Dictionary

all y'all en · DET

Etymology

From all + y'all (itself from you + all). Etymologically pleonastic.

Meanings

1. The group spoken or written to.
   • Have all y'all ladies finished eating?

Forms

all y'all en · PRON

Etymology

From all + y'all (itself from you + all). Etymologically pleonastic.

Meanings

1. (Southern-US, form-of, plural) Plural form of you.
   form of you
   • Dyah dee come! Now watch 'em smile. All y'all jes stand back. Heah de one you lookin' for. 1887, Thomas Nelson Page, In ole Virginia: or, Marse Chan, and other stories, page 160:

Forms

Deriveds

all y'all's

Relateds

y'all · you · all

Synonyms

list of other second-person pronouns at you