yankee

== Translingual == === Noun === yankee Alternative letter-case form of Yankee of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet. == English == === Pronunciation === (without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈjæŋ.ki/ (æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈjeɪ̯ŋ.ki/, /ˈjɛ̃ŋ.ki/ Hyphenation: yan‧kee === Noun === yankee (plural yankees) (nautical) A headsail resembling a genoa or a jib but with a high-cut clew, normally used together with a staysail. A sailing boat is typically equipped with three yankee sails of different sizes, number one being the largest. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Yankee from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. Obsolete form of Yankee (“either a US Northerner or any US American”). 1887, Edward Bond Foote, The Radical Remedy in Social Science - Borning Better Babies through Regulating Reproduction by Controlling Conception - An Earnest Essay on Pressing Problems, Murray Hill Publishing Company, page 130 The quidnunctious yankee woman is posted in gynecology. She never breeds. === Anagrams === Keaney == French == === Adjective === yankee (plural yankees) (relational) Yankee (Louisiana) an Anglo-American, as opposed to someone with French ancestry; resident or native of the rest of the United States === Further reading === “yankee”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -anki === Adjective === yankee m or f (masculine and feminine plural yankees) alternative spelling of yanqui === Noun === yankee m or f by sense (plural yankees) alternative spelling of yanqui