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Brit.

/ˈwiːwiː/, U.S.

/ˈwiˌwi/, Australian English /ˈwiːwiː/, New Zealand English

/ˈwiːwiː/

Forms: Also wewi, wee-wee, oui-oui.

Etymology: < French oui, oui yes, yes, taken as typical of the French language.

Australian and New Zealand slang.

A Frenchman; also as plural the French.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of France

FrenchmanOE

monsieur?a1513

Gaul1630

frog1657

Gallic1755

mounseer1755

parleyvoo1755

frog-eater1766

Galloman1787

mossoo1809

Frencher1826

Frenchy1829

parley1831

crapaud?c1834

wi-wi1841

froggy1853

1841 E. J. Wakefield in N.Z. Jrnl. II. xlv. 243/1 Should the Wiwis, or French, kill any of our Chiefs.

1845 E. J. Wakefield Adventures N.Z. I. iv. 94 If I had sold the land to the White missionaries, might they not have sold it again to the Wiwi (Frenchmen) or Americans?

1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes II. xiii. 380 Young chiefs..who will.., like the ‘Wi-wis’ of Young France, indulge occasionally in what that volatile people style ‘revolutions intestines!’

1859 A. S. Thomson Story of N.Z. I. ii. i. 236 The Wewis, as the French are now called.

1872 Earl of Pembroke & G. H. Kingsley S. Sea Bubbles i Would that the imperious ‘Oui-oui’ had never placed foot upon your sacred shores!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	wi-wi
释义	wi-win.² Brit. /ˈwiːwiː/, U.S. /ˈwiˌwi/, Australian English /ˈwiːwiː/, New Zealand English /ˈwiːwiː/ Forms: Also wewi, wee-wee, oui-oui. Etymology: < French oui, oui yes, yes, taken as typical of the French language. Australian and New Zealand slang. A Frenchman; also as plural the French. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of France FrenchmanOE monsieur?a1513 Gaul1630 frog1657 Gallic1755 mounseer1755 parleyvoo1755 frog-eater1766 Galloman1787 mossoo1809 Frencher1826 Frenchy1829 parley1831 crapaud?c1834 wi-wi1841 froggy1853 1841 E. J. Wakefield in N.Z. Jrnl. II. xlv. 243/1 Should the Wiwis, or French, kill any of our Chiefs. 1845 E. J. Wakefield Adventures N.Z. I. iv. 94 If I had sold the land to the White missionaries, might they not have sold it again to the Wiwi (Frenchmen) or Americans? 1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes II. xiii. 380 Young chiefs..who will.., like the ‘Wi-wis’ of Young France, indulge occasionally in what that volatile people style ‘revolutions intestines!’ 1859 A. S. Thomson Story of N.Z. I. ii. i. 236 The Wewis, as the French are now called. 1872 Earl of Pembroke & G. H. Kingsley S. Sea Bubbles i Would that the imperious ‘Oui-oui’ had never placed foot upon your sacred shores! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.²1841
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