det
Meaning 1
The group spoken or written to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Have y'all ladies finished eating?
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
y'all
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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Received-Pronunciation: /jɔːl/
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General-American: /jɔl/
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cot-caught-merger: /jɑl/
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Southern-US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɔːl
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homophone: yawl
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CMU ARPABET: Y AO2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
det
Meaning 2
Your pl; y'all's
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: especially African-American Vernacular
Examples
- I need y'all help for a minute.
Meaning relationships
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pron
Meaning 3
You (plural).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Appalachia, Caribbean, Singapore, Southern-US, informal, nominative, objective, plural, second-person
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular; New York Latino English; Indian South African English; Newfoundland and Labrador; African-American Vernacular; New York Latino English; Indian South African English; Newfoundland and Labrador
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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pron
Meaning 4
Everyone; everybody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southern-US, nominative, objective, plural, second-person
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
Examples
- Hey y'all!
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
pron
Meaning 5
You (singular).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southern-US, nominative, objective, plural, rare, second-person
Examples
- I made this for both y'all and your wife to enjoy.
Meaning relationships
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verb
Meaning 6
To use the pronoun "y'all" (to).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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History
Etymology
Contraction of you all, and/or from Scots ye aw. Attested since at least 1631. Compare Dutch jullie (originally jij lui (literally “you people”)) for a similar development of a new plural pronoun out of Proto-Germanic *jīz that originally was already plural.