English Explanatory Dictionary

wye

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The name of the Latin script letter Y/y.
  2. A Y-shaped object: a wye level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track.
verb
  1. To make something into a wye (letter Y) shape.
  2. To reverse the direction of a train using a wye.
name
  1. A river in Wales and England, including Powys, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire, the fifth-longest in the UK.
  2. A river in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England, which flows into the River Derwent.
  3. A river in Buckinghamshire, England, which joins the Thames at Bourne End.
  4. A village in Wye with Hinxhill parish, Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0546).

Pronunciation

/ˈwaɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-wye.wav /waɪ/

Word forms

wye wyes why wy wying wyeing wyed

Etymology

Attested as wi c. 1200. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps borrowed from Old French ui or gui.

Related words

wye aye

Derived words

wye cable wye level wye switch Hay-on-Wye Newbridge-on-Wye Ross-on-Wye Whitney-on-Wye Wye River Wye Valley Wye with Hinxhill

Translations

Bulgarian: Уай Irish: an Ghwy Welsh: Gwy
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