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• homophone: yore (non-rhotic)
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• homophone: your
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• homophone: you're (some non-rhotic accents, especially with the pour–poor merger)
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• homophone: y'all (l-vocalization)
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Unknown, first attested in the mid-16th century. Perhaps related to yar (“quick, agile”), or alternatively from Old Norse jaga (“to chase, drive, move back and forth”), from Middle Low German jagen (“to hunt, chase, pursue”), from Old Saxon *jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn, from Proto-Germanic *jakkōną (“to hunt”).

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: kääntyminen — The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane
• French: lacet — The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane
• Georgian: კურსიდან გადახვევა (ḳursidan gadaxveva) — The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane
• German: Gieren — The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane
• Greek: ελιγμός (eligmós) — The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane
• Hebrew: סבסוב (sivsúv) — The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane
• Italian: imbardata — The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane
• Polish: odchylenie — The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane
• Polish: obrót — The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane
• Portuguese: guinada — The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane
• Russian: рысканье (ryskanʹje) — The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane
• Spanish: bandazo — The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane
• Spanish: guiñada — The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane
• Swedish: gir — The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane
• Finnish: kääntyminen — The angle between the longitudinal axis of a projectile at any moment and the tangent to the trajectory in the corresponding point of flight of the projectile
• German: Gierwinkel — The angle between the longitudinal axis of a projectile at any moment and the tangent to the trajectory in the corresponding point of flight of the projectile
• Russian: у́гол рысканья (úgol ryskanʹja) — The angle between the longitudinal axis of a projectile at any moment and the tangent to the trajectory in the corresponding point of flight of the projectile
• Finnish: mutkailu — A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness
• French: lacet — A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness
• Italian: straorzata — A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness
• Polish: myszkowanie — A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness
• Spanish: guiñada — A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness
• Spanish: pivote — A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness
• Spanish: pívot — A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness
• Finnish: kääntyminen — The extent of yawing, the rotation angle about the vertical axis
• German: Gierwinkel — The extent of yawing, the rotation angle about the vertical axis
• Czech: stočit se — To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course
• Czech: stáčet se — To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course
• Finnish: kääntyä — To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course
• German: gieren — To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course
• Hebrew: הִסְתַבְסֵב (histavsev) — To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course
• Portuguese: guinar — To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course
• Spanish: pivotar — To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course
• Spanish: guiñar — To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course
• Czech: měnit kurs — To swerve off course to port or starboard
• Czech: změnit kurs — To swerve off course to port or starboard
• Czech: zatočit — To swerve off course to port or starboard
• Czech: zatáčet — To swerve off course to port or starboard
• Czech: vybočit — To swerve off course to port or starboard
• Finnish: poiketa — To swerve off course to port or starboard
• Hebrew: הִסְתַבְסֵב (histavsev) — To steer badly, zigzagging back and forth across the intended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course
• Māori: wherori — To steer badly, zigzagging back and forth across the intended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course
• Māori: tiwai — To steer badly, zigzagging back and forth across the intended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course