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See also: Your
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English your, youre, ȝour, ȝoure, from Old English ēower, īower (“your”, plural), from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jou (“your”), Dutch jouw (“your”), German Low German jo, jos (“your”), German euer (“your”, plural), Danish jeres (“your”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation):
- (stressed form) enPR: yo͝o(r), yô(r)
- (pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /jɔː(ɹ)/
- (without the pour–poor merger) IPA(key): (now rare) /jʊə(ɹ)/
- (unstressed form) IPA(key): /jə(ɹ)/
Audio (Received Pronunciation): (file) Audio: (file)
- (stressed form) enPR: yo͝o(r), yô(r)
- (General American) enPR: yôr, IPA(key): /joɹ/, /jʊɹ/, /jɝ/, (unstressed form) /jɚ/
Audio (General American, stressed form): (file) Audio (General American, unstressed form): (file)
- (Canada) IPA(key): /jʊəɹ/, /jɜ(ː)ɹ/, (unstressed form) /jɚ/
- (Dialectal) IPA(key): /jɪʊɹ/, /jɪəɹ/, (unstressed form) /jəɹ/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: yōr, IPA(key): /jo(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /joə/
- (non-rhotic, show–sure merger, African-American Vernacular) IPA(key): /joʊ/
- Homophone: you're
- Homophone: yore (pour–poor merger or dialectal)
- Homophone: yaw (non-rhotic, paw–poor merger or dialectal)
- Homophone: yo (non-rhotic, show–sure merger)
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ), -ɜː(ɹ)
Determiner
your
- Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
- Let’s meet tomorrow at your convenience.
- Is this your cat?
- Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 6:7, column 1:
- Then Ieſus ſaid vnto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
- A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
- Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
- Your Show of Shows
- Your World with Neil Cavuto
- Not Your Average Travel Guide
- (Ireland) That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)
- Your man just bought a new car.
- Have you seen what your one over there is doing?
Derived terms
- a plague o' both your houses
- a plague on both your houses
- a pox on both your houses
- black as your hat
- Bob is your uncle
- Bob's your father's brother
- Bob's your mother's brother
- Bob's your uncle and Fanny's your aunt
- did my back hurt your knife
- don't count your chickens before they've hatched
- don't worry your pretty little head
- for your eyes only
- kill your idols
- kiss your sister
- more grease to your elbow
- more power to your elbow
- my culture is not your costume
- pick-your-own
- Robert is your father's brother
- Robert is your mother's brother
- Robert is your uncle
- Robert's your mother's brother
- Robert's your uncle
- save the drama for your momma
- saving your presence
- saving your reverence
- take your change out of that
- take your oil
- the sky will fall on your head
- use your words
- what color is your Bugatti
- whatever butters your biscuit
- whatever butters your biscuits
- whatever butters your bread
- whatever butters your muffin
- whatever butters your toast
- whatever humps your camel
- whatever melts your butter
- whatever sizzles your bacon
- whatever tickles your pickle
- whatever winds your clock
- what is your problem
- what's your game
- what's your poison
- what's your problem
- who took the jam out of your doughnut
- who was your servant last year
- you kiss your father with that mouth
- you kiss your grandfather with that mouth
- your barn door is open
- your guys's
- Your Imperial Highness
- Your Lordship
- your place or mine
- your point being
- Your Serene Highness
Translations
belonging to you (singular; one owner)
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belonging to you (plural; more owners)
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See also
Etymology 2
Contraction
your
- Misspelling of you're.
Usage notes
- The use of your instead of you're is a common mistake in written English.
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Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Determiner
your
- 2nd person singular possessive determiner
See also
Middle English
Alternative forms
- (common) youre, yowr, yowre, ȝour, ȝoure
- yowyr, yowur, yor, yur, yure, yeur, yhure, yhour, yhoure, ȝowyr, ȝowur, ȝor, ȝore, ȝur, ȝure, ȝiore, ȝhour, ȝhoure, ȝaure, ȝiure, ȝiwer, ȝeur, ȝeure, ȝeuer, ȝeuwer, ȝewer, ȝewere, gur, gure, giur, giure, giuor, giuer, giuwer, giwer, ihore, ihoire, iure, eour, eoure, eouer, eouwer, eouwere, eower, eowwer, eore, eur, eure, euwer, euwere, our, oure, or, ore, ouer, ouwer, ouwere, ower, owur, hour, æure
Etymology
From Old English ēower, from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Initial /j/ is by analogy with ye.
Pronunciation
Determiner
your (nominative pronoun ye)
Pronoun
your (nominative ye)
Descendants
See also
1 Used preconsonantally or before h.
2 Early or dialectal.
3 Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third person dual forms in Middle English.
4 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd person singular.
2 Early or dialectal.
3 Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third person dual forms in Middle English.
4 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd person singular.
References
- “your, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 May 2018.
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