English diphthongs – /eɪ/ as in day

a (the letter) A (the letter) AA (Alcoholics Anonymous or Automobile Association) affray airplay airway Alicante All Fools' Day All Saints' Day All Souls' Day allay alleyway alway andante André Angers Anglais anyway appellation contrôlée (French) appliqué après archway Archway array ashtray assay astray atelier attaché au fait aulae auto-da-fé avant-courier away ay BA backstay ballet Barclay bay Beaujolais Beaumarchais Bel Paese belay beltway Benedicite beret betray bidet birthday Biscay Bizet blasé bluejay bobsleigh bobstay Bolognese (Italian) Bombay bouclé Boulanger bouquet brae bray breakaway bridleway Broadway Bronte buffet (refreshment, sideboard) byplay byway cabaret cabriolet cachet cadre café Calais calzone Cambray canapé caraway carriageway Cartier castaway Castlerea causeway Chabrier chalet chambray Champs Elysées Chardonnay Charpentier chassé Chevalier (surname) chez chilli con carne CIA cinema verité clay clearway cliché Club Méditerranée® coiffé Coldplay colourway communiqué companionway congé consommé convey Conway Corneille corps de ballet couchée crème brulée crochet croquet crossway croupier crudité(s) cum laude cutaway cy près cybercafe dapple-grey daresay day day-to-day D-Day de jure decay deejay defray déjeuner Del Monte® delay déshabillé Désirée devotee Didier disarray dismay disobey display distrait divorcé(e) divorcee DJ DNA dolce Domesday Don Quixote (Spanish) Doomsday doorway dossier Doubleday downplay driveaway driveway Du Maurier du Pré duce Dupré(e) Durante duvet eBay® eh Elysée embay émigré entrée entryway epee essay n (piece of writing) essay n, v (attempt) ETA (estimated time of arrival) everyday ex parte exposé expressway FA fairway faraday Faraday faraway fiancé(e) filet finale fireclay flageolet flambée flay flyaway flyway foldaway foray foreplay foyer franglais frappé fray freeway Friday frisé(e) fromage frais gainsay Galloway Galway gameplay gangway gateway gay g'day getaway giveaway glacé gourmet gray Gray Greenway grey habitué hairspray half-holiday halfway hallway hatchway Hathaway hay headway hearsay Hemingway hey heyday hideaway highway Hogmanay holiday Holloway hombre hooray horseplay hotelier hurray in capite infante inlay interplay in-tray IPA IRA irongray irongrey j jay jeté Jetway® JFK Jorge (Spanish name) José K Kingsway KKK(abbrev. for Ku Klux Klan) Kray LA Lanzarote latte latter-day lay layaway LEA leeway lei Ley lycée MA Maigret mainstay Malay Mandalay Marseilles martinet matchplay matinee May may (auxiliary verb) Mayday MBA Medway mêlée métier midday midway mislay Monday Monet (French artist) Monte Montefiore Montego Bay Montpellier (in France) Morgan le Fay mornay motorway Muscadet naïveté nay née negligé neigh Nescafé® Nestlé® noonday Norway nosegay nota bene NUJ Nupe (language and people) obey objet(s) OK okay olé Olivier one-way osprey Ottoway outlay out-of-the-way outplay outstay outweigh overlay overpay overplay overstay oyez PA padre padrone paise papier-mâché parfait parkway parlay parquet partway paso doble passageway passé(e) pâté Pathé pathway pavé pay payday Pelé penne per se Perrier® Piaget pianoforte Pinochet pipeclay piqué piquet (card game) play plié Poitiers Pompeii Pompey portray pray prepay present-day prêt-à-porter prey pro se protégé(e) PTA purée purvey Queensway Quixote Rabelais Radice railway Rambouillet ray Ray recherché reconvey red-letter day reggae relay Renée repay replay respray resumé Ridg(e)way right-of-way rights-of-way risqué roadway roleplay roman(s) à clef rosé RSA RSPCA runaway runway sachet San José Santa Fe São Tomé sashay satay saté Saturday sauté say Scorsese scray screenplay seaway segue sempre shay shipway Skara Brae slay sleigh slipway sluiceway soakaway soaraway sobriquet soirée Solway someday someway sorbet soubriquet soufflé spay speedway spray St. Tropez stairway stay stingray stowaway straightaway straightway stray strike-pay strokeplay subway Sunday sunray superhighway survey sway swordplay Taipei takeaway take-home pay taxiway Tay tearaway thataway they three-day throughway throwaway Thursday tideway Tigré today Torbay touché toupée tourniquet towaway trait tramway tray Tuesday two-way UK underlay underpay underplay underway unsay USA V and A(Victoria and Albert Museum) v.vide vale ("goodbye") valet V-E Day VJ-Day voce(in sotto voce) voce(in viva voce) volte walkaway walkway washday waterway way waylay Wednesday weekday weigh Wey whey Whitsunday wordplay workaday workday Xavier X-ray yesterday YMCA YWCA