Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

we-uns

/ˈwiːənz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables: we-uns
IPA: /ˈwiːənz/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

We.

American usage

pron

Us. (Compare us'uns.)

American usage

Example Sentences

"“We-uns hev all been a-gittin' married round hyar lately. Whar's that purty wife o' yourn?”"
"‘We'uns was sittin under a tree over to the cannin factory just a little while ago, eatin our dinner, when this here stranger rode up.’"
"Then he come back to we-uns laughin'; sed the Yank offered him twenty dollars a month to go home to Maine with him, an' went on like a preacher […]"
"But Marshall Rutherford hain't no neighbour to we-uns. He hain't belongin' to Big Creek Gap. We hain't wantin' no more of Kennedy Poteet's stock in here, and we hain't aimin' to hev 'em."

Etymology

From we + uns, a form of ones representing an older pronunciation of it.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈwiːənz/

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

we'uns (alternative) we'ins (alternative)

Phrases

you-uns they-uns

Frequently Paired Words

you-uns they-uns

Questions

How do you pronounce we-uns?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwiːənz/.
What does we-uns mean?: We.
Where does we-uns come from?: From we + uns, a form of ones representing an older pronunciation of it.

How to pronounce we-uns

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