Meanings
pronounyourselves (second person, plural of yourself, plural reflexive of you)
plural of yourself · plural reflexive of you · alternative yerselves · alternative yoselves
- emphaticsecond personYou (plural), used to intensify the subject as the group addressed.
You yourselves won’t eat at that restaurant. Why are you recommending it to us?
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
Morphologically your + -selves.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أَنْفُسُكُم
- أَنْفُسُكُم (ʔanfusukum)you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Catalan us, mateixos
- usyou (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
- mateixosintensifier
Chinese Mandarin 你們自己 /你们自己
- 你們自己 /你们自己you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Esperanto vi, vin
- viyou (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
- vinyou (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Finnish itsenne, itse
- itsenneyou (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
- itseintensifier
French vous, vous-mêmes
- vousyou (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
- vous-mêmesintensifier
German Sie selbst, sich
- Sie selbstyou (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
- sichyou (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
- euchyou (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
- Sie selbstintensifier
- ihr selbstintensifier
Japanese ご自分, 御自分
- ご自分you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
- 御自分 (go-jibun)you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Korean 당신 자신
- 당신 자신 (dangsin jasin)you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Latvian jūs paši, jūs pašas
- jūs pašiintensifier
- jūs pašasintensifier
Portuguese vós/vocês mesmos, vós/vocês mesmas
- vós/vocês mesmosyou (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
- vós/vocês mesmasyou (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
- vós/vocês mesmosintensifier
- vós/vocês mesmasintensifier
Romanian înșivă, însevă
- înșivăyou (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
- însevăyou (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
- voi înșivăintensifier
- voi însevăintensifier
Russian себя́, вы са́ми
- себя́ (sebjá)you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
- вы са́ми (vy sámi)you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
- вы са́ми (vy sámi)intensifier
Scottish Gaelic thu fèin
- thu fèinyou (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Slovak vy sami, vy same
- vy samiintensifier
- vy sameintensifier
Spanish se, ustedes mismos
- seyou (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
- ustedes mismosyou (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
- sí mismosintensifier
- vosotros mismosintensifier
- ustedes mismosintensifier
Ukrainian ви сами́, ви самі́
- ви сами́ (vy samý)intensifier
- ви самі́ (vy samí)intensifier
Welsh eich hun, eich hunan
- eich hunyou (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
- eich hunanyou (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
- eich hunainyou (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with yourselves
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APA
yourselves. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yourselves
MLA
“yourselves.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yourselves. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yourselves,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yourselves.
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