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quay

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
16
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/kiː/(UK)
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/kiː/(UK) · /keɪ/ · /kiː/(US) · /keɪ/(US) · /kweɪ/(US)

Definition of quay

5 senses · 5 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
    “moor up in the quay”
    “[…] its harbour was filled with stately ships; and its quays, swarming with foreign traders and loaded with bales of costly merchandise[…]”
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noun

  1. A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
    “moor up in the quay”
    “[…] its harbour was filled with stately ships; and its quays, swarming with foreign traders and loaded with bales of costly merchandise[…]”

verb

  1. To land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up".

adj

  1. (Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of qway (“far”).

adv

  1. (Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of qway (“far”).

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

The current spelling replaced the spelling key in the 1690s to emulate the spelling but (at least originally) not the pronunciation of the equivalent modern French quai. From Middle English…

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The current spelling replaced the spelling key in the 1690s to emulate the spelling but (at least originally) not the pronunciation of the equivalent modern French quai. From Middle English kay, key, kaye, keye, from Old French kay, cail, from Gaulish *kagyum, cagiíun (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“field”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”). Doublet of hedge and hey (“choreographic figure”).

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