Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

your

/jɔɹ/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.53 in modern English

Syllables: your
IPA: /jɔɹ/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

det

Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).

det

Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).

det

A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.

det

That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)

contraction

Misspelling of you're.

pron

Honorific alternative letter-case form of your, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Example Sentences

"Let’s meet tomorrow at your convenience."
"Is this your cat?"
"Everyone always asks what my advice is, and my advice is don’t overintellectualize your art."
"Then Ieſus ſaid vnto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready."
"Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry."
"Your Show of Shows"

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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: your, ēower, *iuwar, *izweraz

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /jɔɹ/

Inflected Forms

ur (alternative, Internet) ya (alternative, informal) yer (alternative, informal) yr (alternative, informal) yo (alternative) yo' (alternative) yoh (alternative, pronunciation spelling) yur (alternative, pronunciation spelling)

Phrases

a plague o' both your houses a plague on both your houses a pox on both your houses beat your neighbour black as your hat Bob is your uncle Bob's your father's brother Bob's your mother's brother

Frequently Paired Words

Ime me myselfmemysen mine mymineme we us ourselvesourselfoursen

Homonyms

you're yore (pour–poor merger or dialectal) yaw (non-rhotic, paw–poor merger or dialectal) yo (non-rhotic, show–sure merger) ewer (one pronunciation, non-rhotic, without the pour–poor merger, rare)

Rhymes With

for or more before four war d'or door store floor anymore anti-war

Questions

How do you pronounce your?: The recorded pronunciation is /jɔɹ/.
What does your mean?: Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
Where does your come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce your

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