yours en · PRON
Pronunciation
- /jʊəz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /jɔː(ɹ)z/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /jɝz/ (US)
- yôrz (US)
- /jəz/ (Received-Pronunciation, unstressed)
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- /jɚz/ (US, unstressed)
- /jɔɹz/ (US)
- /jʊɚz/ (US)
Etymology
From Middle English youres, ȝoures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to your + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced yourn in standard speech.
Meanings
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That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
The socks of yours are a bit niffy.
If this edit is mine, the other must be yours.
Their encyclopedia is good, but yours is even better.
“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.[…]”
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:Are all these socks yours?
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(informal) Your house or home.
Let's go over to yours.
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Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.
Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, Yours, Sincerely yours,
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| yours | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| your's | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
you'll get yours · truly yours · yours trulies · wouldn't touch with yours · up yours · you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours · beg yours · you and yours · what's yours · yours ever · both of yours · I don't fancy yours · yours truly
Relateds
Ime · they · 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
Translations (196)
fr le vôtre (possessive pronoun, plural) · el δικός σας (possessive pronoun, singular) · ta இப்படிக்கு (sincerely) · hu magáé (possessive pronoun, singular) · sv ert (possessive pronoun, plural) · rm las vossas (possessive pronoun, plural) · arz لك (possessive pronoun, singular) · ru твой (possessive pronoun, singular) · arz لك (possessive pronoun, singular) · ro a ta (possessive pronoun, singular) · bcl mo (possessive pronoun, singular) · mk Тво́ја (sincerely) · lv jūsu (possessive pronoun, singular) · lv jūsējais (possessive pronoun, plural) · pl twoi (possessive pronoun, singular) · ang ēower (possessive pronoun, plural) · fi terveisin (sincerely) · mn таных (possessive pronoun, plural) · gl vosos (possessive pronoun, plural) · el δικές σας (possessive pronoun, plural) · lv jūsējais (possessive pronoun, singular) · crh siziñ (possessive pronoun, plural) · ro ale voastre (possessive pronoun, plural) · el δικοί σας (possessive pronoun, singular) · el δικιά σας (possessive pronoun, singular) · nl van jullie (possessive pronoun, plural) · es suyo (possessive pronoun, singular) · tyv силернии (possessive pronoun, plural) · ar لَكُمَا (possessive pronoun, plural) · fr les tiennes (possessive pronoun, singular) · gl voso (possessive pronoun, plural) · it tue (possessive pronoun, singular) · bcl saimo (possessive pronoun, singular) · pl wasi (possessive pronoun, plural) · el δικιά σου (possessive pronoun, singular) · uz seniki (possessive pronoun, singular) · pt (o) vosso (possessive pronoun, plural) · hu tietek (possessive pronoun, plural) · el δικοί σας (possessive pronoun, plural) · es suyo (possessive pronoun, plural) · egy t-A-i-i-k (possessive pronoun, singular) · egy t-A-i-i-T (possessive pronoun, singular) · egy G40-i-i-k (possessive pronoun, singular) · sv din (possessive pronoun, singular) · pl twoja (possessive pronoun, singular) · ro a voastră (possessive pronoun, plural) · ru ваш (possessive pronoun, plural) · mnc ᠴᡝᠨ᠋ᡳᠩᡤᡝ (possessive pronoun, plural) · el δικό σου (possessive pronoun, singular) · el δικιά σας (possessive pronoun, plural) · es vuestro (possessive pronoun, plural) · bg ваш (possessive pronoun, plural) · pl wasza (possessive pronoun, plural) · it la vostra (possessive pronoun, plural) · it la Loro (possessive pronoun, plural) · bg твой (possessive pronoun, singular) · rm il tieu (possessive pronoun, singular) · rm las tias (possessive pronoun, singular) · ia vostre (possessive pronoun, plural) · fi kunnioittavasti (sincerely) · sah эйиэнэ (possessive pronoun, singular) · arz بتوعاك (possessive pronoun, singular) · hu tiétek (possessive pronoun, plural) · it le vostre (possessive pronoun, plural) · lv jūsējs (possessive pronoun, plural) · it tua (possessive pronoun, singular) · el δικό σας (possessive pronoun, plural) · ta உங்களுடையது (possessive pronoun, plural) · el δικές σου (possessive pronoun, singular) · pt (o) seu (possessive pronoun, plural) · ar لَكَ (possessive pronoun, singular) · sv ditt (possessive pronoun, singular) · be твой (possessive pronoun, singular) · kaa seniki (possessive pronoun, singular) · el δικές σας (possessive pronoun, singular) · ro al vostru (possessive pronoun, plural) · hu üdvözlettel (sincerely) · it tuo (possessive pronoun, singular) · nl van jou (possessive pronoun, singular) · sah эһиэнэ (possessive pronoun, plural) · ru Ваш (sincerely) · eo via (possessive pronoun, singular) · lv tavējs (possessive pronoun, singular) · crh seniñ (possessive pronoun, singular) · ro al tău (possessive pronoun, singular) · hu tied (possessive pronoun, singular) · arz بتاعتاك (possessive pronoun, singular) · hu önöké (possessive pronoun, plural) · pl twoje (possessive pronoun, singular) · el δικός σας (possessive pronoun, plural) · es tuyo (possessive pronoun, singular) · mnc ᠰᡳᠨ᠋ᡳᠩᡤᡝ (possessive pronoun, singular) · gl vosas (possessive pronoun, plural) · ar لَكُن (possessive pronoun, plural) · mn ᠲᠠᠨ᠋ᠤᠬᠢ (possessive pronoun, plural) · arz بتوعاك (possessive pronoun, singular) · sv er (possessive pronoun, plural) · gl túa (possessive pronoun, singular) · de Ihres (possessive pronoun, plural) · lv jūsējs (possessive pronoun, singular) · az səninki (possessive pronoun, singular) · el δική σου (possessive pronoun, singular) · fi sinun (possessive pronoun, singular) · egy t-A-i-i-T:n:Z2 (possessive pronoun, plural) · kaa siziki (possessive pronoun, plural) · fr la vôtre (possessive pronoun, plural) · it il vostro (possessive pronoun, plural) · ro ale tale (possessive pronoun, singular) · egy n:A-i-i-T:n:Z2 (possessive pronoun, plural) · arz بتوعكو (possessive pronoun, plural) · it il Loro (possessive pronoun, plural) · sw wako (sincerely) · mn ᠴᠢᠨ᠋ᠤᠬᠢ (possessive pronoun, singular) · ar لَكِ (possessive pronoun, singular) · nl het uwe (possessive pronoun, plural) · arz بتاعكو (possessive pronoun, plural) · akz chisnooli (possessive pronoun, singular) · it Suo (possessive pronoun, singular) · arz بتاعك (possessive pronoun, singular) · it i vostri (possessive pronoun, plural) · pl wasze (possessive pronoun, plural) · ta உனது (possessive pronoun, singular) · fi teidän (possessive pronoun, plural) · rm la tia (possessive pronoun, singular) · el δικά σας (possessive pronoun, singular) · arz ليكو (possessive pronoun, plural) · is þinn (possessive pronoun, singular) · fr la tienne (possessive pronoun, singular) · rm ils voss (possessive pronoun, plural) · de deiner (possessive pronoun, singular) · el δικά σας (possessive pronoun, plural) · sv era (possessive pronoun, plural) · pt (o) seu (possessive pronoun, singular) · nl de jouwe (possessive pronoun, singular) · gl teu (possessive pronoun, singular) · mk Твој (sincerely) · sv dina (possessive pronoun, singular) · egy n:A-i-i-k (possessive pronoun, singular) · cic chimmi' (possessive pronoun, singular) · hu öné (possessive pronoun, singular) · fi Teidän (possessive pronoun, plural) · lv jūsu (possessive pronoun, plural) · rm la vossa (possessive pronoun, plural) · arz بتاعتاك (possessive pronoun, singular) · it tuoi (possessive pronoun, singular) · ar لَكُم (possessive pronoun, plural) · mk Ва́ша (sincerely) · nl de uwe (possessive pronoun, plural) · bcl saindo nindo (possessive pronoun, plural) · pl wasz (possessive pronoun, plural) · is ykkar (possessive pronoun, plural) · el δική σας (possessive pronoun, singular) · hu tiéd (possessive pronoun, singular) · egy G40-i-i-T (possessive pronoun, singular) · egy n:A-i-i-T (possessive pronoun, singular) · gl teus (possessive pronoun, singular) · egy G40-i-i-T:n:Z2 (possessive pronoun, plural) · hu maguké (possessive pronoun, plural) · pt (o) teu (possessive pronoun, singular) · tyv сээңии (possessive pronoun, singular) · it Sue (possessive pronoun, singular) · arz بتاعك (possessive pronoun, singular) · el δική σας (possessive pronoun, plural) · mzn تنی (possessive pronoun, singular) · it Sua (possessive pronoun, singular) · it Suoi (possessive pronoun, singular) · lv tavējais (possessive pronoun, singular) · es voso (disused) (possessive pronoun, plural) · rm ils tes (possessive pronoun, singular) · fr les vôtres (possessive pronoun, plural) · it le Loro (possessive pronoun, plural) · fi Teidän (possessive pronoun, singular) · mzn شمنی (possessive pronoun, plural) · mk Ваш (sincerely) · el δικοί σου (possessive pronoun, singular) · be ваш (possessive pronoun, plural) · ia tue (possessive pronoun, singular) · arz بتاعتكو (possessive pronoun, plural) · lv tavs (possessive pronoun, singular) · fr les tiens (possessive pronoun, singular) · fr le tien (possessive pronoun, singular) · nl het jouwe (possessive pronoun, singular) · az sizinki (possessive pronoun, plural) · ro ai voștri (possessive pronoun, plural) · el δικός σου (possessive pronoun, singular) · ro ai tăi (possessive pronoun, singular) · ang þīn (possessive pronoun, singular) · mn чинийх (possessive pronoun, singular) · pl twój (possessive pronoun, singular) · rm il voss (possessive pronoun, plural) · ang inċer (possessive pronoun, plural) · it i Loro (possessive pronoun, plural) · gl túas (possessive pronoun, singular) · el δικά σου (possessive pronoun, singular) · el δικό σας (possessive pronoun, singular) · gl vosa (possessive pronoun, plural)