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myself en · PRON

Pronunciation

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• /maɪˈsɛlf/ Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, strong form
• (UK) audio
• /məˈsɛlf/ Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, weak form

Etymology

From Middle English myself, meself, from Old English mē selfum and similar phrases, equivalent to me + self, later partly reinterpreted as my + self / -self. Cognate with Scots mysel, mysell (“myself”), West Frisian mysels (“myself”), Dutch mijzelf (“myself”), German mich selbst, mir selbst (“myself”), Norwegian Bokmål meg selv (“myself”).

Meanings

1. (pronoun, reflexive) Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
   • “If you were a little bit kinder to yourself today, or if you gained insight, if you had an ‘Aha’ like, ‘Oh, man, I really do talk to myself the way my mom talked to me,’ or you identify a childhood wound … all of that is a form of reparenting,” she said. 2025 April 28, Madeline Holcombe, “It might be time to ‘reparent’ yourself. Here’s how to get started”, in CNN:
   • Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.” 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
   • I taught myself.
   • (I) don’t think much of your new car, myself.
2. Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described.
   • I myself have witnessed the event.
3. In my normal state of body or mind.
   • I feel like myself.
4. (proscribed) Me, as the object of a verb or preposition without a reflexive trigger. Sometimes used for intensifying the pronoun of oneself.
   • Give the ball to John or myself.
5. (archaic, proscribed) I (as the subject of a verb).
   • Myself am confident that an ointment of it is one of the best remedies for a scabby head that is. 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged:
   • And my selfe have knowen a Gentleman, a chiefe officer of our crowne, that by right and hope of succession (had he lived unto it) was to inherit above fifty thousand crownes a yeere good land[…]. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
   • My wife and myself want to go on vacation.
6. (India, Pakistan, nonstandard) my name is...
   • Myself John.

Forms

Relateds

Ime · they · myselves · I'll see myself out · he · themhem · mymineme · me · thou · your · all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' · her · thyselftheeselfthysen · she · themselvestheirsen · y'allselves · oursourn · our · themself · himselfhisselfhissen · The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun · itselfhitself · one · yourselves · mine · all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' · yoursyourn · archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun. · yourselfyoursen · itshishits · itshis · ourselvesourselfoursen · us · – · their · him · we · you · one's · ithit · hishisn · including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete · thythine · myselfmemysen · theirstheirn · hershern · his · themselves · herselfhersen · youye · thine · you ally'all you guys yous · them · theirs · 'em · oneself · thee

Synonyms

me

Translations (157)

wyi wan (me, reflexive form of me) · kn ನನ್ನ (me, reflexive form of me) · es (yo) mismo (in apposition with I; personally) · sh sebe (me, reflexive form of me) · ase 1^o-f@Sternum-FingerBack (me, reflexive form of me) · fi itseni (me, reflexive form of me) · ug ئۆزۈم (me, reflexive form of me) · et ise (me, reflexive form of me) · de selbst (in apposition with I; personally) · lo ຕົນເອງ (me, reflexive form of me) · tyv бодум (me, reflexive form of me) · eu neure burua (me, reflexive form of me) · eo persone (in apposition with I; personally) · vi tự (me, reflexive form of me) · nl mijzelf (me, reflexive form of me) · ur مَیں (me, reflexive form of me) · es me (me, reflexive form of me) · se iežan (me, reflexive form of me) · unm nihëlàchi (me, reflexive form of me) · lv es pati (in apposition with I; personally) · ha kaina (me, reflexive form of me) · ase A@Chest-RadialBack Contact (in apposition with I; personally) · gd mise (me, reflexive form of me) · rom man (me, reflexive form of me) · srn misrefi (me, reflexive form of me) · haw ʻo wau ponoʻī (me, reflexive form of me) · cmn 自己 (me, reflexive form of me) · bg се (me, reflexive form of me) · pt mim (me, reflexive form of me) · la egomet (me, reflexive form of me) · it mi (me, reflexive form of me) · mk се (me, reflexive form of me) · be сабо́й (me, reflexive form of me) · sv mig själv (me, reflexive form of me) · ro însumi (me, reflexive form of me) · pl siebie (me, reflexive form of me) · ja 自分 (me, reflexive form of me) · ar نَفْسِي (me, reflexive form of me) · ka ჩემ თავს (me, reflexive form of me) · pa ਮੈਂ (me, reflexive form of me) · nn meg sjølv (me, reflexive form of me) · gl me (me, reflexive form of me) · pt me (me, reflexive form of me) · tr kendim (in apposition with I; personally) · mk себе (me, reflexive form of me) · zza ezb (in apposition with I; personally) · la egomet (in apposition with I; personally) · pt eu mesma (in apposition with I; personally) · fr moi-même (me, reflexive form of me) · el ο εαυτός μου (me, reflexive form of me) · de mich (me, reflexive form of me) · sah бэйэм (me, reflexive form of me) · sh se (me, reflexive form of me) · sk sa (me, reflexive form of me) · as নিজকে (me, reflexive form of me) · cy fy hun (me, reflexive form of me) · he עצמי (me, reflexive form of me) · uk себе́ (me, reflexive form of me) · km ខ្លួនខ្ញុំ (me, reflexive form of me) · tr kendim (me, reflexive form of me) · ur خود (me, reflexive form of me) · ru -ся (me, reflexive form of me) · zza ez (diq) (me, reflexive form of me) · br va-unan (me, reflexive form of me) · bn নিজেকে (me, reflexive form of me) · uk собі́ (me, reflexive form of me) · ca mateix (in apposition with I; personally) · tr tek başıma (in apposition with I; personally) · te నాకు (me, reflexive form of me) · fy mysels (me, reflexive form of me) · hi खुद (me, reflexive form of me) · ta நானே (me, reflexive form of me) · lv es pats (in apposition with I; personally) · uk собо́ю (me, reflexive form of me) · sk sám (in apposition with I; personally) · gl min mesmo (me, reflexive form of me) · pl sobie (me, reflexive form of me) · nl mezelf (me, reflexive form of me) · he עצמי (me, reflexive form of me) · tr şahsen (in apposition with I; personally) · ca em (me, reflexive form of me) · ka მე თვითონ (in apposition with I; personally) · bg самият (in apposition with I; personally) · gl min (me, reflexive form of me) · ia io ipse (in apposition with I; personally) · vi mình (me, reflexive form of me) · hy ինձ (me, reflexive form of me) · nrf mé-mesme (me, reflexive form of me) · be сабе́ (me, reflexive form of me) · hu magam (me, reflexive form of me) · id diri (me, reflexive form of me) · af myself (me, reflexive form of me) · ru себя́ (me, reflexive form of me) · be -цца (me, reflexive form of me) · kjh позым (me, reflexive form of me) · haw ʻo wau nō (me, reflexive form of me) · ka ჩემით (in apposition with I; personally) · fr m' (me, reflexive form of me) · cs sebe (me, reflexive form of me) · bg се́бе си (me, reflexive form of me) · be я сам (in apposition with I; personally) · zza xo (diq) (me, reflexive form of me) · fi minä itse (in apposition with I; personally) · dsb se (me, reflexive form of me) · ga mé féin (me, reflexive form of me) · uk я сам (in apposition with I; personally) · mfe momem (me, reflexive form of me) · ko 자신 (me, reflexive form of me) · hi मैं (me, reflexive form of me) · eo min (me, reflexive form of me) · be я сама́ (in apposition with I; personally) · pl sam (in apposition with I; personally) · sv mig (me, reflexive form of me) · io me ipsa (me, reflexive form of me) · ia me ipse (me, reflexive form of me) · ug مەن (me, reflexive form of me) · as নিজে (me, reflexive form of me) · cy fy hunan (me, reflexive form of me) · km ខ្លួនឯង (me, reflexive form of me) · sh sam sebe (me, reflexive form of me) · az özüm (me, reflexive form of me) · yi מיך (me, reflexive form of me) · nl me (me, reflexive form of me) · uk -ся (me, reflexive form of me) · uz oʻzim (me, reflexive form of me) · pl sama (in apposition with I; personally) · cs se (me, reflexive form of me) · da personligt (in apposition with I; personally) · uk я сама́ (in apposition with I; personally) · pt eu mesmo (in apposition with I; personally) · chr ᎠᏋᏌ (me, reflexive form of me) · de selber (in apposition with I; personally) · ru себе́ (me, reflexive form of me) · ru я сама́ (in apposition with I; personally) · fr me (me, reflexive form of me) · th ตนเอง (me, reflexive form of me) · grc ἐμαυτοῦ (me, reflexive form of me) · mk ме (me, reflexive form of me) · haw ʻo wau iho nō (me, reflexive form of me) · nb meg selv (me, reflexive form of me) · da mig selv (me, reflexive form of me) · eo mi (me, reflexive form of me) · sk seba (me, reflexive form of me) · be сябе́ (me, reflexive form of me) · arz نفسى (me, reflexive form of me) · ga mé féin (in apposition with I; personally) · nv tʼáá shíhí (me, reflexive form of me) · ur خود (in apposition with I; personally) · pl się (me, reflexive form of me) · yi מיר (me, reflexive form of me) · ru собо́й (me, reflexive form of me) · de mir (me, reflexive form of me) · crh özüm (me, reflexive form of me) · se ieš (in apposition with I; personally) · ia me (me, reflexive form of me) · ru я сам (in apposition with I; personally) · ast me (me, reflexive form of me)