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- [shey]
- /ʃeɪ/
- /ʃeɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shey]
- /ʃeɪ/
Definitions of shay word
- noun shay a chaise. 1
- noun shay chaise: horse-drawn carriage 1
- noun shay a light carriage; chaise 0
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Origin of shay
First appearance:
before 1710 One of the 50% oldest English words
1710-20; respelling and back formation from chaise (taken as plural)
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Shay
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shay popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
shay usage trend in Literature
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