your

See also: Your

English

Alternative forms

  • ur (informal, Internet, text messaging)
  • ya, yer, yr (informal)
  • yo, yo' (African American Vernacular)

Etymology

From Middle English your, youre, ȝour, ȝoure, from Old English ēower, īower (your, plural), from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jou (your), Dutch jouw (your), German Low German jo, jos (your), German euer (your, plural), Danish jeres (your).

Pronunciation

Determiner

your

  1. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
    Let’s meet tomorrow at your convenience.
    Is this your cat?
  2. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
  3. A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
    Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
    Your Show of Shows
    Your World with Neil Cavuto
    Not Your Average Travel Guide
  4. (Ireland) That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)
    Your man just bought a new car.
    Have you seen what your one over there is doing?

Derived terms

Translations

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Contraction

your

  1. Misspelling of you're.

Usage notes

  • The use of your instead of you're is a common mistake in written English.

See also

Cameroon Pidgin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Determiner

your

  1. 2nd person singular possessive determiner

See also

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ēower, from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Initial /j/ is by analogy with ye.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /juːr/, /jiu̯r/
  • (unstressed) IPA(key): /jur/

Determiner

your (nominative pronoun ye)

  1. Second-person plural genitive determiner: your (plural)
  2. (formal) Second-person singular genitive determiner: your (singular).

Pronoun

your (nominative ye)

  1. Second-person plural possessive pronoun: yours, of you (plural)

Descendants

  • English: your (ya, yer, yo)
  • Scots: your (yer)
  • Yola: yer, ye

See also

References

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