How do you pronounce yuri?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjʊɹi/.

yuri

/ˈjʊɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables: yuri
IPA: /ˈjʊɹi/

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Meaning

name

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Ю́рий (Júrij), equivalent to George.

name

A female given name from Japanese.

noun

A narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between women.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Khrushchev’s answer came 60 years ago, on April 12, 1961, when Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin circled the Earth aboard a spacecraft called Vostok 1."
"I wanna start a Marxist reading circle but I feel like if I did that it would just be a bunch of trans puppies barking and playing and like not reading at all and a bunch of yuri"

Etymology

From Russian Ю́рий (Júrij, “George”). Doublet of George.

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: Ю́рий, ゆり, ゆうり, -

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Iurii (alternative) Yurii (alternative) Yuriy (alternative) Yury (alternative) Yuuri (alternative) Yuhri (alternative) Yūri (alternative)

Derived Forms

yaouri yuribait yuricest yuriful yurifully yurigem yurily yuriness yurislop

Phrases

shoujo ai

Frequently Paired Words

Yuriko lesbian shoujo ai himejoshi yaoi boys' love

Synonyms

girls' love GL

Rhymes With

jury missouri fury fleury puri venturi lurie yury zuri durie buri dury