Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yourselves

/jəˈsɛlvz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables
your-selves
IPA
/jəˈsɛlvz/
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

Inflection of you (plural) used as the object of a verb or non-locative preposition in a clause whose subject is the same (the people addressed).

pron

You (plural), used to intensify the subject as the group addressed.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Morphologically your + -selves.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

yourself (plural of) of you (plural, reflexive) yerselves (alternative) yoselves (alternative)

Phrases

make yourselves at home you ally'all you guys yous all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.

Frequently Paired Words

Ime me myselfmemysen mine mymineme we us ourselvesourselfoursen

Rhymes With

themselves ourselves shelves selves elves delves theirselves

Questions

How do you pronounce yourselves?
The recorded pronunciation is /jəˈsɛlvz/.
What does yourselves mean?
Inflection of you (plural) used as the object of a verb or non-locative preposition in a clause whose subject is the same (the people addressed).
Where does yourselves come from?
Morphologically your + -selves.

How to pronounce yourselves

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