Yer
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yer¹
- /ˈjɛ(ə)/
- /jʌ/
Rhymes with -ɛə, -ʌ
Where it comes from
Most likely from the intrusive R, between "yeah" (/jəː/) and a non-high vowel (/ə/, /ɪə/, /ɑː/, /ɔː/). For example, "Yeah-r-I know" (/jəɹ ʌɪ nəʊ/).
adverb
- Pronunciation spelling of yeah (“yes”).yeah
yer²
- /jɝ/ US
- /jɜː/ UK
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Russian ер (jer, “ъ”) and ерь (jerʹ, “ь”).
noun yers
- Either of the letters ъ and ь in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.
yer³
- /jɜː/ Anglian, East
Where it comes from
From you.
pronoun
- Pronunciation spelling of you (plural or singular).you "Thet one in the Formosa Channel was tremenjus. The velocity of the wind tetched a ’undred and forty mile,—so it was computed at Taipei,— arfter which it blew the wind gedge away. Yer need a string to yer ’at in a breeze like thet!"
contraction
- Pronunciation spelling of you're (“you are”).you're Yer a lotta nosey parkers.
determiner
- Pronunciation spelling of your.your 'Make yer way down to the station,' he said.
Yer⁴
Where it comes from
From Y + -er.
noun Yers
- A member of Generation Y.
