det
Meaning 1
The group spoken or written to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
Examples
- What are yous kids doin?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
yous
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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UK: /juːz/
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UK: /jəz/
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UK: /jɪz/
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/iːz/ Northumbria, stressed form
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -uːz
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CMU ARPABET: Y UW1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
plural of You
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
plural of you
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
pron
Meaning 4
You.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, in-plural
Examples
- What are yous up to tonight?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of you.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *uswé Proto-Indo-European *-(m)is? Proto-Indo-European *uswísder. Proto-Germanic *izwiz Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz Old English ēow Middle English yow English you English -s English yous From you + -s (plural suffix).