Standard Lemma guide

yours

pron · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /jɔː(ɹ)z/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /jʊəz/
  • Received-Pronunciation, unstressed: /jəz/
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)z
  • US: yôrz
  • US: /jɔɹz/
  • US: /jʊɚz/
  • US: /jɝz/
  • unstressed, US: /jɚz/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: yaws (in some non-rhotic accents)
  • CMU ARPABET: Y UH1 R Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: Y AO1 R Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 3: Y ER0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

pron

Meaning 1

That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • If this edit is mine, the other must be yours.
  • Their encyclopedia is good, but yours is even better.
  • Are all these socks yours?
  • The socks of yours are a bit niffy.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

pron

Meaning 2

Your house or home.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

  • Let's go over to yours.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

pron

Meaning 3

Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, Yours, Sincerely yours,

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

pron

Meaning 4

Honorific alternative letter-case form of yours, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, honorific

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

196 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Alabama: chisnooli — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Arabic: لَكَ (laka) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Arabic: لَكِ (laki) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Arabic: لك (lik) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Arabic: بتاعك (betaʕak) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Arabic: بتاعتاك (betaʕtak) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Arabic: بتوعاك (betoʕak) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Arabic: لك (liki) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Arabic: بتاعك (betaʕik) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Arabic: بتاعتاك (betaʕtik) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Arabic: بتوعاك (betoʕik) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Azerbaijani: səninki — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Belarusian: твой (tvoj) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Central Bikol: saimo — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Central Bikol: mo — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Bulgarian: твой (tvoj) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Chickasaw: chimmi' — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Crimean Tatar: seniñ — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Dutch: het jouwe — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Dutch: de jouwe — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Dutch: van jou — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Egyptian: G40-i-i-k (pꜣy.k) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Egyptian: t-A-i-i-k (tꜣy.k) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Egyptian: n:A-i-i-k (nꜣy.k pl) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Egyptian: G40-i-i-T (pꜣy.ṯ) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Egyptian: t-A-i-i-T (tꜣy.ṯ) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Egyptian: n:A-i-i-T (nꜣy.ṯ pl) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Esperanto: via — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Finnish: sinun — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Finnish: Teidän — possessive pronoun, singular
  • French: le tien — possessive pronoun, singular
  • French: la tienne — possessive pronoun, singular
  • French: les tiens — possessive pronoun, singular
  • French: les tiennes — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Galician: teu — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Galician: teus — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Galician: túa — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Galician: túas — possessive pronoun, singular
  • German: deiner — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Greek: δικός σου (dikós sou) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Greek: δικιά σου (dikiá sou) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Greek: δική σου (dikí sou) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Greek: δικό σου (dikó sou) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Greek: δικοί σου (dikoí sou) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Greek: δικές σου (dikés sou) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Greek: δικά σου (diká sou) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Greek: δικός σας (dikós sas) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Greek: δικιά σας (dikiá sas) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Greek: δική σας (dikí sas) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Greek: δικό σας (dikó sas) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Greek: δικοί σας (dikoí sas) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Greek: δικές σας (dikés sas) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Greek: δικά σας (diká sas) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Hungarian: tiéd — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Hungarian: tied — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Hungarian: öné — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Hungarian: magáé — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Icelandic: þinn — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Interlingua: tue — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Italian: tuo — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Italian: tua — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Italian: tuoi — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Italian: tue — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Italian: Suo — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Italian: Sua — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Italian: Suoi — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Italian: Sue — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Karakalpak: seniki — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Latvian: tavs — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Latvian: tavējs — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Latvian: tavējais — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Latvian: jūsu — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Latvian: jūsējs — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Latvian: jūsējais — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Manchu: ᠰᡳᠨ᠋ᡳᠩᡤᡝ (siningge) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Mazanderani: تنی (teni) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠢᠨ᠋ᠤᠬᠢ (činuqi) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Mongolian: чинийх (činiix) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Old English: þīn — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Polish: twój — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Polish: twoja — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Polish: twoje — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Polish: twoji — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Portuguese: (o) teu — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Portuguese: (o) seu — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Romanian: al tău — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Romanian: a ta — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Romanian: ai tăi — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Romanian: ale tale — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Romansh: il tieu — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Romansh: la tia — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Romansh: ils tes — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Romansh: las tias — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Russian: твой (tvoj) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Spanish: tuyo — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Spanish: suyo — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Swedish: din — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Swedish: ditt — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Swedish: dina — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Tamil: உனது (uṉatu) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Tuvan: сээңии (seeñii) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Uzbek: seniki — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Yakut: эйиэнэ (eyiene) — possessive pronoun, singular
  • Arabic: لَكُمَا (lakumā) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Arabic: لَكُم (lakum) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Arabic: لَكُن (lakun) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Arabic: ليكو (liko) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Arabic: بتاعكو (betaʕko) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Arabic: بتاعتكو (betaʕetko) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Arabic: بتوعكو (betoʕko) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Azerbaijani: sizinki — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Belarusian: ваш (vaš) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Central Bikol: saindo nindo — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Bulgarian: ваш (vaš) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Crimean Tatar: siziñ — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Dutch: het uwe — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Dutch: de uwe — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Dutch: van jullie — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Egyptian: G40-i-i-T:n:Z2 (pꜣy.ṯn) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Egyptian: t-A-i-i-T:n:Z2 (tꜣy.ṯn) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Egyptian: n:A-i-i-T:n:Z2 (nꜣy.ṯn pl) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Finnish: teidän — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Finnish: Teidän — possessive pronoun, plural
  • French: le vôtre — possessive pronoun, plural
  • French: la vôtre — possessive pronoun, plural
  • French: les vôtres — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Galician: voso — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Galician: vosa — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Galician: vosos — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Galician: vosas — possessive pronoun, plural
  • German: Ihres — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Greek: δικός σας (dikós sas) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Greek: δικιά σας (dikiá sas) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Greek: δική σας (dikí sas) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Greek: δικό σας (dikó sas) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Greek: δικοί σας (dikoí sas) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Greek: δικές σας (dikés sas) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Greek: δικά σας (diká sas) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Hungarian: tiétek — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Hungarian: tietek — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Hungarian: önöké — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Hungarian: maguké — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Icelandic: ykkar — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Interlingua: vostre — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Italian: il vostro — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Italian: la vostra — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Italian: i vostri — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Italian: le vostre — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Italian: il Loro — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Italian: la Loro — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Italian: i Loro — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Italian: le Loro — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Karakalpak: siziki — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Latvian: jūsu — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Latvian: jūsējs — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Latvian: jūsējais — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Manchu: ᠴᡝᠨ᠋ᡳᠩᡤᡝ (ceningge) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Mazanderani: شمنی (šemeni) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Mongolian: таных (tanyx) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠨ᠋ᠤᠬᠢ (tanuqi) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Old English: inċer — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Old English: ēower — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Polish: wasz — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Polish: wasza — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Polish: wasze — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Polish: wasi — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Portuguese: (o) seu — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Portuguese: (o) vosso — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Romanian: al vostru — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Romanian: a voastră — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Romanian: ai voștri — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Romanian: ale voastre — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Romansh: il voss — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Romansh: la vossa — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Romansh: ils voss — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Romansh: las vossas — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Russian: ваш (vaš) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Spanish: vuestro — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Spanish: suyo — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Spanish: voso (disused) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Swedish: er — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Swedish: ert — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Swedish: era — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Tamil: உங்களுடையது (uṅkaḷuṭaiyatu) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Tuvan: силернии (silernii) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Yakut: эһиэнэ (ehiene) — possessive pronoun, plural
  • Finnish: kunnioittavasti — sincerely
  • Finnish: terveisin — sincerely
  • Hungarian: üdvözlettel — sincerely
  • Macedonian: Твој (Tvoj) — sincerely
  • Macedonian: Тво́ја (Tvója) — sincerely
  • Macedonian: Ваш (Vaš) — sincerely
  • Macedonian: Ва́ша (Váša) — sincerely
  • Russian: Ваш (Vaš) — sincerely
  • Swahili: wako — sincerely
  • Tamil: இப்படிக்கு (ippaṭikku) — sincerely
Real reading context

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