pron · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/jəˈsɛlvz/weak form
/jɔːˈsɛlvz/strong form, pour–poor merger
/jʊəˈsɛlvz/strong form, without the pour–poor merger
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/jɚˈsɛlvz/weak form
/jɔɹˈsɛlvz/strong form
/jʊɹˈsɛlvz/strong form
rhymes with -ɛlvz
CMU ARPABET:Y UH0 R S EH1 L V Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:Y AO1 R S EH0 L V Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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pron
Meaning 1
Inflection of you (plural) used as the object of a verb or non-locative preposition in a clause whose subject is the same (the people addressed).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, pronoun, reflexive, second-person
Examples
You shouldn't blame yourselves.
Talk amongst yourselves.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
pron
Meaning 2
You (plural), used to intensify the subject as the group addressed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: emphatic, second-person
Examples
You yourselves won’t eat at that restaurant. Why are you recommending it to us?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Morphologically your + -selves.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
أَنْفُسُكُم
(ʔanfusukum)
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Belarusian:
сябе́
(sjabjé)
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Belarusian:
сабе́
(sabjé)
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Belarusian:
сабо́й
(sabój)
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Belarusian:
-цца
(-cca)
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Catalan:
us
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Chinese Mandarin:
你們自己 /你们自己
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Esperanto:
vi
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Esperanto:
vin
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Finnish:
itsenne
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
French:
vous
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
German:
Sie selbst
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
German:
sich
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
German:
euch
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Japanese:
ご自分
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Japanese:
御自分
(go-jibun)
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Khakas:
позыңар
(pozıñar)
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Korean:
당신 자신
(dangsin jasin)
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Navajo:
tʼáá nihí
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Portuguese:
vós/vocês mesmos
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Portuguese:
vós/vocês mesmas
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Romani:
tumen
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Romanian:
înșivă
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Romanian:
însevă
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Russian:
себя́
(sebjá)
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Russian:
вы са́ми
(vy sámi)
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Northern Sami:
iežade du
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Northern Sami:
iežadet
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Scottish Gaelic:
thu fèin
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Serbo-Croatian:
sebe
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Lower Sorbian:
se
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Spanish:
se
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Spanish:
ustedes mismos
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Tuvan:
бодуңар
(boduñar)
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Tuvan:
боттарыңар
(bottarıñar)
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Welsh:
eich hun
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Welsh:
eich hunan
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Welsh:
eich hunain
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Yakut:
бэйэҕит
(beyeğit)
— you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
