your
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: note: r
enpr: yo͝o
note: r
enpr: yô
note: pour–poor merger
ipa: /jɔː(ɹ)/
note: without the pour–poor merger
ipa: /jʊə(ɹ)/
ipa: /jə(ɹ)/
enpr: yôr
ipa: /jɔɹ/
ipa: /jʊɹ/
ipa: /jɝ/
ipa: /jɚ/
ipa: /jʊəɹ/
ipa: /jɜ(ː)ɹ/
ipa: /jɚ/
ipa: /jɪʊɹ/
ipa: /jɪəɹ/
ipa: /jəɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: yōr
ipa: /jo(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /joə/
note: non-rhotic, show–sure merger, African-American Vernacular
ipa: /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)
homophone: ewer (one pronunciation, non-rhotic, without the pour–poor merger, rare)
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Forms: form: ur
form: ya
form: yer
form: yr
form: yo
form: yo'
form: yur
Etymology: 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”).
Senses: examples: text: Let’s meet tomorrow at your convenience.
text: Is this your cat?
text: Everyone always asks what my advice is, and my advice is don’t overintellectualize your art.
ref: 2022 October 14, Justin Curto, “The 1975’s Matty Healy Prefers Writing Lyrics He’s Afraid Of”, in Vulture, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2022:
glosses: Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
examples: text: Then Ieſus ſaid vnto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 6:7, column 1:
glosses: Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
examples: text: Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
text: Your Show of Shows
text: Your World with Neil Cavuto
text: Not Your Average Travel Guide
glosses: A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
examples: text: Your man just bought a new car.
text: Have you seen what your one over there is doing?
glosses: That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)
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
flat as your hat
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
up your ass
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
Related terms: word: Ime
word: me
word: myselfmemysen
word: mine
word: mymineme
word: we
word: us
word: ourselvesourselfoursen
word: oursourn
word: our
word: you
word: yourselfyoursen
word: yoursyourn
word: thou
word: thee
word: thyselftheeselfthysen
word: thine
word: thythine
word: youye
word: yourselves
word: you ally'all you guys
word: y'allselves
word: all yours y'all's you guys' your guys'
word: all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys'
word: he
word: him
word: himselfhisselfhissen
word: hishisn
word: his
word: she
word: her
word: herselfhersen
word: hershern
word: ithit
word: itselfhitself
word: itshis
word: itshishits
word: they
word: them
word: themself
word: themselves
word: theirs
word: their
word: one
word: oneself
word: –
word: one's
word: themhem
word: 'em
word: themselvestheirsen
word: theirstheirn
word: The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun
word: including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete
word: archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.