OK

See also:ok,Ok,-ok,ók,òk,ők,andAppendix:Variations of "ok"

English

Pronunciation

• (stressed)
  • (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˌəʊˈkeɪ/
  • (General American)IPA^(key):/ˌoʊˈkeɪ/

  • Audio(US):

    (file)

• (unstressed)
  • IPA^(key):/əˈkeɪ/
• Rhymes:-eɪ

Etymology 1

Origin disputed. Wikipedia listsmany possible etymologies,of which the most widely accepted is that it is an abbreviation ofoll/orl korrect,a comical spelling ofall correct,which first appeared in print inThe Boston Morning Poston March 23, 1839, as part of a fad for similar fanciful abbreviations in the United States during the late 1830s. The expression became popular through its use in the presidential campaign of Martin Van Buren in 1840, who was nicknamedOld Kinderhook,and then slowly acquired other meanings.

TheChoctawwordoke,okeh(“it is so”),common in Choctaw translations of the Bible, could also explainOK's variety of affirmative definitions. Additionally,okehwas the most common etymology ofokayin dictionaries until the 1960s, and linguistically predates Boston'sO.K..However, this theory suffers from the fact that the Choctaw language was relatively obscure and generally spoken (sometimes in apidginform) mainly with African-American slaves.

Alternative forms

• O.K.,o.k.,ok,okay,O. K.,o. k.,okeh,okey,okie

Noun

OK(pluralOKsorOK's)

1. Endorsement;approval;acceptance;acquiescence.

   We can start as soon as we get theOK.

Synonyms

• (endorsement or approval):approval,endorsement,green light,go-ahead,nod,thumbs up

Antonyms

• NG

Translations

endorsement; approval

• Amharic:እሺ(ʾəši),በቃ(bäḳa)
• Arabic:حَسَنًا(ar)(ḥasanan),أُوكِي(ʔokey),أُوكَي(ʔukay)

  Egyptian Arabic:ماشي(māši),طيب(ṭayyeb)

  Hijazi Arabic:طَيِّب(ṭayyib),تمام(tamām),أوكي(ōkē)

  South Levantine Arabic:طَيِّب(ṭayyib),تمام(tamām),ماشي(māši)

• Armenian:լավ(hy)(lav),բարի(hy)(bari)
• Azerbaijani:yaxşı(az),oldu
• Bengali:বেশ(bn)(beś),ঠিক আছে(ṭhik ache)
• Catalan:d'acord(ca)
• Chechen:дика ду(dika du)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:OK(zh)(ōukèi, ōukēi),Hảo(zh)(hǎo),Hành(zh)(xíng),Khả dĩ(zh)(kěyǐ)

• Czech:dobře(cs)
• Danish:ok(da)n,o.k.n,OKn,grønt lysn
• Dutch:oké(nl),groen licht(nl),goedkeuring(nl)
• Esperanto:okej,konsento,aprobo
• Estonian:OKokei(et),olgu,hästi(et),davai
• Faroese:í lagi
• Finnish:kuittaus(fi),hyväksyntä(fi),OK(fi),okei(fi)
• French:OK(fr)m,accord(fr)m,feu vert(fr)m,bénédiction(fr)(colloquial)
• Galician:de acordo
• Georgian:კაი(ka)(ḳai),კარგი(ka)(ḳargi),კეთილი(ḳetili)
• German:in Ordnung,gut(de),okay(de),OK(de),alles klar
• Greek:εντάξει(el)(entáxei)
• Gujarati:ઠીક(gu)(ṭhīk)
• Hebrew:אוֹקֵי(he)(okéy),טוֹב(he)(tov),בְּסֵדֶר(he)(beséder)
• Hindi:ठीक(hi)(ṭhīk),ओके(oke)
• Hungarian:OK(hu),oké(hu),jóváhagyás(hu),hozzájárulás(hu),engedély(hu),beleegyezés(hu)
• Icelandic:í lagi(is)
• Italian:ok(it)
• Japanese:オーケー(ja)(ōkē),よし(ja)(yoshi),はい(ja)(hai),Phân かった(わかった, wakatta),Liễu giải(ja)(りょうかい, ryōkai),オッケー(ja)(okkē),りょ(ja)(ryo)
• Korean:오케이(okei),괜찮아(gwaenchana)
• Macedonian:во ред(vo red),в ред(v red),до́бро(dóbro),ва́жи(váži),оке́ј(okéj)
• Norwegian:alt i orden
• Pashto:ښه(ps)(ẍa)
• Persian:باشه(fa)(bâše),اوکی(okey),چشم(fa)(čašm),خب(xob)
• Polish:w porządku(pl),okej(pl),dobrze(pl),dobra(pl)(colloquial),zgoda(pl),spoko(pl)(colloquial),pasuje(colloquial),pasi(pl)(colloquial)
• Portuguese:ok(pt),certo(pt),tá(pt),tá bom(pt),tá bem(pt),beleza(pt)
• Punjabi:ਠੀਕ(pa)(ṭhīk)
• Russian:одобре́ние(ru)n(odobrénije),добро́(ru)n(dobró),согла́сие(ru)n(soglásije)
• Slovak:súhlasm
• Spanish:aprobación(es),visto bueno,okey(es),de acuerdo(es)
• Swedish:okej(sv),ok(sv)
• Thai:ก็ได้(gɔ̂ɔ-dâai),โอเค(th)(oo-kee)
• Turkish:onay(tr),okey(tr),tamam(tr)
• Ukrainian:схва́лення(sxválennja),зго́да(zhóda),добро́(dobró)
• Urdu:ٹھیک ہے(ṭhīk hai),اچھا(achā),اچھ(ach),ٹھیک(ur)(ṭhīk),باشد(bāśad)
• Vietnamese:tốt(vi),được(vi),OK(vi)
• Welsh:caniatâdm

Verb

OK(third-person singular simple presentOKsorOK's,present participleOKingorOK'ing,simple past and past participleOKedorOK'd)

1. (transitive)Toapprove;toaccept;toacquiesceto.

   I don't want toOKthis amount of money.

2. (transitive,computing)Toconfirmby activating abuttonmarkedOK.
   • 2001,Mike Collins,Pro Tools: Practical Recording, Editing and Mixing for Music Production:

     Type a suitable name for your Marker andOKthe dialogue box.

   • 2008,Martin Evening,Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers:

     When youOKthe crop, the image size will be adjusted to match the front image resolution.

Synonyms

• approve
• greenlight

Translations

to approve

• Dutch:akkoord(nl)
• Esperanto:konsenti(eo)
• Finnish:hyväksyä(fi)
• French:approuver(fr),donner le/son feu vert pour(fr),donner son accord pour(fr),donner son aval pour(fr),avaliser(fr)
• German:genehmigen(de),absegnen(de)
• Hungarian:leokéz,jóváhagy(hu),engedélyez(hu),beleegyezik(hu),hozzájárul(hu)
• Spanish:dar el visto bueno,aprobar(es)
• Swedish:godkänna(sv)
• Turkish:onaylamak(tr),kabul etmek(tr)
• Welsh:cymeradwyo(cy)

computing: to activate the OK button

• Afrikaans:OK
• Albanian:në rregull
• Amharic:እሺ(ʾəši)
• Arabic:موافق
• Armenian:հաստատել(hy)(hastatel)
• Assamese:ঠিক(thik)
• Azerbaijani:ok(az)
• Basque:ados
• Belarusian:ОК(OK)
• Bengali:ঠিক আছে(ṭhik ache)
• Bulgarian:ОK(OK)
• Burmese:OK(my)
• Catalan:d'acord(ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Xác định(kok³ding⁶),Xác định／Xác định(kok³ding⁶)

  Mandarin:Xác định(zh)(quèdìng),Xác định／Xác định(zh)(quèdìng)

• Czech:OK(cs)
• Danish:OK
• Dutch:OK(nl),akkoord(nl)
• Estonian:OK
• Finnish:hyväksyä(fi),OK(fi)
• French:valider(fr),OK(fr)
• Galician:aceptar(gl)
• Georgian:კარგი(ka)(ḳargi)
• German:OK(de)
• Greek:ΟΚ(OK)
• Gujarati:ઓકે(oke)
• Hebrew:אישור(he)
• Hindi:ठीक है(ṭhīk hai)
• Hungarian:leokéz,OK-tnyom,OK-rakattint
• Icelandic:í lagi(is)
• Indonesian:oke(id)
• Italian:OK(it)
• Japanese:OK(ja)(OK)
• Kannada:ಸರಿ(kn)(sari)
• Kazakh:жарайды(jaraidy)
• Khmer:យល់ព្រម(yŭəl prɔɔm)
• Korean:확인(ko)(hwagin)
• Kyrgyz:OK
• Lao:ຕົກລົງ(tok long)
• Latvian:LABI
• Lithuanian:gerai(lt)
• Macedonian:во ред(vo red),по́тврди(pótvrdi)
• Malay:OK
• Malayalam:ശരി(ml)(śari)
• Marathi:ठीक आहे(ṭhīk āhe)
• Mongolian:ТИЙМ(TIJM)
• Nepali:ठिक छ(ṭhik cha)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:OK(no)

• Odia:ଠିକ୍ ଅଛି(ṭhik achi)
• Persian:تأیید(fa)
• Polish:OK(pl)
• Portuguese:OK(pt),(Brazil)ok(pt)
• Punjabi:ਠੀਕ(pa)(ṭhīk)
• Romanian:OK
• Russian:ОК(OK)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:потврди,(Bosnia)уреду,(Croatia)у реду

  Roman:potvrdi(sh),(Bosnia)uredu,(Croatia)u redu

• Sinhalese:හරි(hari)
• Slovak:OK
• Slovene:v redu
• Spanish:aceptar(es)
• Swahili:sawa(sw)
• Swedish:OK(sv)
• Tagalog:OK
• Tamil:சரி(ta)(cari)
• Telugu:సరే(te)(sarē)
• Thai:ตกลง(th)(dtòk-long)
• Turkish:TAMAM
• Ukrainian:ОК(OK)
• Urdu:ٹھیک ہے(ṭhek he)
• Uzbek:OK
• Vietnamese:nhấnOK,bấmOK
• Welsh:clicio "iawn"

Adjective

OK(comparativemoreOK,superlativemostOK)

1. All right,acceptable,permitted.

   Do you think it'sOKto stay here for the night?

2. Satisfactory,reasonablygood;notexceptional.

   The soup wasOK,but the dessert was excellent.

   • 1869,Louisa M[ay] Alcott,Little Women:[…],part second, Boston, Mass.:Roberts Brothers,→OCLC:

     One of us must marry well. Meg didn't, Jo won't, Beth can't yet, so I shall, and make everythingokayall round.

3. Satisfied (with); willing to accept a state of affairs.
   • 2012,Roni Jay,The 10 Most Important Things You Can Do For Your Children:

     If you leave the kids in the creche for one morning on your week's holiday, and they areOKwith that, then it's fine.

4. In goodhealthor a goodemotionalstate.

   He's not feeling well now, but he should beOKafter some rest.

   Are youOK?

   • 2022October 25, L. J. Shrum, Elena Fumagalli, Tina M. Lowrey, “Coping with loneliness through consumption”, inJournal of Consumer Psychology,volume33,number 2,→DOI,page452:

     In France, the French postal service La Poste provides a subscription service in which postal workers visit elderly subscribers to make sure they areokay,do not need anything, and provide brief social interaction.

Synonyms

• (all right, permissible):allowed,all right,permissible
• (satisfactory):adequate,all right,not bad,satisfactory
• (in good health or a good emotional state):fine,well

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of“all right, permissible”):forbidden
• (antonym(s) of“satisfactory”):NG,bad,inadequate,poor,unsatisfactory
• (antonym(s) of“in good health or a good emotional state”):ill,poorly,sick,under the weather,unwell

Translations

all right, permitted

• American Sign Language:O@Side-PalmForward K@Side-PalmForward
• Amharic:እሺ(ʾəši)
• Arabic:حَسَنًا(ar)(ḥasanan),صَحِيح(ar)(ṣaḥīḥ),طَيِّب(ṭayyib),أُوكَي(ʔokay),أُوكَي(ʔukay)
• Catalan:d'acord(ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:OK(zh)(ōukèi, ōukēi),Hảo(zh)(hǎo),Hành(zh)(xíng),Khả dĩ(zh)(kěyǐ),Một sự／Một sự(zh)(méishì)

• Dutch:oké(nl)
• Esperanto:enorde
• Estonian:hästi(et),okei(et)
• Faroese:alt í lagi
• Finnish:sopia(fi)(verb: be OK),kelvata(fi)(verb: be OK);OK(fi),okei(fi)(informal)
• French:permis(fr),bien(fr),(be OK)pouvoir(fr)(verb), (be OK)avoirledroitde(verb)
• German:Okay,OK(de),Gut(de),in Ordnung
• Greek:εντάξει(el)(entáxei)
• Hebrew:או. קיי.,בסדר(he)(beseder)
• Hindi:ओके(oke)
• Hungarian:oké(hu),rendben(hu),elfogadható(hu)
• Icelandic:allt í lagi(is),ókei
• Irish:ceart go leor
• Italian:(be OK,verb)andarebene
• Japanese:オーケー(ja)(ōkē),よし(ja)(yoshi),はい(ja),Đại trượng phu(ja)(だいじょうぶ, daijōbu),OK(ja)(ōkē)
• Khmer:អូខី(ʼoukhəy)
• Korean:오케이(okei),괜찮다(ko)(gwaenchanta)
• Lao:ເວີຽ(wœ̄i)
• Macedonian:в ред(v red),до́бро(dóbro),оке́ј(okéj)
• Mongolian:болно(mn)(bolno)
• Portuguese:OK(pt)m
• Romanian:în ordine,în regulă,bine(ro)
• Russian:ла́дно(ru)(ládno),хорошо́(ru)(xorošó),оке́й(ru)(okéj)
• Scottish Gaelic:ceart gu leòr
• Slovak:(byť) v poriadku
• Spanish:bien(es)
• Swedish:okej(sv)
• Tagalog:sige
• Thai:โอเค(th)(oo-kee)
• Turkish:peki(tr),tamam(tr),olur(tr)
• Ukrainian:оке́й(okéj),до́бре(uk)(dóbre)
• Vietnamese:được(vi),tốt(vi)
• Welsh:iawn(cy)

satisfactory

• American Sign Language:O@Side-PalmForward K@Side-PalmForward
• Cornish:da lowr
• Esperanto:bona(eo),akceptinda,deca,kontentiga
• Estonian:sobib,korras,kombesokei(et)
• Finnish:ihanhyvä,kelvollinen(fi);okei(fi)(informal)
• French:acceptable(fr),passable(fr),correct(fr),assezbon,plutôtbon,(be OK)pouvoiraller(verb), (be OK)pouvoirpasser(verb),pas mal(fr)
• Georgian:კაი(ka)(ḳai)
• German:alles in Ordnung
• Hebrew:בסדר(he)(beséder),סביר(he)(savír)
• Hungarian:elmegy(hu),elfogadható(hu),megjárja(hu),okés
• Japanese:まあまあ(ja)(māmā)
• Korean:괜찮다(ko)(gwaenchanta)
• Macedonian:добарm(dobar),оке́ј(okéj),в ред(v red)
• Portuguese:bom(pt)
• Romanian:bun(ro)m
• Russian:норма́льно(ru)(normálʹno)
• Scottish Gaelic:ceart gu leòr
• Spanish:aceptable(es),bueno(es),bien(es)
• Swedish:okej(sv)
• Turkish:idare eder,iyimsi,kabul edilebilir
• Vietnamese:được(vi),đâu vào đấy,OK(vi),ổn(vi)
• Welsh:iawn(cy)

in good health or in a good emotional state

• Amharic:ደህና(dähna),ደሕና(däḥna),ደኅና(däḫna)
• Arabic:بِخَيْر(bi-ḵayr),أُوكَي(ʔokay),أُوكَي(ʔukay),عَلَى مَا يُرَام(ʕalā mā yurām)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Một sự／Một sự(zh)(méishì),Hảo(zh)(hǎo),OK(zh)(ōukēi)

• Esperanto:bonfarta
• Estonian:hästi(et)
• Finnish:kunnossa(fi)(adverb);okei(fi)(informal)
• French: (be OK)allerbien/mieux(verb), (be OK)ça va(fr)
• Georgian:კაი(ka)(ḳai)
• German:in Ordnung(sein),alles in Ordnung(sein),OK(de),
• Hindi:ठीक(hi)(ṭhīk)
• Hungarian:rendben van(hu),nincs baja
• Italian: (be OK):starebene (verb)
• Japanese:Đại trượng phu(ja)(だいじょうぶ, daijōbu),オーケー(ja)(ōkē),OK(ja)(ōkē)
• Korean:괜찮다(ko)(gwaenchanta)
• Latin: (be in good health)salvēre(verb)
• Macedonian:до́бро(dóbro),в ред(v red)
• Portuguese:bem(pt)
• Romanian:bine(ro),teafăr(ro)
• Russian:бытьв поря́дке(bytʹ v porjádke),всё в поря́дке(vsjo v porjádke),оке́й(ru)(okéj),ОК(OK)
• Scottish Gaelic:gu snog
• Spanish:bien(es)
• Swedish:bra(sv),okej(sv)
• Vietnamese:khỏe(vi)
• Welsh:iawn(cy)

Adverb

OK(comparativemoreOK,superlativemostOK)

1. Satisfactorily,sufficientlywell.

   The team didOKin the playoffs.

Synonyms

• (satisfactorily):adequately,satisfactorily

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of“satisfactorily”):NG,badly,inadequately,poorly,unsatisfactorily

Translations

satisfactorily, sufficiently well

• Dutch:oké/oke,goed
• Esperanto:bone(eo)
• Finnish:ihanhyvin,hyvin(fi),okei(fi)(informal)
• French:correctement(fr),convenablement(fr),pas mal(fr),assezbien
• German:ganz gut
• Hungarian:tűrhetően,elfogadhatóan
• Lao:ຈົບ(chop),ເອົາລະ(ʼao la),ເອົາເທາະ(ʼao thǫ)
• Macedonian:до́бро(dóbro)
• Portuguese:bem(pt)
• Russian:оке́й(ru)(okéj),хорошо́(ru)(xorošó)
• Scottish Gaelic:ceart gu leòr
• Slovak:dobre
• Slovene:v redu
• Swedish:okej(sv)
• Turkish:iyi(tr),güzel(tr)
• Welsh:yn iawn

Interjection

OK

1. Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.

   Synonyms:okey-dokey,okeh,okey,k,'kay,m'kay,A-OK,all right

   I promise to give it back. –OK.

   Let's meet again this afternoon. –OK.

   Shut up! –OK,OK.

   OK!I get it! Stop nagging me!

   • 2016,VOA Learning English(public domain)

     Come by this afternoon. —Okay.

     Audio(US):

     (file)

2. (computing)Used to dismiss adialog boxor confirm aprompt.
3. Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.

   Synonyms:now,now then

   OK,I'm thinking of a number…

4. Used inturn-taking,serving as a request to the speaker to grant the turn to the interrupter.

   You always do this to me! When we were at your mother’s, you said that… –OK,OK,…

5. Used to sarcastically or sardonically indicate agreement with the previous statement.

Derived terms

• A-okay
• OK please

Translations

acknowledgement or acceptance

• Amharic:እሺ(ʾəši)
• Arabic:طَيِّب(ṭayyib),حَسَنًا(ar)(ḥasanan)

  Hijazi Arabic:طَيِّب(ṭayyib),تمام(tamām),أوكي(ōkē)

  South Levantine Arabic:بسيدر(besēder)(only in Israel/Palestine)

• Armenian:բարի(hy)(bari),լավ(hy)(lav)
• Belarusian:до́бра(dóbra)
• Bulgarian:добре́(bg)(dobré),оке́й(okéj)
• Catalan:d'acord(ca),molt bé,OK(ca),entesos(ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Hảo(zh)(hǎo),Minh bạch liễu(míngbái le),Tri đạo liễu(zhīdào le),OK(zh)

• Czech:OK(cs)
• Esperanto:bone(eo),konsentite,en ordo,okej
• Finnish:okei(fi),selvä(fi)
• French:OK(fr),d’accord(fr),entendu(fr)
• Georgian:კაი(ka)(ḳai)
• German:okay(de),gut(de)
• Greek:εντάξει(el)(entáxei)
• Hebrew:בסדר(he)(beséder),טוב(he)(tov)
• Hungarian:rendben(hu),oké(hu),jól van
• Icelandic:ókei
• Irish:ceart go leor
• Italian:OK(it),va bene,d'accordo,intesi(it)
• Japanese:Úy まりました(kashikomarimashita)(very formal, seePhân かる),Liễu giải(ja)(ryōkai),オッケー(ja)(okkē)
• Khmer:អូខី(ʼoukhəy)
• Konkani:जाईतं(dzāīta),अडना(aḍnā)
• Korean:알겠어요(algesseoyo)(very formal, see알다)
• Ladino:peki
• Lao:ເອີ(ʼœ̄),ເອົາເຖີດ(ʼao thœ̄t)
• Latin:placet
• Lombard:d'acòrdi,va ben,OK
• Macedonian:до́бро(dóbro)
• Malay:baik(ms),okey
• Maori:tēnā
• Navajo:hágoóneeʼ
• Pashto:ښه(ps)(ẍa)
• Persian:باشه(fa)(bâše)
• Polish:dobrze(pl),w porządku(pl),zgoda(pl)
• Portuguese:OK(pt),tudo bem(pt),tá(pt),certo(pt)
• Romanian:bine(ro),de acord
• Russian:ла́дно(ru)(ládno),хорошо́(ru)(xorošó),оке́й(ru)(okéj),ок(ru)(ok)
• Scottish Gaelic:ceart gu leòr,ceart
• Slovak:dobre,v poriadku
• Spanish:vale(es),de acuerdo(es),okey(es)
• Sranan Tongo:seti,a regel
• Swedish:okej(sv),ok(sv),okey(sv),visst(sv)
• Thai:โอเค(th)(oo-kee)
• Turkish:okey(tr),oldu(tr),tamam(tr),peki(tr),doğru(tr)
• Ukrainian:гара́зд(harázd),до́бре(uk)(dóbre)
• Vietnamese:vâng(vi)(Northern Vietnam),dạ(vi)(Southern Vietnam),được rồi(attempts to end the discussion),rồi(vi)(acknowledges an item in a list of requests, such as when taking an order)
• Welsh:iawn(cy),o'r gorau

dismissal of a dialog box or confirmation of a prompt

• Vietnamese:OK(vi),được(vi)

introduction of a sentence in order to draw attention

• Arabic:طَيِّب(ṭayyib),يَعْنِي(yaʕnī)
• Esperanto:en ordo
• Finnish:okei(fi),no niin
• French:bon(fr),OK(fr),d’accord(fr)
• Hungarian:szóval(hu),akkor(hu),na jó,akkor most
• Scottish Gaelic:ceart ma-thà,ceart ma-tà
• Slovak:takže
• Swedish:okej(sv)
• Turkish:tamam o zaman,tamam(tr)
• Welsh:iawn(cy),o'r gorau,reit

request in turn-taking

• Finnish:okei(fi),no niin
• French:OK(fr),d’accord(fr),c'estbon
• Hungarian:jól van
• Swedish:bra(sv),okej(sv)
• Turkish:tamam(tr)
• Welsh:iawn(cy),o'r gorau

Derived terms

term derived from OK

• okay
• okey-dokey
• k
• 'kay
• m'kay
• A-OK
• kthxbye
• OK, boomer
• OK, zoomer

Descendants

• →Afrikaans:oukei
• →Arabic:أُوكِي(ʔokey),أُوكَي(ʔukay)
• →Cantonese:OK(ou1 kei1),O(ou1)
• →Danish:okay, OK
• →Dutch:oké
• →Esperanto:okej
• →Estonian:okei
• →Finnish:okei
• →French:okay
• →German:okay
• →Hebrew:אוקי(okéy)
• →Hindi:ओके(oke)
• →Hungarian:oké
• →Indonesian:oke
• →Icelandic:ókei
• →Italian:ok
• →Japanese:OK(ōkē),オーケー(ōkē)
• →Korean:OK(okei),오케이(okei)
• →Macedonian:океј(okej)
• →Malay:okey
• →Mandarin:OK(ōukèi, ōukēi)
• →Polish:okej
• →Portuguese:OK
• →Russian:окей(okej)
• →Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script:океј

  Latin script:okej

• →Spanish:okay,okey
• →Swedish:okej
• →Thai:โอเค(oo-kee)
• →Turkish:okey
• →Ukrainian:окей(okej)
• →West Frisian:okee
• →Yiddish:אָקיי(okey)

See also

• oll korrect
• 👌
• Wikipedia article on "okay"
• Wikipedia article on the "OK" hand gesture
• Wikipedia article on "A-OK" and the hand gesture

References

• How 'OK' took over the world,Allan Metcalf,BBC News Magazine(2011 February 18)
• The ‘O’ Word,Roy Blount, Jr.,The New York TimesSunday Book Review (2010 November 19)
• OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word,Allan Metcalf, Oxford University Press (2010)
• Jim Fay (2009 September 16) “The Choctaw Expression "Okeh" and the Americanism "Okay"”,inIllinoisprairie.info‎^[1],archived fromthe originalon24 December 2010.
• Allen Read, the Expert of 'O.K.,' Dies at 96,Douglas Martin,The New York TimesObituaries (2002 October 18)
• What does "OK" stand for?,Cecil Adams,The Straight Dope(1985)
• “OK”,inOneLook Dictionary Search.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

OK

1. United States postal abbreviation forOklahoma,a state of theUnited States of America.

Alternative forms

• (Oklahoma):OK.,Ok.,Ok

Synonyms

• (Oklahoma):Oklahoma,Okla,Okla.

Etymology 3

Possibly a shortening ofChineseTạp lạp OK.(Canthis⁽⁺⁾etymology besourced?)

Noun

OK(plural not attested)

1. (Hong Kong)Karaoke.

References

• Patrick J. Cummings, Hans-Georg Wolf (2011)A Dictionary of Hong Kong English: Words from the Fragrant Harbor,Hong Kong University Press,→ISBN,page126

Anagrams

• KO,Ko,ko

Chinese

Alternative forms

• (Mandarin, one of the ways to transliterate into Chinese characters)Âu khắc／Âu khắc(ōukè)
• ok,Ok

Etymology

Borrowed fromEnglishOK.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin):ōukèi,ōukēi

  (Zhuyin):ㄡ ㄎㄟˋ, ㄡ ㄎㄟ

• Cantonese(Jyutping):ou¹kei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin:OK
    • Zhuyin:ㄡ ㄎㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin:oukèi
    • Wade–Giles:ou¹-kʻei⁴
    • Yale:ōu-kèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh:oukey
    • Palladius:оукэй(oukɛj)
    • SinologicalIPA^(key):/ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰeɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin:OK
    • Zhuyin:ㄡ ㄎㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin:oukei
    • Wade–Giles:ou¹-kʻei¹
    • Yale:ōu-kēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh:oukei
    • Palladius:оукэй(oukɛj)
    • SinologicalIPA^(key):/ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰeɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese,Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping:ou¹kei¹
    • Yale:ōu kēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin:ou¹kei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization:ou¹kéi¹
    • SinologicalIPA^(key):/ou̯⁵⁵kʰei̯⁵⁵/

Adjective

OK

1. (colloquial,sometimesnonstandard)OK

   NhĩOKMạ?／NhĩOKMạ?―Nǐōukèima?― Are youOK?

   NhĩONgôOKNha?[Cantonese]―nei⁵ou¹m⁴ou¹kei¹aa³?[Jyutping]― Are youOK?

   • “70%Già phêOKMạ?”[MSC,trad.]
     “70%Già phêOKMạ?”[MSC,simp.]

     From:Hạ ác khách,11 lâu - Page 90

     “70% kāfēiOKma?”[Pinyin]

     "Is 70% coffeealright?"

Interjection

OK

1. (colloquial,sometimesnonstandard)OK

   Thượng đầuThuyếtOKTựuOKLiễu.[MSC,trad.]
   Thượng đầuThuyếtOKTựuOKLiễu.[MSC,simp.]

   Shàngtou shuōōukèijiùōukèile.[Pinyin]

   If higher authorities say "OK", it means "OK".

Synonyms

• Hảo(hǎo),Hảo đích(hǎo de),Hảo ba(hǎo ba)
• Hành(xíng)

Adverb

OK

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese)moderately;fairly

   NiKhoaĐôOKDịch㗎.[Cantonese,trad.andsimp.]

   ni¹fo¹dou¹ou¹kei¹ji⁶gaa³.[Jyutping]

   This course isfairlyeasy.

Verb

OK

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese)toOK;toapprove;toaccept
   • 2020,Đấu linh,《 phách quảng cáo kỳ thật ngô nan 》,Hong Kong:Phi phàm xuất bản,→ISBN,page219:

     Đệ nhất,Hương cảngQuảng cáoKháiChế tácThời gianĐoản,Vưu kỳHệHậu chếThời gian,Cơ bổn thượngDoQuyết địnhPháchQuảng cáoĐáoQuảng cáoKiến nhai,Bình quânĐôHệNhất cáNguyệtTả hữu,NhiCG(Điện nãoĐộng họa)Thông thườngHệYếuKhách hộokTảCáSơ tiễnBản bổn(roughcut)TiênHộiKhai thủyTố,Sở dĩTức hệĐắcNhất cáTinh kỳTả hữu,CámHệHoàn toànNgôCúThời gian.[Cantonese,trad.]
     Đệ nhất,Hương cảngQuảng cáoKháiChế tácThời gianĐoản,Vưu kỳHệHậu chếThời gian,Cơ bổn thượngDoQuyết địnhPháchQuảng cáoĐáoQuảng cáoKiến nhai,Bình quânĐôHệNhất cáNguyệtTả hữu,NhiCG(Điện nãoĐộng họa)Thông thườngHệYếuKhách hộokTảCáSơ tiễnBản bổn(roughcut)TiênHộiKhai thủyTố,Sở dĩTức hệĐắcNhất cáTinh kỳTả hữu,CámHệHoàn toànNgôCúThời gian.[Cantonese,simp.]

     dai⁶jat¹,hoeng¹gong²gwong²gou³ge³zai³zok³si⁴gaan³dyun²,jau⁴kei⁴hai⁶hau⁶zai³si⁴gaan³,gei¹bun²soeng⁶jau⁴kyut³ding⁶paak³gwong²gou³dou³gwong²gou³gin³gaai¹,ping⁴gwan¹dou¹hai⁶jat¹go³jyut⁶zo²jau^6-2,ji⁴CG (din⁶nou⁵dung⁶waa^6-2) tung¹soeng⁴hai⁶jiu³haak³wu⁶ou¹kei¹zo²go³co¹zin²baan²bun²(rough cut) sin¹wui⁵hoi¹ci²zou⁶,so²ji⁵zik¹hai⁶dak¹jat¹go³sing¹kei⁴zo²jau^6-2,gam²hai⁶jyun⁴cyun⁴m⁴gau³si⁴gaan³.[Jyutping]

     First, the production time of advertisements in Hong Kong is short, especially for post-production, where basically, from deciding to shoot an ad to the ad hitting the streets, it is on average about one month. As for CG (computer graphics), usually we would only start the project after our clientOKsthe rough cut, so it's just about one week's time, which is definitely not enough time.

See also

• Tạp lạp OK(kǎlā'ōukèi)
• OK banh／OK banh(ōukēibèng)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/oːˈkaː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

OKf(pluralOK's)

1. Abbreviationofoperatiekamer.

Descendants

• →Indonesian:OK

Finnish

Etymology

<EnglishOK

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈokei̯/,[ˈo̞k̟e̞i̯]
• IPA^(key):/ˈoːkoː/,[ˈo̞ːko̞ː]

Adjective

OK

1. Alternative form ofokei

Interjection

OK

1. Alternative form ofokei
2. (computing)OK(in buttons, etc.)

   Synonym:(uncommon)selvä

Further reading

• “OK”,inKielitoimiston sanakirja[Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2](in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus(Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–,retrieved2023-07-03

French

Alternative forms

• o’ kay,okay,O. K.

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishOK.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɔk/,/ɔ.ke/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio(Canada):

  (file)

Interjection

OK

1. OK(endorsement; approval)

   Synonyms:d’accord,entendu

Indonesian

Etymology

FromDutchoperatiekamerofoperatie(“surgery”)+‎kamer(“room”).

Noun

OK(first-person possessiveOKku,second-person possessiveOKmu,third-person possessiveOKnya)

1. (healthcare,colloquial)operating theatre, operating room.

   Synonym:kamar bedah

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed fromEnglishOK.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo)オーケー[óꜜòkèè](Atamadaka– [1])
• (Tokyo)オーケー[òóꜜkèè](Nakadaka– [2])
• (Tokyo)オーケー[òókéꜜè](Nakadaka– [3])
• IPA^(key):[o̞ːke̞ː]

• (Tokyo)オッケー[óꜜkkèè](Atamadaka– [1])
• IPA^(key):[o̞k̚ke̞ː]

Noun

OK(オーケー)orOK(オッケー)•(ōkēorokkē)

1. agreement;approval;okay
   • 2009January 10,Tsugumi OhbawithObata, Takeshi,“３ページ ペンとネーム[Page 3: Pens and Names]”, inBAKUMAN(バクマン).[BAKUMAN.], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha,→ISBN,page104:

     マンガのHạ(した)Miêu(が)きみたいなもん まずこれをMiêu(か)いてBiên(へん)Tập(しゅう)Giả(しゃ)にKiến(み)せてＯ(オー)Ｋ(ケー)がXuất(で)たらSơ(はじ)めてNguyên(げん)Cảo(こう)にできるＯ(オー)Ｋ(ケー)がXuất(で)るまではHà(なん)Độ(ど)でもMiêu(か)きTrực(なお)し もっともネームでKiến(み)せていいのはマンガGia(か)としてのTài(さい)Năng(のう)をNhận(みと)められたNô(やつ)な

     Manga no shitagaki mitai na mon Mazu kore o kaite henshūsha ni miseteōkēga detara hajimete genkō ni dekiruōkēga deru made wa nando demo kakinaoshi Motto mo nēmu de misete ii no wa mangaka toshite no sainō o mitomerareta yatsu na

     It’s basically a rough sketch for manga. First you make one and show it to the editor, and only if it’sokayedcan you go ahead with the draft. You may have to do it over a couple of times till it gets theokay.Though good mangaka can just pass with the name alone.

2. no problem

   Điện(でん)Tử(し)レンジＯ(オー)Ｋ(ケー)のおMãnh(さら)

   denshi renjiōkēno o-sara

   microwave-safeplates

Antonyms

• N(エヌ)G(ジー)(enujī)

Adjective

OK(オーケー)orOK(オッケー)•(ōkēorokkē)-na(adnominalOK(オーケー)な(ōkēna),adverbialOK(オーケー)に(ōkēni))

1. OK;all right;fine

Interjection

OK(オーケー)orOK(オッケー)•(ōkēorokkē)

1. OK
   • 2009August 25,Kozue Amano,“Đệ(だい)２(に)Thoại(わ)Mộng(ゆめ)ヶKhâu(おか)Cao(こう)Giáo(こう)[Chapter 2: Yumegaoka High School]”, in[あまんちゅ](ＡＭＡＮＣＨＵ)![AMANCHU!], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo:Mag Garden,→ISBN,pages33–38:

     その１(いち)“Chuẩn(じゅん)Bị(び)”っＯ(オッ)Ｋ(ケー)‼その２(に)“Vị(い)Trí(ち)”っ おGia(うち)のHuyền(げん)Quan(かん)Ｏ(オッ)Ｋ(ケー)‼その３(さん)“Thời(じ)Gian(かん)”っ７(しち)Thời(じ)３０(さんじゅっ)Phân(ぷん)Ｏ(オッ)Ｋ(ケー)‼その４(よん)“Không(くう)Khí(かん)”っ…………ピッＯ(オッ)Ｋ(ケー)‼その５(ご)“Hành(こう)Động(どう)”っ レッツらゴ——!Ｏ(オッ)Ｋ(ケー)‼

     Sono ichi “Junbi” hokkē!! Sono ni “Ichi” h o-uchi no genkanokkē!! Sono san “Jikan” h shichiji sanjuppunokkē!! Sono yon “Kūkan” h... pihokkē!! Sono go “Kōdō” h rettsu ra gō—!Okkē!!

     Number 1 “Preparation”,check!! Number 2 “Location”: Entryway,check!! Number 3 “Time”: 7:30,check!! Number 4 “Air”... Hwee,check!! Number 5 “Action”: Let’s la gooo!Check!!

Korean

Etymology

FromEnglishOK.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul)IPA^(key):[o̞kʰe̞i]
• Phonetic hangul:[오케이]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	okei
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	okei
McCune–Reischauer?	ok'ei
Yale Romanization?	o.kheyi

Noun

OK•(okei) (hangeul오케이)

1. (colloquial)good

Antonyms

• NG(NG)

Interjection

OK•(okei) (hangeul오케이)

1. (colloquial)OK

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ok,Ok

Etymology

Unadapted borrowingfromEnglishOK.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˌɔˈkej/[ˌɔˈkeɪ̯]

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˌɔˈkɐj/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˌɔˈkɐj/
  • (Northern Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˌɔˈkej/
  • (Central Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˌɔˈkej/
  • (Southern Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˌɔˈke/

Interjection

OK

1. OK(indicates acknowledgement or acceptance)

   Synonyms:tudo bem,certo,tá

Noun

OKm(pluralOKs)

1. OK(an indication of acknowledgement or acceptance)

Swedish

Adverb

OK

1. OK,okay

   Synonym:okej

Adjective

OK

1. OK,okay

   Synonym:okej

Interjection

OK

1. OK,okay

   Synonym:okej

References

• OKinSvensk ordbok(SO)
• OKinSvenska Akademiens ordlista(SAOL)
• OKinSvenska Akademiens ordbok(SAOB)

Anagrams

• ko

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• ô kê

Etymology

FromEnglishOK.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội)IPA^(key):[ʔo˧˧ ke˧˧]
• (Huế)IPA^(key):[ʔow˧˧ kej˧˧]
• (Saigon)IPA^(key):[ʔow˧˧ kej˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling:ô kê

Interjection

OK

1. (informal)OK,okay(acknowledgement or acceptance)
2. (computing)OK,okay(dismissal of a dialog box or confirmation of a prompt)

Synonyms

• (acknowledgement or acceptance):ờ,ừ,ừm
• (dismissal of a dialog box or confirmation of a prompt):được

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of“dismissal of a dialog box or confirmation of a prompt”):hủy bỏ,hủy,thôi

Anagrams

• ko