We
pronoun
- honorific version of ‘we’, referring to someone or something important
proverb
- speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person
- speaker(s)/writer(s) and the person(s) being addressed
- speaker/writer alone
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /wiː/ / /wi/ / /wə/
det
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wéyder. Proto-Germanic *wīz Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ Old English wē Middle English we English we From Middle English we, from Old English wē (“we”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, *wiz (“we”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we (plural)”). Cognate with Scots wee, we (“we”), North Frisian we (“we”), West Frisian wy (“we”), Low German wi (“we”), Dutch we, wij (“we”), German wir (“we”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian vi (“we”), Icelandic vér, við (“we”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬨 (vaēm), Sanskrit वयम् (vayám).
- Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as belonging to or constituting the stated category of people.
“We Canadians like to think of ourselves as different.”
“We the undersigned wish to express our disapproval.”
name
- Initialism of Western Europe.
noun
- Initialism of war establishment.
pron
- us
“He was a propa gadgie, and always bought we drinks after a long shift.”
“And what have you done for we since? Nowt!”