quay
A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vesselsA stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
» He was sitting on the quay.
Er saß auf dem Kai. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Он сидел на пристани. — odexed
Він сидів на набережній. — deniko
Він сидів на пристані. — deniko
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1 sensesA stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
moor up in the quay
Kai, Anlegestelle, Pier
на́бережнаяnáberežnaja, прича́лpričál, молmol
на́бережнаnáberežna
- wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
Examples
9 sentencesHe was sitting on the quay.
Він сидів на набережній. — deniko
ruОн сидел на пристани. — odexed
deEr saß auf dem Kai. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The boat was alongside the quay.
I had left towards the quay.
The boat moved slowly away from the quay.
ruКорабль медленно отошёл от пристани. — marafon
deDas Boot entfernte sich langsam vom Kai. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Shall we meet in that little café on the quay?
deWollen wir uns in dem kleinen Café am Kai treffen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
The current spelling replaced the spelling key in the 1690s to emulate the spelling but (aThe current spelling replaced the spelling key in the 1690s to emulate the spelling but (at least originally) not the pronunciation of the equivalent modern French quai. From Middle English kay, key, kaye, keye, from Old French kay, cail, from Gaulish *kagyum, cagiíun (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“field”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”). Doublet of hedge and hey (“choreographic figure”).
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