yep

See also: Yep and YEP

English

Etymology

Representing yeah pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Compare yup, nope, welp, and ope. Compare also German jap (“yep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛp/, [jɛp̚], [jɛʔ]

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛp

Interjection

yep

1. (informal) Yes.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:yes

   Antonym: nope

Translations

informal "yes"

Arabic: أَيْوَة (ʔaywa) (Eastern Arabic), إِيَّة (ʔiyya) (Western Arabic), آ (ar) (ʔā) (Egyptian Arabic) Catalan: sip Chinese: Mandarin: 是啊 (zh) (shì a), 對啊／对啊 (duì a), 啊 (zh) (à), 嗯 (zh) (ǹg) Czech: jo (cs) Danish: jep Finnish: joo (fi), juu (fi) French: (France) ouaip (fr), mouais (fr), moui (fr), voui (fr) (Quebec) ouin (fr) German: jo (de) Hungarian: ja (hu) Italian: già (it) Japanese: うん (ja) (un), そう (ja) (sō), ええ (ja) (ē), ああ (ja) (ā) Korean: 응 (ko) (eung), 어 (ko) (eo), 넵 (nep) Latin: etiam (la) Maltese: ijwa, ijja, eħe Norwegian: Bokmål: jepp Nynorsk: jepp Persian: آره (fa) (âre) Polish: no (pl), ta (pl) Portuguese: aham (pt) Romanian: mda (ro), dap (ro) Russian: ага́ (ru) (agá, ahá), угу́ (ru) (ugú, uhú), так (ru) (tak), ну (ru) (nu) Spanish: sip (es) Swedish: jäpp, jepp (sv), japp (sv) Vietnamese: ừ (vi), ờ (vi)

Noun

yep (plural yeps)

1. (informal) Yes.

   I'll take that as a yep, then.

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: jepp
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: jepp

Anagrams

• pye, pey, Pye