okay

== English == === Alternative forms === OK, O.K., ok, okeh, okey === Etymology === A respelling of OK. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, stressed form) IPA(key): /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/ (General American, stressed form) IPA(key): /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/ (Ghanaian) IPA(key): [ˌɔˈkej] (unstressed form) IPA(key): /əˈkeɪ/ Rhymes: -eɪ Hyphenation: o‧kay === Noun === okay (plural okays) Alternative spelling of OK. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === okay (third-person singular simple present okays, present participle okaying, simple past and past participle okayed) Alternative spelling of OK. === Adjective === okay (comparative more okay or okayer, superlative most okay or okayest) Alternative spelling of OK. === Adverb === okay (comparative more okay, superlative most okay) Alternative spelling of OK. === Interjection === okay Alternative spelling of OK. ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === === Anagrams === kayo, oaky, yoak == Ainu == === Alternative forms === (Saru dialect) oka === Etymology === From oka (“are”) +‎ i (nominalising suffix), literally “those which are”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ò̞ꜛkáj] === Pronoun === okay (Kana spelling オカイ) they (third-person plural pronoun) ==== Usage notes ==== This word is not actually a proper pronoun, but is often used when it is absolutely necessary to point directly to a third person in conversation. The proper third-person pronoun in Ainu would be the lack of any personal pronoun at all, i.e., it has a null value. === See also === == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English okay. === Interjection === okay alternative spelling of OK == German == === Alternative forms === ok, OK, o.k., O.K. === Etymology === Borrowed from English okay. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈkeː/, /oˈkɛɪ̯/ === Interjection === okay OK Synonyms: alles klar, in Ordnung, (formal) d'accord, (slang) tamam ==== Usage notes ==== The spelling okay is the most frequent in German. Abbreviations (as given above) do exist, but are less common than in English. === Adjective === okay (strong nominative masculine singular okayer, comparative okayer, superlative am okaysten) (informal, chiefly predicative or adverbial) OK Synonyms: ordentlich, in Ordnung, akzeptabel, annehmbar, annehmlich, befriedigend, zufriedenstellend ==== Usage notes ==== Attributive use and compared forms are fairly recent and therefore not always considered grammatical. ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “okay” in Duden online “okay” in Duden online == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English okay. === Pronunciation === === Interjection === okay okay! == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English okay. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈkei/ [oˈkei̯] IPA(key): /ouˈkei/ [ou̯ˈkei̯] (less common, chiefly US) Rhymes: -ei IPA(key): /oˈkai/ [oˈkai̯] Rhymes: -ai Syllabification: o‧kay === Interjection === okay alternative form of OK ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.