yr

Y4R1
literary/yːr/

noun

A letter of the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet, ᚣ, representing the vowel sounds /y/ and /yː/ in Old English.

Similar
yeartwelvemonth
OriginOld English ȳr ← Old Norse ýr →
CommonScrabble 5
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Meanings

yr1

nounyr (plural yrs)

plural yrs

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of year.

yr2

determiner
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of your.

    Got yr card. Problem is: don't have yr address! Wd love to see you. Write w/number! xo Jeremy.

    1985 December 7, “Albert in NYC (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 21, page 13
    1 more example

    On her street he reached into his pocket, pulled out his phone and typed: On yr St. U free? The answer came back: Door open.

    2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 136

yr3

contraction
  1. InternetabbreviationcontractionContraction of you + are.

yr4

noun
  1. A letter of the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet, ᚣ, representing the vowel sounds /y/ and /yː/ in Old English.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

Similar
yeartwelvemonth
Broader
time periodperiod of timeperiod
Also see
twelvemonthyear

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Norseýr
  2. Old Englishȳr
  3. Englishyr

Learned borrowing from Old English ȳr, the literal translation of which is uncertain: perhaps “yew” or “bow (made of yew)”, based on Old Norse ýr.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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