hey (h )interj. Used to attract attention or to express surprise, appreciation, wonder, or pleasure. Regional Note: Traditionally, hey was just an exclamation. Sometimes it expressed delight, sometimes a warning. Nowadays we find it used for emphasis as well, especially in the expression but hey. It is also a greeting. It is a short, colloquial version of How are you? and thus close kin to the informal salutation hi, which it seems to be replacing in many situations. Until recently, this greeting had a distinctly Southern flavor. The national survey conducted in the 1960s by the Dictionary of American Regional English found hey as a greeting restricted chiefly to Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas. The friendly hey has since spread throughout the United States. |
hey [heɪ]
interj
1. an expression indicating surprise, dismay, discovery, etc., or calling for another's attention
hey presto an exclamation used by conjurors to herald the climax of a trick
[compare Old French hay, German hei, Swedish hej]
Translations
hey
interj (to attract attention) → he (Sie/du); (in surprise) → he, Mensch (inf); hey presto → Hokuspokus (Fidibus)
interj hey [hei]
a shout expressing joy, or a question, or used to attract attention Hey! What are you doing there? haai!, hè? حرْف نِداء للسؤال او التعبير عن السرور او لَفْت الإنتباه ей hej! hej He! έι! (επιφ.) eh; oye hei آهای hei hé! הֵי! अरे, ए hej! ej! hé! hai! hæ!, hey!, heyrðu! ehi! おーい 어이, 여봐 ei! hei! hei hé! hør her!; hallo!; Oj!; Ikke gjør det! hej! eh! hei! эй! hej! hej! hej hej!, hallå []! คำอุทานแสดงความประหลาดใจ Hey!, Haydi!, Bana bak! (表示喜悅或提問，或引起注意的喊聲)嘿！ овва!, гей! توجہ حاصل کرنے یا مخاطب کرنے کا بے تکلف کلمہ này 嗨
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