pron · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/maɪˈsɛlf/Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, strong form
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/məˈsɛlf/Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, weak form
rhymes with -ɛlf
CMU ARPABET:M AY2 S EH1 L F
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
pron
Meaning 1
Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: pronoun, reflexive
Examples
I taught myself.
(I) don’t think much of your new car, myself.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
pron
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
I myself have witnessed the event.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
pron
Meaning 3
In my normal state of body or mind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
I feel like myself.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
pron
Meaning 4
Me, as the object of a verb or preposition without a reflexive trigger. Sometimes used for intensifying the pronoun of oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: proscribed
Examples
Give the ball to John or myself.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
pron
Meaning 5
I (as the subject of a verb).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, proscribed
Examples
My wife and myself want to go on vacation.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
pron
Meaning 6
my name is...
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, Pakistan, nonstandard
Examples
Myself John.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
pron
Meaning 7
Alternative letter-case form of myself used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
157 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
myself
— me, reflexive form of me
American Sign Language:
1^o-f@Sternum-FingerBack
— me, reflexive form of me
Arabic:
نَفْسِي
(nafsī)
— me, reflexive form of me
Arabic:
نفسى
(nafsi)
— me, reflexive form of me
Armenian:
ինձ
(inj)
— me, reflexive form of me
Assamese:
নিজে
(nize)
— me, reflexive form of me
Assamese:
নিজকে
(nizke)
— me, reflexive form of me
Asturian:
me
— me, reflexive form of me
Azerbaijani:
özüm
— me, reflexive form of me
Basque:
neure burua
— me, reflexive form of me
Belarusian:
сябе́
(sjabjé)
— me, reflexive form of me
Belarusian:
сабе́
(sabjé)
— me, reflexive form of me
Belarusian:
сабо́й
(sabój)
— me, reflexive form of me
Belarusian:
-цца
(-cca)
— me, reflexive form of me
Bengali:
নিজেকে
(nijeke)
— me, reflexive form of me
Breton:
va-unan
— me, reflexive form of me
Bulgarian:
се́бе си
(sébe si)
— me, reflexive form of me
Bulgarian:
се
(se)
— me, reflexive form of me
Catalan:
em
— me, reflexive form of me
Cherokee:
ᎠᏋᏌ
(aquvsa)
— me, reflexive form of me
Chinese Mandarin:
自己
(zìjǐ)
— me, reflexive form of me
Crimean Tatar:
özüm
— me, reflexive form of me
Czech:
se
— me, reflexive form of me
Czech:
sebe
— me, reflexive form of me
Danish:
mig selv
— me, reflexive form of me
Dutch:
me
— me, reflexive form of me
Dutch:
mijzelf
— me, reflexive form of me
Dutch:
mezelf
— me, reflexive form of me
Esperanto:
mi
— me, reflexive form of me
Esperanto:
min
— me, reflexive form of me
Estonian:
ise
— me, reflexive form of me
Finnish:
itseni
— me, reflexive form of me
French:
me
— me, reflexive form of me
French:
m'
— me, reflexive form of me
French:
moi-même
— me, reflexive form of me
West-Frisian:
mysels
— me, reflexive form of me
Galician:
me
— me, reflexive form of me
Galician:
min
— me, reflexive form of me
Galician:
min mesmo
— me, reflexive form of me
Georgian:
ჩემ თავს
(čem tavs)
— me, reflexive form of me
German:
mich
— me, reflexive form of me
German:
mir
— me, reflexive form of me
Greek:
ο εαυτός μου
(o eaftós mou)
— me, reflexive form of me
Ancient Greek:
ἐμαυτοῦ
(emautoû)
— me, reflexive form of me
Hausa:
kaina
— me, reflexive form of me
Hawaiian:
ʻo wau nō
— me, reflexive form of me
Hawaiian:
ʻo wau ponoʻī
— me, reflexive form of me
Hawaiian:
ʻo wau iho nō
— me, reflexive form of me
Hebrew:
עצמי
(atsmí)
— me, reflexive form of me
Hebrew:
עצמי
— me, reflexive form of me
Hindi:
खुद
(khud)
— me, reflexive form of me
Hindi:
मैं
(ma͠i)
— me, reflexive form of me
Hungarian:
magam
— me, reflexive form of me
Ido:
me ipsa
— me, reflexive form of me
Indonesian:
diri
— me, reflexive form of me
Interlingua:
me
— me, reflexive form of me
Interlingua:
me ipse
— me, reflexive form of me
Irish:
mé féin
— me, reflexive form of me
Italian:
mi
— me, reflexive form of me
Japanese:
自分
(jibun)
— me, reflexive form of me
Kannada:
ನನ್ನ
(nanna)
— me, reflexive form of me
Khakas:
позым
(pozım)
— me, reflexive form of me
Khmer:
ខ្លួនខ្ញុំ
(kluən knyom)
— me, reflexive form of me
Khmer:
ខ្លួនឯង
(kluən ae ngɔɔ)
— me, reflexive form of me
Korean:
자신
(jasin)
— me, reflexive form of me
Lao:
ຕົນເອງ
(ton ʼēng)
— me, reflexive form of me
Latin:
egomet
— me, reflexive form of me
Macedonian:
ме
(me)
— me, reflexive form of me
Macedonian:
себе
(sebe)
— me, reflexive form of me
Macedonian:
се
(se)
— me, reflexive form of me
Mauritian Creole:
momem
— me, reflexive form of me
Navajo:
tʼáá shíhí
— me, reflexive form of me
Norman:
mé-mesme
— me, reflexive form of me
Norwegian Bokmål:
meg selv
— me, reflexive form of me
Norwegian Nynorsk:
meg sjølv
— me, reflexive form of me
Polish:
siebie
— me, reflexive form of me
Polish:
sobie
— me, reflexive form of me
Polish:
się
— me, reflexive form of me
Portuguese:
me
— me, reflexive form of me
Portuguese:
mim
— me, reflexive form of me
Punjabi:
ਮੈਂ
(maĩ)
— me, reflexive form of me
Romani:
man
— me, reflexive form of me
Romanian:
însumi
— me, reflexive form of me
Russian:
себя́
(sebjá)
— me, reflexive form of me
Russian:
себе́
(sebé)
— me, reflexive form of me
Russian:
собо́й
(sobój)
— me, reflexive form of me
Russian:
-ся
(-sja)
— me, reflexive form of me
Northern Sami:
iežan
— me, reflexive form of me
Scottish Gaelic:
mise
— me, reflexive form of me
Serbo-Croatian:
sebe
— me, reflexive form of me
Serbo-Croatian:
se
— me, reflexive form of me
Serbo-Croatian:
sam sebe
— me, reflexive form of me
Slovak:
sa
— me, reflexive form of me
Slovak:
seba
— me, reflexive form of me
Lower Sorbian:
se
— me, reflexive form of me
Spanish:
me
— me, reflexive form of me
Sranan Tongo:
misrefi
— me, reflexive form of me
Swedish:
mig
— me, reflexive form of me
Swedish:
mig själv
— me, reflexive form of me
Tamil:
நானே
(nāṉē)
— me, reflexive form of me
Telugu:
నాకు
(nāku)
— me, reflexive form of me
Thai:
ตนเอง
(dton ayng)
— me, reflexive form of me
Turkish:
kendim
— me, reflexive form of me
Tuvan:
бодум
(bodum)
— me, reflexive form of me
Ukrainian:
себе́
(sebé)
— me, reflexive form of me
Ukrainian:
собі́
(sobí)
— me, reflexive form of me
Ukrainian:
собо́ю
(sobóju)
— me, reflexive form of me
Ukrainian:
-ся
(-sja)
— me, reflexive form of me
Unami:
nihëlàchi
— me, reflexive form of me
Urdu:
خود
(xod)
— me, reflexive form of me
Urdu:
مَیں
(ma͠i)
— me, reflexive form of me
Uyghur:
ئۆزۈم
(özüm)
— me, reflexive form of me
Uyghur:
مەن
(men)
— me, reflexive form of me
Uzbek:
oʻzim
— me, reflexive form of me
Vietnamese:
mình
— me, reflexive form of me
Vietnamese:
tự
— me, reflexive form of me
Welsh:
fy hun
— me, reflexive form of me
Welsh:
fy hunan
— me, reflexive form of me
Woiwurrung:
wan
— me, reflexive form of me
Yakut:
бэйэм
(beyem)
— me, reflexive form of me
Yiddish:
מיך
(mikh)
— me, reflexive form of me
Yiddish:
מיר
(mir)
— me, reflexive form of me
Zazaki:
ez (diq)
— me, reflexive form of me
Zazaki:
xo (diq)
— me, reflexive form of me
American Sign Language:
A@Chest-RadialBack Contact
— in apposition with I; personally
Belarusian:
я сам
(ja sam)
— in apposition with I; personally
Belarusian:
я сама́
(ja samá)
— in apposition with I; personally
Bulgarian:
самият
(samijat)
— in apposition with I; personally
Catalan:
mateix
— in apposition with I; personally
Danish:
personligt
— in apposition with I; personally
Esperanto:
persone
— in apposition with I; personally
Finnish:
minä itse
— in apposition with I; personally
Georgian:
მე თვითონ
(me tviton)
— in apposition with I; personally
Georgian:
ჩემით
(čemit)
— in apposition with I; personally
German:
selbst
— in apposition with I; personally
German:
selber
— in apposition with I; personally
Interlingua:
io ipse
— in apposition with I; personally
Irish:
mé féin
— in apposition with I; personally
Latin:
egomet
— in apposition with I; personally
Latvian:
es pats
— in apposition with I; personally
Latvian:
es pati
— in apposition with I; personally
Polish:
sam
— in apposition with I; personally
Polish:
sama
— in apposition with I; personally
Portuguese:
eu mesmo
— in apposition with I; personally
Portuguese:
eu mesma
— in apposition with I; personally
Russian:
я сам
(ja sam)
— in apposition with I; personally
Russian:
я сама́
(ja samá)
— in apposition with I; personally
Northern Sami:
ieš
— in apposition with I; personally
Slovak:
sám
— in apposition with I; personally
Spanish:
(yo) mismo
— in apposition with I; personally
Turkish:
kendim
— in apposition with I; personally
Turkish:
tek başıma
— in apposition with I; personally
Turkish:
şahsen
— in apposition with I; personally
Ukrainian:
я сам
(ja sam)
— in apposition with I; personally
Ukrainian:
я сама́
(ja samá)
— in apposition with I; personally
Urdu:
خود
(xod)
— in apposition with I; personally
