pron · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/jəˈsɛlf/weak form
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/jɔːˈsɛlf/strong form, pour–poor merger
/jʊəˈsɛlf/strong form, without the pour–poor merger
/jɚˈsɛlf/weak form
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/jɔɹˈsɛlf/strong form
/jʊɹˈsɛlf/strong form
rhymes with -ɛlf
CMU ARPABET:Y ER0 S EH1 L F
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:Y UH0 R S EH1 L F
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 3:Y AO1 R S EH0 L F
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
pron
Meaning 1
Your own self (singular).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: pronoun, reflexive
Examples
Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself.
After a good night's sleep you'll feel like yourself again.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
pron
Meaning 2
You (singular); used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: emphatic, pronoun
Examples
You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
pron
Meaning 3
You (singular); even when "you" has not been used previously; see usage notes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, especially, proscribed
Examples
I spoke with yourself last in February.
No one understands me like yourself.
My colleague and yourself are invited to the conference.
I only spoke to my lawyer and yourself about the issue.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
pron
Meaning 4
Honorific alternative letter-case form of yourself, 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 yourself, equivalent to your + -self.
Across languages
Translations
103 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
نفسكَ
(nafsuka)
— (reflexive) your own self
Arabic:
نفسكِ
(nafsuki)
— (reflexive) your own self
Arabic:
نفسَك
(nafsak)
— (reflexive) your own self
Arabic:
نفسِك
(nafsek)
— (reflexive) your own self
Belarusian:
сябе́
(sjabjé)
— (reflexive) your own self
Belarusian:
сабе́
(sabjé)
— (reflexive) your own self
Belarusian:
сабо́й
(sabój)
— (reflexive) your own self
Belarusian:
-цца
(-cca)
— (reflexive) your own self
Catalan:
et
— (reflexive) your own self
Czech:
se
— (reflexive) your own self
Czech:
sebe
— (reflexive) your own self
Dutch:
jijzelf
— (reflexive) your own self
Dutch:
uzelf
— (reflexive) your own self
Esperanto:
vi
— (reflexive) your own self
Esperanto:
vin
— (reflexive) your own self
Finnish:
itsesi
— (reflexive) your own self
Finnish:
itsenne
— (reflexive) your own self
French:
te
— (reflexive) your own self
French:
vous
— (reflexive) your own self
German:
dich
— (reflexive) your own self
German:
dich selbst
— (reflexive) your own self
German:
sich
— (reflexive) your own self
German:
sich selbst
— (reflexive) your own self
Hungarian:
magad
— (reflexive) your own self
Hungarian:
magadat
— (reflexive) your own self
Ido:
tu ipsa
— (reflexive) your own self
Ido:
vu ipsa
— (reflexive) your own self
Italian:
te stesso
— (reflexive) your own self
Italian:
te stessa
— (reflexive) your own self
Italian:
voi stessi
— (reflexive) your own self
Italian:
voi stesse
— (reflexive) your own self
Japanese:
自身
(jishin)
— (reflexive) your own self
Khakas:
позың
(pozıñ)
— (reflexive) your own self
Latin:
tutemet
— (reflexive) your own self
Latin:
tute
— (reflexive) your own self
Latin:
vosmet
— (reflexive) your own self
Navajo:
tʼáá nihí
— (reflexive) your own self
Persian:
خودت
(xodat)
— (reflexive) your own self
Polish:
się
— (reflexive) your own self
Polish:
siebie
— (reflexive) your own self
Portuguese:
te
— (reflexive) your own self
Portuguese:
se
— (reflexive) your own self
Romani:
tut
— (reflexive) your own self
Russian:
себя́
(sebjá)
— (reflexive) your own self
Russian:
-ся
(-sja)
— (reflexive) your own self
Northern Sami:
iežat
— (reflexive) your own self
Scots:
yersel
— (reflexive) your own self
Lower Sorbian:
se
— (reflexive) your own self
Spanish:
te
— (reflexive) your own self
Spanish:
ti
— (reflexive) your own self
Spanish:
se
— (reflexive) your own self
Spanish:
ti mismo (tuteo)
— (reflexive) your own self
Spanish:
ti misma (tuteo)
— (reflexive) your own self
Spanish:
vos mismo
— (reflexive) your own self
Spanish:
vos misma
— (reflexive) your own self
Spanish:
usted mismo
— (reflexive) your own self
Spanish:
usted misma
— (reflexive) your own self
Sranan Tongo:
yusrefi
— (reflexive) your own self
Turkish:
kendin
— (reflexive) your own self
Tuvan:
бодуң
(boduñ)
— (reflexive) your own self
Unami:
kënihëlàchi
— (reflexive) your own self
Welsh:
dy hun
— (reflexive) your own self
Welsh:
eich hun
— (reflexive) your own self
Welsh:
dy hunan
— (reflexive) your own self
Welsh:
eich hunan
— (reflexive) your own self
Yakut:
бэйэҥ
(beyeŋ)
— (reflexive) your own self
American Sign Language:
A@Chesthigh SmallFrontandback
— you, used emphatically
Belarusian:
ты сам
(ty sam)
— you, used emphatically
Belarusian:
ты сама́
(ty samá)
— you, used emphatically
Belarusian:
вы са́мі
(vy sámi)
— you, used emphatically
Catalan:
mateix
— you, used emphatically
Chinese Mandarin:
自己
(zìjǐ)
— you, used emphatically
Czech:
sám
— you, used emphatically
Czech:
samotný
— you, used emphatically
Esperanto:
vi mem
— you, used emphatically
Finnish:
sinä itse
— you, used emphatically
Finnish:
te itse
— you, used emphatically
French:
toi-même
— you, used emphatically
French:
vous-même
— you, used emphatically
Japanese:
自分
(jibun)
— you, used emphatically
Latin:
tute
— you, used emphatically
Latvian:
tu pats
— you, used emphatically
Latvian:
tu pati
— you, used emphatically
Latvian:
jūs pats
— you, used emphatically
Latvian:
jūs pati
— you, used emphatically
Latvian:
jūs paši
— you, used emphatically
Latvian:
jūs pašas
— you, used emphatically
Polish:
sam
— you, used emphatically
Polish:
sama
— you, used emphatically
Portuguese:
você/tu mesmo
— you, used emphatically
Russian:
ты са́м
(ty sám)
— you, used emphatically
Russian:
ты сама́
(ty samá)
— you, used emphatically
Russian:
вы са́ми
(vy sámi)
— you, used emphatically
Northern Sami:
ieš
— you, used emphatically
Slovak:
ty sám
— you, used emphatically
Slovak:
ty sama
— you, used emphatically
Slovak:
vy sami
— you, used emphatically
Slovak:
vy same
— you, used emphatically
Spanish:
tú mismo
— you, used emphatically
Ukrainian:
ти сам
(ty sam)
— you, used emphatically
Ukrainian:
ти сама́
(ty samá)
— you, used emphatically
Ukrainian:
ви сами́
(vy samý)
— you, used emphatically
Ukrainian:
ви самі́
(vy samí)
— you, used emphatically
