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kay

kay

1 9.9
The spoken name for the letter K when spelling words
  • noun
  • /keɪ/
translation icon : ka
  • The teacher told the students to say the letter kay when spelling their names.
  • pronounced kay

Examples

  • ♪ I need one cheese, 2 big kays...

  • When I spelled my last name over the phone, I said 'kay' for the letter K.

  • Then they drove a half a kay up the road and started undercutting the servo.

  • Not the typical vay-kay we take by shutting the laptop and watching television for a week.

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  • In the phonetic alphabet, the letter kay is often represented by the word 'Kilo'.

Synonyms

k
vskay
1 8.9

The eleventh letter of the English alphabet written as K or k

is the spoken name used when spelling words or initials aloud

Surface Forms

kay singular
kays plural

Etymology

Kay is the spoken name of the letter K, said as 'kay' when people spell words aloud. So saying kay helps make the letter clear in names and initials.