yours
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yours¹
- /jɔːz/ Australia, UK
- /jʊəz/ Australia, UK
- /jəz/ Australia, UK, unstressed
- /joɹz/ Canada, US
- /jʊɚz/ Canada, US
- /jɝz/ Canada, US
- /jɚz/ unstressed, Canada, US
Sounds like yaws (in some non-rhotic accents) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)z
Where it comes from
From Middle English youres, ȝoures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to your + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced yourn in standard speech.
pronoun yours · your's
- That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun. If this edit is mine, the other must be yours.
- Your house or home. Let's go over to yours.
- Written at the end of a letter, before the signature. Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, Yours, Sincerely yours,
Similar: yourn
Yours²
pronoun
- Honorific alternative letter-case form of yours, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: angel, cheers, greetings, guys, hart, hers, jeffries, night, own, syd, takes, theirs, thine, toi, tony, truly
pronoun
Similar: yourn
Translations
Every language
pron possessive pronoun, singular
| Español | tuyo, suyo |
|---|---|
| Português | (o) teu, (o) seu |
| Français | le tien, la tienne, les tiens, les tiennes |
| Deutsch | deiner |
| Italiano | tuo, tua, tuoi, tue, Suo, Sua |
| Ελληνικά | δικός σου dikós sou, δικιά σου dikiá sou, δική σου dikí sou, δικό σου dikó sou, δικοί σου dikoí sou, δικές σου dikés sou |
| Română | al tău, a ta, ai tăi, ale tale |
| Русский | твой tvoj |
| العربية | لَكَ laka, لَكِ laki |
pron possessive pronoun, plural
| Español | vuestro, suyo, voso (disused) |
|---|---|
| Português | (o) seu, (o) vosso |
| Français | le vôtre, la vôtre, les vôtres |
| Deutsch | Ihres |
| Italiano | il vostro, la vostra, i vostri, le vostre, il Loro, la Loro |
| Ελληνικά | δικός σας dikós sas, δικιά σας dikiá sas, δική σας dikí sas, δικό σας dikó sas, δικοί σας dikoí sas, δικές σας dikés sas |
| Română | al vostru, a voastră, ai voștri, ale voastre |
| Русский | ваш vaš |
| العربية | لَكُمَا lakumā, لَكُم lakum, لَكُن lakun |
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