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bay en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈbeɪ̯/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbæ̝ɪ̯/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈbeː/ monophthongization

Etymology

Etymology tree Iberiander. Late Latin baiader.? French baieder. English bay From French baie, from Late Latin baia, probably ultimately from Iberian or Basque badia. Partly displaced native Old English byht, whence bight.

Meanings

1. A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
   • 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
   • This hotel has a great view across the bay.
2. A bank or dam to keep back water.

Forms

Deriveds

Castle Forbes Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Crangan Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Emu Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Horsfield Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Barnes Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Castlebay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Cairns Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Carbis Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Barefoot Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Venus Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · transbay · West Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · St Mary's Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Jervis Bay Territory (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Goose Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Kinmel Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Largs Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Cuttlefish Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Chesapeake Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · multibay · Clayton Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Foul Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Fingal Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Montagu Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Shoal Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Louth Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Cogra Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Shallow Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bay Islands (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Spring Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Hawke Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Mitchell Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Birchs Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Baird Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Botany Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · William Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Cutler Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bateau Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Encounter Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Jervis Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Opossum Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Blue Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · San Francisco Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Sandy Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Cardiff Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Pevensey Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bay County (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Spanish Ship Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Double Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bay City (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Hardwicke Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Baystater · Kāneʻohe Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Redland Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Witless Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Hudson Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Whitley Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Brig Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Fern Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Ormoc Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Flat Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Biscayne Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Cruz Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Elvina Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Resolute Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Nelson Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bo Hai Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Shark Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Indian Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Cruden Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Temryuk Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Deception Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Woy Woy Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Pelly Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · embay · forebay · Baglan Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Waratah Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Fishermans Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Rodds Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Tosa Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · False Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Hampton Bays (Particular bays and places named after bays) · subbay · Etty Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Robin Hood's Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Halibut Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Conception Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · midbay · Swan Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Safety Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Terence Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Streaky Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Eggs and Bacon Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · bay salt · Lake of Bays (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Algoa Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Morass Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Peaceful Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Island Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Musselroe Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Lovett Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Anna Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Nakhodka Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Holdfast Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Crowdy Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Little Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Prudhoe Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bay Bulls (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bay Roberts (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Fennell Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Picnic Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Sceale Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bay of Biscay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · embayment · Coomba Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Hạ Long Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Nelly Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Israelite Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Surges Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Blind Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Suruga Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Amerika Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Abels Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Old Erowal Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Eagle Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Pioneer Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · St Brides Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bay of Islands (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Callala Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Loon Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · baylet · Antechamber Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · baywop · Booker Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Creel Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bayville (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Stokes Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bay St. Louis (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bay of Quinte (Particular bays and places named after bays) · D'Estrees Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Sunshine Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Red Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Coral Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Carey Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Warners Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Cooee Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Hideaway Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Alton Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Kyle Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Cardigan Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Goughs Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Sagami Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Guerilla Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Croudace Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · bayfront · Barragga Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Ise Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Walvis Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Surprise Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · North Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Blackmans Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Fannie Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Taylor Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Gymea Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Smoky Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Salamander Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Runaway Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Haliday Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · bayside · Yowie Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Morecambe Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Table Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Hamelin Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Greater Bay Area · Moreton Bay ash (Particular bays and places named after bays) · bayman · Geilston Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bell Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Lodge Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bingil Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Golden Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Subic Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Chittaway Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Cramps Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · North Batemans Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Massachusetts Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Tanilba Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Madora Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bay L'Argent (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Lucky Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Swansea Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Massey Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Coles Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Normans Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Horseshoe Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Point of Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Mahone Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Barrow Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Coronet Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Simpsons Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Binalong Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Palm Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · baylike · Spry Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bay Head (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Whitefish Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Mossel Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · bayless · Tin Can Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Red Wharf Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Petcheys Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Charlotte Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · afterbay · Buzzards Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Glace Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Colwyn Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Braemar Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bay of Bengal (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Birchy Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Trinity Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Western Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bay de Verde (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Oak Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Haywards Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Marion Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Moreton Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Coffin Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Chain Valley Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Sunderland Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Gardners Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Round Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · imbay · Catherine Hill Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Seal Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Laura Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Watsons Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Pleasant Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Vivonne Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Prospect Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · bayplan · Spaniard's Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Mountain Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Preservation Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Moonta Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Ida Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Southern Moreton Bay Islands (Particular bays and places named after bays) · East Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Guantanamo Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bay of Kotor (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Breton Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Saltery Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Nepean Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Oyster Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Deep Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Mystery Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Kilaben Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bay of Mexico (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Hare Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bay State (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Cenderawasih Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · St Austell Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · bay duiker · Norman's Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Malua Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Palmetto Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Canada Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Rose Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Toowoon Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Fisherman Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Malibu bay breeze · Logy Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Watermans Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · bay breeze · Lavender Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Pukerua Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Suttons Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Pohai Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Batemans Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Back Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Phillip Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Erowal Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Thorpe Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bonnet Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Notre Dame Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Apollo Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Delaware Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · St Margaret's Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Scots Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Ansons Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Neutral Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Totland Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Lyme Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Boomer Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Kogarah Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Surveyors Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Morning Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Elizabeth Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Wemyss Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Mount Dutton Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Grassy Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Jamaica Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Tarbuck Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Glaziers Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Rowes Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Great Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Torbay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bonnells Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Dvina Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Racecourse Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Barnegat Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bay of Plenty (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Georgian Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Shad Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Pavlof Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Northern Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Dolans Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bay Shore (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Rapid Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · sickbay · Adventure Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Chesapeake Bay Retriever · Hawke's Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Dingle Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Kuwait Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Jurien Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Byron Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Tumby Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Ball Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Randalls Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bremer Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Empire Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Bay of Shoals (Particular bays and places named after bays) · bay owl · Rushcutters Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Kellidie Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · bebay · Cow Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Donegal Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Brooks Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Arno Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Denial Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Gdańsk Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Placentia Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Deadman's Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Florence Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Phegans Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Myuna Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Wool Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Largo Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Holes Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Germein Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Southern Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Dalgety Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Jordan Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Hardys Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays) · Huntington Bay (Particular bays and places named after bays)

Synonyms

gulf (body of water)

Translations (119)

be залі́ў (body of water) · sga ucht (body of water) · ar شَرْم (body of water) · fo vík (body of water) · chr ᎥᏓᎵ (body of water) · my ပင်လယ်အော် (body of water) · hy ծոց (body of water) · wam pootupag (body of water) · ale udax̂ (body of water) · tr koy (body of water) · cmn 海灣 /海湾 (body of water) · uk бу́хта (body of water) · th อ่าว (body of water) · sne toruok (body of water) · vo bug (body of water) · pa ਖਾੜੀ (body of water) · hu öböl (body of water) · mt bajja (body of water) · sv bukt (body of water) · ko 만 (body of water) · cs zátoka (body of water) · ota كورفز (body of water) · gl badía (body of water) · pl zatoka (body of water) · grc κόλπος (body of water) · mt qala (body of water) · bg за́лив (body of water) · sq gji (body of water) · sl zaliv (body of water) · afb خليج (body of water) · nrf baie (body of water) · jam bie (body of water) · ar خُور (body of water) · sk záliv (body of water) · ba ҡултыҡ (body of water) · sw ghuba (body of water) · nl baai (body of water) · uk зато́ка (body of water) · sh uvala (body of water) · mi kokoru (body of water) · bcl itiot (body of water) · eo golfeto (body of water) · gd bàgh (body of water) · fi merenlahti (body of water) · no bukt (body of water) · ar خَلِيج (body of water) · pt baía (body of water) · mk залив (body of water) · jv segara anakan (body of water) · lv līcis (body of water) · af baai (body of water) · arz خليج (body of water) · fo flógvi (body of water) · alt булуҥ (body of water) · ja 湾 (body of water) · cs záliv (body of water) · rap haŋa (body of water) · da bugt (body of water) · hi खाड़ी (body of water) · he מפרץ (body of water) · be бу́хта (body of water) · ja 入江 (body of water) · eu badia (body of water) · sh zaljev (body of water) · ky булуң (body of water) · gl ría (body of water) · la baia (body of water) · ca badia (body of water) · de Bucht (body of water) · gu ખાડી (body of water) · ro golf (body of water) · ka უბე (body of water) · yag waya (body of water) · mi whanga (body of water) · km ឈូងសមុទ្រ (body of water) · it golfo (body of water) · ang byht (body of water) · tl look (body of water) · ru бу́хта (body of water) · gl angra (body of water) · ur خلیج (body of water) · ms teluk (body of water) · ka ყურე (body of water) · vi vịnh (body of water) · ru зали́в (body of water) · afb جون (body of water) · et laht (body of water) · iu kangiqluk (kangiqluk) (body of water) · jv teluk (body of water) · fi lahti (body of water) · haw kūʻono (body of water) · haw kai kūʻono (body of water) · gl abra (body of water) · kmr kendav (body of water) · fr baie (body of water) · fa خلیج (body of water) · bdr lo'ok (body of water) · arz شرم (body of water) · sh залив (body of water) · lo ອ່າວ (body of water) · cy bae (body of water) · cmn 灣 /湾 (body of water) · ar جُون (body of water) · sv golf (body of water) · jv lempongan (body of water) · ga bá (body of water) · ta விரிகுடா (body of water) · sv vik (body of water) · es bahía (body of water) · el κόλπος (body of water) · sh zaliv (body of water) · mel teluok (body of water) · it baia (body of water) · tft jiko (body of water) · la sinus (body of water) · zza zag (body of water) · sq zgjiç (body of water) · is vík (body of water) · lt įlanka (body of water)

bay en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈbeɪ̯/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbæ̝ɪ̯/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈbeː/ monophthongization

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe? Old English beġerclip.? Old English *beġ Latin bācader. Old French baieder. Middle English baye English bay From Middle English baye, baie, from Old English beġ (“berry”), as in beġbēam (“berry-tree”), conflated with Old French baie, from Latin bāca (“berry”).

Meanings

1. (countable) A tree or shrub of species Laurus nobilis (family Lauraceae), having dark green leaves and berries.
2. (uncountable) Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.
3. (uncountable) Mahogany of species Swietenia macrophylla obtained from Campeche in Mexico.
4. (archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable) The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.
   • The patriot's honours and the poet's bays. 1771, John Trumbull, On the Vanity of Youthful Expectations:
   • both you here with many a cursed oth, / Sweare she is yours, and stirre vp bloudie frayes, / To win a willow bough, whilest other weares the bayes. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
5. (US, countable, dialectal, uncountable) A tract covered with bay trees.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A berry.

Forms

Deriveds

bay yarn (terms derived from bay (plant)) · bay leaf (terms derived from bay (plant)) · bay rum tree (terms derived from bay (plant)) · red bay (terms derived from bay (plant)) · loblolly bay (terms derived from bay (plant)) · Bay Springs (terms derived from bay (plant)) · bay tree (terms derived from bay (plant)) · bayberry (terms derived from bay (plant)) · bay nut (terms derived from bay (plant)) · bay bean (terms derived from bay (plant)) · bay rum (terms derived from bay (plant)) · bay laurel (terms derived from bay (plant)) · sweet bay (terms derived from bay (plant)) · bayhead (terms derived from bay (plant)) · bay cedar (terms derived from bay (plant)) · California bay (terms derived from bay (plant)) · Myrica spp.) (terms derived from bay (plant)) · bay willow (terms derived from bay (plant)) · Pimenta racemosa (terms derived from bay (plant)) · baywood (terms derived from bay (plant))

Synonyms

Grecian laurel (Laurus nobilis) · sweet bay (Laurus nobilis) · true laurel (Laurus nobilis) · laurels (Garland symbolic of fame, victor) · bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) · bay tree (Laurus nobilis) · laurel (Laurus nobilis)

Translations (28)

de Lorbeer (shrub) · el δάφνη (shrub) · ka დაფნა (shrub) · ca llorer (shrub) · cy llawrwyf (shrub) · sl lovor (shrub) · is lárviður (shrub) · pt louro (shrub) · es laurel (shrub) · lv lauru koks (shrub) · ru лавр (shrub) · cy llawrwydd (shrub) · grc δάφνη (shrub) · gl loureiro (shrub) · ga labhróg (shrub) · mk лавор (shrub) · it alloro (shrub) · fr laurier (shrub) · fi laakeripuu (shrub) · nl laurier (shrub) · gl louro (shrub) · ru лавро́вое де́рево (shrub) · hu babér (shrub) · bg лаврово дърво (shrub) · gl gamallo (shrub) · pt loureiro (shrub) · sh lovor (shrub) · no laurbær (shrub)

bay en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈbeɪ̯/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbæ̝ɪ̯/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈbeː/ monophthongization

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French baee, beee, from the verb beer (“gape open”), from Early Medieval Latin batāre. Compare Modern French baie. More at bevel, badinage.

Meanings

1. An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
2. An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
   • Wrex: And Shepard--I like what you've done with the Normandy. Got tired of always hanging around the cargo bay before. 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
   • A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays. 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
3. A display unit in a shop or store, especially a large metal one.
   • wall bay
   • end bay
   • gondola bay
4. A section of ceiling delineated by supports such as rafters or vaulting ribs.
5. Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
6. A bay platform.
   • There is a short bay at the west end of each platform, but neither is used for passenger trains. 1946 May and June, G. A. Sekon, “L.B.S.C.R. West Coast Section—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 149:
7. A bay window.
8. A room for editing video footage or physical film.

Forms

Deriveds

dry bay (Terms derived from bay Etymology 3) · fire bay (Terms derived from bay Etymology 3) · engine bay (Terms derived from bay Etymology 3) · buggy bay (Terms derived from bay Etymology 3) · patchbay (Terms derived from bay Etymology 3) · cargo bay (Terms derived from bay Etymology 3) · bay window (Terms derived from bay Etymology 3) · patch bay (Terms derived from bay Etymology 3) · truck bay (Terms derived from bay Etymology 3) · tail-bay (Terms derived from bay Etymology 3) · squad bay (Terms derived from bay Etymology 3) · bomb bay (Terms derived from bay Etymology 3) · emergency parking bay (Terms derived from bay Etymology 3) · bay platform (Terms derived from bay Etymology 3) · sick bay (Terms derived from bay Etymology 3) · loading bay (Terms derived from bay Etymology 3)

Translations (32)

ru просве́т (distance between two supports in a vault) · pl luka (distance between two supports in a vault) · fi syvennys (compartment) · ru ни́ша (distance between two supports in a vault) · ka განყოფილება (compartment) · lv niša (compartment) · el κλίτος (distance between two supports in a vault) · fr compartiment (compartment) · fr baie (compartment) · hu fülke (compartment) · bg ни́ша (compartment) · uk відсі́к (compartment) · fi nissi (compartment) · ru отсе́к (compartment) · pt baia (compartment) · it vano (compartment) · eu nitxo (compartment) · el διαμέρισμα (compartment) · pt intercolúnio (distance between two supports in a vault) · ru пролёт (distance between two supports in a vault) · bg просвет (distance between two supports in a vault) · pt vão (compartment) · pl luk (compartment) · ro nișă (compartment) · fr travée (distance between two supports in a vault) · pt tramo (distance between two supports in a vault) · hu rekesz (compartment) · es muelle (compartment) · es plataforma (compartment) · pl nisza (distance between two supports in a vault) · mk ниша (compartment) · ru ни́ша (compartment)

bay en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈbeɪ̯/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbæ̝ɪ̯/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈbeː/ monophthongization

Etymology

From the root *bai, combined with aphetized form of abay; verbal form of baier, abaier.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
   • The hunt is up, the morn is bright and grey, / The fields are fragrant, and the woods are green. / Uncouple here, and let us make a bay / And wake the Emperor and his lovely bride, / And rouse the Prince, and ring a hunter's peal, / That all the court may echo with the noise. c. 1588–1593, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, act 2, scene 2, lines 1–6:
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
3. (figuratively, uncountable) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
   • The most terrible evils are just kept at bay by incessant efforts. 1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball, →OCLC:
   • Embolden'd by despair, he stood at bay. 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

at bay

Translations (9)

oc abaiament (excited barking) · fi haukku (excited barking) · fr aboiement (excited barking) · lv rejas (excited barking) · hu csaholás (excited barking) · oc abaiada (excited barking) · ga tafann (excited barking) · grc ὑλαγμός (excited barking) · fr clabaudage (excited barking)

bay en · VERB · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈbeɪ̯/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbæ̝ɪ̯/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈbeː/ monophthongization

Etymology

From the root *bai, combined with aphetized form of abay; verbal form of baier, abaier.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To howl.
   • The scene was rocking, all were digging the sounds Igor on chains, backed by his baying hounds The coffin-bangers were about to arrive With their vocal group, The Crypt-Kicker Five. 1962, “Monster Mash”, Bobby "Boris" Pickett and Lenny Capizzi (lyrics), performed by Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers:
   • For at the last shall the thunder, fleeing to escape from the doom of the gods, roar horribly among the Worlds; and Time, the hound of the gods, shall bay hungrily at his masters because he is lean with age. 1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 92:
   • The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bay'd. 1700, [John] Dryden, “Theodore and Honoria, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
2. (transitive) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
   • Spit, and throw stones, cast mire upon me, set / The dogs o'th' street to bay me a. 1611, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, act 5, scene 5, lines 222–223:
   • to bay the bear
3. (transitive) To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.

Forms

Deriveds

bay at the moon · hog-baying

Translations (16)

sh lajati na (to howl at) · cs lát (to howl) · fi haukkua (to howl at) · ga bí ag tafann (to howl) · sh лајати на (to howl at) · sh лајати (to howl) · ca udolar (to howl) · fr aboyer (to howl) · sh lajati (to howl) · cs štěkat (to howl at) · fi ulista (to howl) · oc abaiar (to howl) · cs poštěkávat (to howl at) · cs štěkat (to howl) · fr clabauder (to howl) · fi haukkua (to howl)

bay en · ADJ · etymology 5

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈbeɪ̯/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbæ̝ɪ̯/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈbeː/ monophthongization

Etymology

From Middle English bay, bai, from Old French bai, from Latin badius (“reddish brown, chestnut”).

Meanings

1. (especially, of horses) Of a reddish-brown colour with a black mane and tail.
   • Mr. Free also owned restaurants and bred horses. His bay gelding, Packett's Landing, won almost $800,000 in his five-year career in the late 1980's and early 1990's. 2003 January 8, Stuart Lavietes, “F. William Free, 74, Ad Man Behind 'Fly Me'”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

Deriveds

bay-breasted warbler · bay bolete · bay cat · Bay Horse · bayish · bay lynx · bay-breasted · bayness · bay-winged hawk

Translations (29)

es alazán (of reddish-brown color) · ca bai (of reddish-brown color) · ckb کوێت (of reddish-brown color) · lv bērs (of reddish-brown color) · de kastanienbraun (of reddish-brown color) · ru гнедо́й (of reddish-brown color) · fr bai (of reddish-brown color) · eo beja (of reddish-brown color) · mk дорија (of reddish-brown color) · la badius (of reddish-brown color) · cy gell (of reddish-brown color) · jv napas (of reddish-brown color) · ckb شێ (of reddish-brown color) · ms perang kemerah-merahan (of reddish-brown color) · gl alazán (of reddish-brown color) · pl gniady (of reddish-brown color) · kmr kumêd (of reddish-brown color) · cs hnědočervený (of reddish-brown color) · lez кияр (of reddish-brown color) · xsv bēran (of reddish-brown color) · ga donnrua (of reddish-brown color) · de rotbraun (of reddish-brown color) · kmr şê (of reddish-brown color) · gl bazo (of reddish-brown color) · tr doru (of reddish-brown color) · hy աշխետ (of reddish-brown color) · fi ruunikko (of reddish-brown color) · pt alazão (of reddish-brown color) · mk дорат (of reddish-brown color)

bay en · NOUN · etymology 5

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈbeɪ̯/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbæ̝ɪ̯/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈbeː/ monophthongization

Etymology

From Middle English bay, bai, from Old French bai, from Latin badius (“reddish brown, chestnut”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
2. (countable, uncountable) A horse of this color.
   • […] browns are the soberest, bays are the worst tempered, and chestnuts are the most foolish. 1877, George Nevile, Horses and Riding, page 105:

Forms

Relateds

daphne · abeyance · badinage · bay antler · voe · baize · bay-beh

Translations (32)

es alazán (brown colour/color) · bg дорест (brown colour/color) · hu pej (brown colour/color) · hu pej (reddish-brown horse) · nv łį́į́łchíʼí (reddish-brown horse) · jv napas (brown colour/color) · ga donnrua (reddish-brown horse) · fi rautias (reddish-brown horse) · pl maść gniada (brown colour/color) · ca bai (brown colour/color) · es alazana (reddish-brown horse) · hy աշխետ (brown colour/color) · lv bēris (reddish-brown horse) · mi pei (reddish-brown horse) · hy աշխետ (reddish-brown horse) · ro murg (reddish-brown horse) · ja 赤褐色 (brown colour/color) · cs hnědák (reddish-brown horse) · ms perang kemerah-merahan (brown colour/color) · fi rautias (brown colour/color) · id kapisa (brown colour/color) · pt alazão (brown colour/color) · ru гнедо́й (brown colour/color) · ba туры (brown colour/color) · fi raudikko (reddish-brown horse) · pt alazão (reddish-brown horse) · cmn 紅褐色 /红褐色 (brown colour/color) · tr doru (brown colour/color) · ms kuda perang kemerah-merahan (reddish-brown horse) · pl gniadosz (reddish-brown horse) · pl gniady (reddish-brown horse) · es alazán (reddish-brown horse)