Jay

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See also Jay, and jaý

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: jā, IPA: /dʒeɪ/, SAMPA: /dZeI/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

File:Garrulus glandarius 1 Luc Viatour.jpg

Eurasian jay

File:Cyanocitta cristata FWS.jpg

American jay

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old French jaj, gai (Modern geai), from Late Latin gaius (“‘jay’”) perhaps cognate with and influenced by Old High German gāhi, cognate to Dutch gaai; compare gay.

Noun

Singular Jay

Plural {{{1}}}

Jay ({{{1}}})

1. Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genuses within the family Corvidae, including Garrulus, Cyanocitta, allied to the crows, but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, usually having a crest, and often noisy.
2. Other birds of similar appearance and behavior.
3. (archaic) A dull or ignorant person. It survives today in the term jaywalking.

Synonyms

• (bird): Jenny jay, jay pie, k, kae (UK); bluejay, whisky jack (US)

Hyponyms

• (bird): Old World jay, gray jay, American jay

See also

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Derived terms

terms derived from jay (bird)

blue jay, bluejay Canada jay California jay Florida jay

green jay jay thrush jaywalker

Translations

bird

Albanian: grifsha Armenian: ճայ hy(hy) (č̣ay) Basque: eskinoso Belarusian: сойка be(be) Breton: kegin Bulgarian: сойка bg(bg) (sojka) Catalan: gaig Croatian: šojka hr(hr) Czech: sojka cs(cs) f. Danish: skovskade (Eurasian jay) Dutch: gaai nl(nl) m., Vlaamse gaai nl(nl) m. Esperanto: garolo Estonian: pasknäär Faroese: gnelliskjóra Finnish: närhi fi(fi) French: geai m., geai des chênes m. Friulian: gjaie, badascule Galician: gaio, pega marza German: Häher de(de) m. Greek: κίσσα el(el) f. Hebrew: עורבני he(he) Hungarian: szajkó hu(hu) Icelandic: skrækskaði is(is) Irish: scréachóg Italian: ghiandaia it(it) f. Ladin: gacia Latin: gaius Latvian: sīlis

Lithuanian: kėkštas lt(lt) Lower Sorbian: kabeja Macedonian: сојка mk(mk) (sojka) f. Maltese: sultan iċ-ċawl Navajo: tʼádootłʼizhii Norwegian: nøtteskrike (Eurasian jay) Occitan: gag Polish: sójka pl(pl) f. Portuguese: gralha pt(pt) f., gaio pt(pt) m. Romanian: gaiţa f. Romansch: sgragia f. Russian: сойка ru(ru) (sójka) f. Sami: látteguovssat Sardinian: piga, pica, marabiga, mariabiga, melapica Scottish: sgreuchag-choille Serbian: Cyrillic: креjа f., шојка f., сoјка f. Roman: kreja f., šojka f., sojka f. Slovak: sojka škriekavá Slovene: šoja sl(sl) Spanish: arrendajo m., urraca f. Swedish: nötskrika (Eurasian jay) Turkish: alakarga tr(tr) Ukrainian: сойка uk(uk) (sojka) Upper Sorbian: škrěkawa Welsh: sgrech y coed West Frisian: houtekster

Etymology 2

Respelling of the letter jy, by analogy with the following letter kay.

Noun

Singular Jay

Plural s

Jay (s)

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See also

• (Latin script letter names) ^[create]

Derived terms

• deejay
• jaycee

Translations

name of the letter J, j

Arabic: جاي ar(ar) (jay, jey) m. Dutch: jee nl(nl) f. Esperanto: jo eo(eo) German: Jot de(de) m. Hindi: जे hi(hi) (jē) Italian: i lunga it(it) f.

Japanese: ジェイ ja(ja) (jei) Korean: 제이 ko(ko) (jei) Portuguese: jota pt(pt) m. Russian: джей ru(ru) (džej) n. (English), йот ru(ru) (jot) m. Spanish: jota es(es) f.

References

• Jay in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913