Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yr

/yːr/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: yr
IPA: /yːr/

5

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of year.

det

Abbreviation of your.

contraction

Contraction of you + are.

noun

A letter of the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet, ᚣ, representing the vowel sounds /y/ and /yː/ in Old English.

Example Sentences

"Got yr card. Problem is: don't have yr address! Wd love to see you. Write w/number! xo Jeremy."
"On her street he reached into his pocket, pulled out his phone and typed: On yr St. U free? The answer came back: Door open."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English ȳr, the literal translation of which is uncertain: perhaps “yew” or “bow (made of yew)”, based on Old Norse ýr.

Origin

Source language: Old Norse

Word Breakdown

Root: ýr

Inflected Forms

yrs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

y mul:a

Synonyms

year twelvemonth

Questions

How do you pronounce yr?: The recorded pronunciation is /yːr/.
What does yr mean?: Abbreviation of year.
Where does yr come from?: It is traced to Old Norse.

How to pronounce yr

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