y'all
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y'all
- /jɔːl/ UK
- /jɔl/ US
- /jɑl/ cot caught merger
Sounds like yawl · Rhymes with -ɔːl
Where it comes from
Contraction of you all, and/or from Scots ye aw. Attested since at least 1631.
Compare Dutch jullie (originally jij lui (literally “you people”)) for a similar development of a new plural pronoun out of Proto-Germanic *jīz that originally was already plural.
pronoun y'all's · y'allselves · ya’ll · yall · yo'll
- You (plural). [...] and this y'all know is true, [...]
- Everyone; everybody. Hey y'all!
- You (singular). I made this for both y'all and your wife to enjoy.
verb y'alls · y'alling · y'alled · ya’ll · yall
- To use the pronoun "y'all" (to). She blithely maintained that she could have smiled magnolias and "y'alled" her way out of any tight spots.
determiner ya’ll · yall · yo'll · yoll · you-all · you all
- The group spoken or written to. Have y'all ladies finished eating?
- Your pl; y'all's I need y'all help for a minute.
