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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024quay /ki, keɪ, kweɪ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a landing place, as of stone or concrete, built near the edge of a body of water;
a wharf.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024quay (kē, kā, kwā),USA pronunciation n. - a landing place, esp. one of solid masonry, constructed along the edge of a body of water;
wharf.
- Old French kay, cay; akin to Spanish cayo shoal. See key2
- spelling, spelled variant (after French quai) of earlier kay (also key, whence the modern pronunciation) 1690–1700
pier, dock, landing, levee.
Quay (kwā),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical Matthew Stanley, 1833–1904, U.S. politician: senator 1887–99, 1901–4.
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