okej

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English OK (see there for further descendants). Not to be confused with ok (eight) or oke (eighthly).

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈokej]
  • Rhymes: -okej
  • Hyphenation: o‧kej

Interjection

okej

  1. (neologism, informal) okay, OK
    Synonyms: bone, en ordo, konsentite

Usage notes

Because the spelling okej indicates that the stress is placed on the penultimate (i.e. first) syllable, it is sometimes spelled o kej or ho kej to render the common pronunciation with the stress on the final syllable (as in English).


Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English OK.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.kɛj/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔkɛj
  • Syllabification: o‧kej

Adjective

okej (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) OK

Adverb

okej (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) OK

Interjection

okej

  1. (colloquial) OK

Further reading

  • okej in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • okej in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English okay.

Interjection

okej (Cyrillic spelling океј)

  1. (colloquial) okay, all right, fine
    Okej, može!

Adjective

okej (Cyrillic spelling океј)

  1. (colloquial) okay, all right, fine

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔˈkɛj/, /ʊˈkɛj/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛj

Adjective

okej (comparative mer okej, superlative mest okej)

  1. okay, all right
    Är det okej om jag går hem nu?
    Is it okay if I go home now?

Declension

Uninflected.[1][2]

Adverb

okej (not comparable)

  1. okay, all right
    Provet gick okej.
    The test went all right.

Interjection

okej

  1. okay

References

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