ahoy

Etymology
From, from , a greeting dating back to the fourteenth century. Compare 🇨🇬.

Interjection

 * 1)  Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.
 * 2)  Warning of something approaching or impending.
 * 3) * 1992, Championship Run (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 75, page 61
 * Catalytic converters ahoy – Zeppelin's latest is one of those high-rev 3D driving games that simulates racing tracks from all over the world.
 * 1) * 1992, Championship Run (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 75, page 61
 * Catalytic converters ahoy – Zeppelin's latest is one of those high-rev 3D driving games that simulates racing tracks from all over the world.
 * Catalytic converters ahoy – Zeppelin's latest is one of those high-rev 3D driving games that simulates racing tracks from all over the world.

Usage notes

 * Traditionally, when used from a ship to hail an approaching boat, the standard responses are:
 * "aye aye", if a commissioned officer is in the boat;
 * "no no", if no officer is in the boat;
 * name of ship, if the captain of another ship is in the boat;
 * "flag" if an admiral is in the boat.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:hey

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ohøj
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: !
 * Estonian: ahoi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: a láthatáron lit. "on the horizon"
 * Italian: ehi
 * Latin:
 * Polish: !
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:, a la vista
 * Swedish: !, åhoj!
 * Welsh: ahoi

Verb

 * 1) To hail with a cry of "ahoy".

Noun

 * 1) An utterance of this interjection.
 * There were many ahoys heard from the approaching ship.

Translations

 * German: Ahoi
 * Hebrew: