yous
pronoun
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Pronunciation: /juːz/ / /jəz/ / /jɪz/
det
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *uswé Proto-Indo-European *-(m)is? Proto-Indo-European *uswísder. Proto-Germanic *izwiz Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz Old English ēow Middle English yow English you Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English yous From you + -s (plural suffix).
- The group spoken or written to.
“What are yous kids doin?”
“"Go and find out who did it, before you come blaming me for it." "It's only youse crowd wot comes makin' a pigsty of the place," said Melons conclusively.”
name
- plural of You
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *uswé Proto-Indo-European *-(m)is? Proto-Indo-European *uswísder. Proto-Germanic *izwiz Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz Old English ēow Middle English yow English you Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English yous From you + -s (plural suffix).
- plural of you
“Most of your life after babyhood has been played out by the several yous.”
“There are two yous — the visible you and the real you. The visible you is the you that is known by others.”
pron
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *uswé Proto-Indo-European *-(m)is? Proto-Indo-European *uswísder. Proto-Germanic *izwiz Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz Old English ēow Middle English yow English you Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English yous From you + -s (plural suffix).
- You.
“What are yous up to tonight?”
“"How could anyone get hurted so simple as that? I'd be the last in the world to speak of such a thing in that case! But if yous are afraid of doing it..."”
- You.
“‘Dere ain't no use for me dis side, Mr. Chames,’ he said. ‘New York's de spot. Youse don't want none of me, now you're married.’”
“‘Yous will meet us here outside this pub,’ Harry Curniskey said.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *uswé Proto-Indo-European *-(m)is? Proto-Indo-European *uswísder. Proto-Germanic *izwiz Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz Old English ēow Middle English yow English you Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English yous From you + -s (plural suffix).
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of you.