y'

/jə/

pronoun

you; ya; ye.

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Meanings

pronoun
  1. dialectalinformalpronounsubjectiveyou; ya; ye.

    "Then what y'reckon y'gon' do?" the other repeated.

    1986, Robert Herring, McCampbell's war
    2 more examples

    Y' are brave, but the most uncrafty lad that I can think upon!

    1888, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow

    Y'r can turn out the place, boys, if y' think Monty or me had anything to do with his blasted wallet.

    1946, Katharine Susannah Prichard, The roaring nineties: a story of the goldfields of Western Australia

Translations

French t'
  • t'informal second-person pronoun
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APA

y'. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/y'

MLA

“y'.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/y'. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “y',” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/y'.

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