y'all's

US, UK, Southern US/jɔ(ː)lz/cot caught merger/jɑlz/

Possessive of y’all (standing in for your).

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youryoursyour all'syour guys’s
OriginEnglish y'all ← Middle English all ← Old English eall →
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Meanings

determiner
  1. Southern USpossessivePossessive of y’all (standing in for your).

    Here are y’all’s tickets for the show tonight.

    1 more example

    “I ought to kick y’all’s asses,” he said. “Walking out on me the way you done, that’s no way to treat a friend.”

    2004, David Sedaris, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Little, Brown,, →ISBN, page 80

    Synonyms: your

pronouny’all’s
  1. Southern USpossessivePossessive of y’all (standing in for yours).

    This drink’s mine; Bill and Joe, those drinks are y’all’s.

    Synonyms: yours, your all's, your guys’s

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*izwiz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*iwwiz
  3. Old Englishēow
  4. Middle Englishyow
  5. Englishyou
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-der.?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂elnós
  8. Proto-Germanic*allaz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*all
  10. Old Englisheall
  11. Middle Englishall
  12. Englishall
  13. Englishy'all
  14. Englishy'all's

From y'all + -'s.

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APA

y'all's. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/y'all's

MLA

“y'all's.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/y'all's. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “y'all's,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/y'all's.

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