew: כן (ken)
• Hindi: हाँ (hā̃)
• Hungarian: igen (1), de igen (2)
• Icelandic: já
• Ido: yes
• Interlingua:si
• Italian: sì
• Japanese: はい (hai) (1, polite), ええ (ee) (1, polite), うん (n) (1, informal, not really a word)
• Korean: 예 (ye), 네 (ne)
• Latenkwa : Bikado
• Latin: ita, ita vero , sic, recte
• Macedonian: da
• Norwegian: ja
• Persian: بَلِه (ˈbæle), آرِه (āˈre) inf
• Polish: tak
• Portuguese: sim
• Quechua: arí
• Romanian: da
• Russian: дa (da)
• Sardinian: eja
• Sasxsek: ja
• Serbian: da
• Slovak: áno , hej, no
• Slovene: ja (1, 2), da (1, 2) (liter.)
• Spanish: sí
• Swedish: ja (1), jo (2)
• Tupinambá: pá (said by men); e'ẽ (said by both women and men)
• Turkish: evet
• Urdu: ھاں (current standard orthography), ہاں (former optional orthography)
• Volapük: si

Interjection

yes!

1. Used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement.

Antonyms

• no

Noun

yes (plural yeses )

1. An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
2. A vote of support or in favor/favour of something.

   The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".

Synonyms

• (1): aye, yea
• (2): yea

Antonyms

• (1): no, nay
• (2): nay

Transitive verb

to yes

1. To agree with, to affirm.

   Did he yes the veto?