English Explanatory Dictionary

shay

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A chaise.
name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A diminutive of the male given name Seamus.
noun
  1. A geared steam locomotive, patented by Ephraim Shay.

Pronunciation

/ʃeɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shay.wav

Word forms

shay shays

Etymology

A back-formation from chaise (originally from French), with the /z/ of that word taken as the plural ending -s.

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