Meanings
your1
determiner
alternative Internet informal ur · alternative informal ya · alternative informal yer · alternative informal yr · alternative yo · alternative yo' · alternative pronunciation spelling yoh · alternative pronunciation spelling yur
- Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
Is this your cat?
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Let’s meet tomorrow at your convenience.
Everyone always asks what my advice is, and my advice is don’t overintellectualize your art.
2022 October 14, Justin Curto, “The 1975’s Matty Healy Prefers Writing Lyrics He’s Afraid Of”, in Vulture, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2022 - Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
Then Ieſus ſaid vnto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 6:7, column 1 - A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
Your Show of Shows
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Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
Your World with Neil Cavuto
Not Your Average Travel Guide
- IrelandThat; the specified (usually used with a human referent)
Your man just bought a new car.
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Have you seen what your one over there is doing?
your2
contraction
- contractionmisspellingMisspelling of you're.
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In a possible case of nominative determinism, [Harry] Styles clearly demonstrated his penchant for grammar at a 2015 show, adding an apostrophe and an E to a Philadelphia fan’s sign so it said “You’re so nice” rather than “your so nice” (he then wrote “thank you – love, Harry” and gave it back, in case there was any doubt about the sign’s message).
2026 January 22, Matthew Cantor, “Styles guide: is Harry’s album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. grammatically correct?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Your3
pronoun
- honorificHonorific alternative letter-case form of your, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
Your Honor
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*izweraz
- Proto-West Germanic*iuwar
- Old Englishēower
- Middle Englishyour
- Englishyour
From Middle English your, youre, ȝour, ȝoure, from Old English ēower, īower (“your”, plural), from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jou (“your”), Dutch jouw (“your”), German Low German jo, jos (“your”), German euer (“your”, plural), Danish jeres (“your”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek σός, σου
- σός (sós)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- σου (sou)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- ὑμέτερος (huméteros)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
- ὑμῶν (humôn)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
Arabic ـك, ـكُم
- ـك (-k)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- ـكُم (-kum)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
- ـكُنَّ (-kunna)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
- ـكُمَا (-kumā)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
Bengali তোর, তোমার
- তোর (tor)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- তোমার (tomar)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- আপনার (apnar)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- তোদের (toder)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
- তোমাদের (tomader)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
- আপনাদের (apnader)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
Bulgarian твой, ваш
- твой (tvoj)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- ваш (vaš)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- ваш (vaš)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
Catalan el teu, la teva
- el teubelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- la tevabelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- tabelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- tonbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- el vostrebelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- la vostrabelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- vostrebelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- vostrobelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- vostrabelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Chinese Mandarin 你的, 您的
- 你的 (nǐ de)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- 您的 (nín de)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- 你們的 /你们的 (nǐmen de)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
Czech tvůj, váš
- tvůjbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- vášbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- vášbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Danish din, jeres
- dinbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- jeresbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Dutch je, jouw
- jebelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- jouwbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- uwbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- julliebelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- uwbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- ullebelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Esperanto via, viaj
- viabelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- viajbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Estonian sinu, su
- sinubelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- subelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- teiebelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Finnish sinun ...si, -si
- sinun ...sibelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- -sibelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- sinunbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- teidän ...nnebelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- -nnebelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- teidänbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
French ton m ta f tes, votre m or f vos
- ton m ta f tesbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- votre m or f vosbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- votrebelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- vosbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
German dein, Ihr
- deinbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- Ihrbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- euerbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- Ihrbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Greek σας, σας
- σας (sas)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- σας (sas)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- σου (sou)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- σας (sas)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
Hawaiian kou, kāu
- koubelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- kāubelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- ko ʻoluabelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- kā ʻoluabelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- ko ʻoukoubelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- kā ʻoukoubelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Hebrew שלך, שלך
- שלך (shelkha)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- שלך (shelakh)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- ־ך (-kha)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- ־ך (-akh/-ekh)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- שלכם (shelakhém)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
- שלכן (shelakhén)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
- ־כם (-khém)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
- ־כן (-khén)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
Hindi तेरा, तुम्हारा
- तेरा (terā)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- तुम्हारा (tumhārā)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- आपका (āpkā)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- आपका (āpkā)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
Hungarian -d, -od
- -dbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- -odbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- -adbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- -edbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- -ödbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- -abelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- -ebelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- -jabelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- -jebelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- -tokbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- -tekbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- -tökbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Icelandic þinn, ykkar
- þinnbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- ykkarbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Indonesian -mu, kamu
- -mubelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- kamubelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- Andabelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- kalianbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Irish do, bhur
- dobelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- bhurbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Italian tuo m tua f tuoi m pl tue
- tuo m tua f tuoi m pl tuebelonging to you (singular; one owner)
Japanese あなたの, きみの
- あなたの (anata no)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- きみの (kimi no)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- あなたがたの (anatagata no)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
- あなたたちの (anatatachi no)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
- きみたちの (kimitachi no)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
Korean 당신의
- 당신의 (dangsinui)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
Latin tuus, vester
- tuusbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- vesterbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Latvian tavs, jūsu
- tavsbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- jūsubelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- jūsubelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Lithuanian tàvo
- tàvobelonging to you (singular; one owner)
Māori tāu, tōu
- tāubelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- tōubelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- āubelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- ōubelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- tōbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- ōbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- tā kōruabelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- ā kōruabelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- tō kōruabelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- ō kōruabelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- tā koutoubelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- ā koutoubelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Norwegian din, di
- dinbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- dibelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- dittbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- dinebelonging to you (singular; one owner)
Norwegian Bokmål deres, eders
- deresbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- edersbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Persian ـت, تو
- ـت (-at)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- تو (to)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
Polish twój, pana
- twójbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- panabelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- pańskibelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- panibelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- waszbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- państwabelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Portuguese teu, tua
- teubelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- tuabelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- seubelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- suabelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- vossobelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- vossabelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- de vocêsbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Romanian tău, ta
- tăubelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- tabelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- vostrubelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- voastrăbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Russian твой, ваш
- твой (tvoj)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- ваш (vaš)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- ваш (vaš)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
Scottish Gaelic do, ur
- dobelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- urbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- urbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Slovak tvoj, váš
- tvojbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- vášbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- vášbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Spanish tu, su
- tubelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- subelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- vuestrobelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- vuestrabelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- subelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- voso (disused)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
Swahili -enu
- -enubelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Swedish din, er
- dinbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- erbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- ederbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- edertbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- edrabelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- eranbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
- eratbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Tagalog iyo, inyo
- iyobelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- inyobelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Tamil உன், உங்கள்
- உன் (uṉ)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- உங்கள் (uṅkaḷ)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- உங்கள் (uṅkaḷ)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
Thai ของคุณ
- ของคุณ (kŏng kun)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
Turkish senin, sizin
- seninbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- sizinbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Ukrainian твій, ваш
- твій (tvij)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- ваш (vaš)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- ваш (vaš)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
Urdu تیرا, تمہارا
- تیرا (terā)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- تمہارا (tumhārā)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- آپ کا (āp kā)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- آپ کا (āp kā)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
Welsh dy, eich
- dybelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- eichbelonging to you (singular; one owner)
- eichbelonging to you (plural; more owners)
Yiddish דײַן, אײַער
- דײַן (dayn)belonging to you (singular; one owner)
- אײַער (ayer)belonging to you (plural; more owners)
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with your
forormorewereherstorebeforeperfourwarsuretourmaturesecurethereforeensureflooroutdoorcorepoorhardcorenorexplorevoyeur
All rhymes →Sounds the same
you'reyore (pour–poor merger or dialectal)yaw (non-rhotic, paw–poor merger or dialectal)yo (non-rhotic, show–sure merger)ewer (one pronunciation, non-rhotic, without the pour–poor merger, rare)
Cite this entry
APA
your. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/your
MLA
“your.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/your. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “your,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/your.
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