Kye

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kye¹

  • /kaɪ/

Sounds like Kai · Rhymes with -aɪ

Where it comes from

From Middle English ky, kye, from Old English cȳ (“cows”), plural of cū (“cow”). Cognate with Dutch koeien (“cows”), German Kühe (“cows”), Danish køer (“cows”), Icelandic kýr (“cows”). More at cow and compare kine (“cows”).

noun ky

  1. archaic, dialectal, plural plural of cow Ay, that I do, to my cost. She and her black cat, too, live owre near my milk kye, Brindle and Hawky gi' but half the milk they should gi', and we wat weel whare the ither half gangs to.

kye²

  • /kaɪ/

Sounds like Kai · Rhymes with -aɪ

noun ki · ky

  1. UK, slang, uncountable Cocoa (the drink). […] wrapped in layers of warm clothing against rushing icy air, and all longing for bubbling hot kye (Navy cocoa) at midnight.

kye³

  • /kjeɪ/

Rhymes with -eɪ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Korean 계(契) (gye).

noun kyes

  1. A Korean fundraising meeting.

Kye⁴

Where it comes from

Possibly a modern phonetic rendering of Kai, or a short form of Kyle and Kyler.

proper noun

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.

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