yous
/juːz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
pron
You.
pron
You.
Colloquial
noun
plural of you
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of you.
name
plural of You
Example Sentences
- "What are yous up to tonight?"
- ""How could anyone get hurted so simple as that? I'd be the last in the world to speak of such a thing in that case! But if yous are afraid of doing it...""
- "‘Dere ain't no use for me dis side, Mr. Chames,’ he said. ‘New York's de spot. Youse don't want none of me, now you're married.’"
- "‘Yous will meet us here outside this pub,’ Harry Curniskey said."
- "‘But what I also seen is that youse have never had a real man before, datin' all them boys. Youse have never had anyone who'd stand up to youse.’"
- "You think yous can live wi'oot money! Few months doon this hell, you'll murder for money!"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *uswé Proto-Indo-European *-(m)is? Proto-Indo-European *uswísder. Proto-Germanic *izwiz Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz Old English ēow Middle English yow English you English -s English yous From you + -s (plural suffix).
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /juːz/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Synonyms
the list of other second-person pronouns at you