English Explanatory Dictionary

my

English dictionary entry

Meanings

det
  1. First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
  2. Belonging to me.
  3. Associated with me.
  4. Related to me.
  5. In the possession of me.
intj
  1. Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
noun
  1. Symbol for megayear(s).
pron
  1. Alternative letter-case form of my often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
noun
  1. Initialism of motor yacht (“diesel-driven yacht”).

Pronunciation

mī /maɪ/ /mʌɪ/ [məi̯] en-us-my.ogg /mə/ /mɪ/ /mi/

Word forms

my ma mah me muh I's MYs M/Y

Etymology

From Middle English mi, my, apocopated form of min, myn, from Old English mīn (“my, mine”), from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.) (possessive of *ek (“I”)), from Proto-Indo-European *méynos (“my; mine”). Cognate with West Frisian myn (“my”), Afrikaans my (“my”), Dutch mijn (“my”), German mein (“my”), Swedish min (“my”). More at me.

Related words

mine Ime me myselfmemysen mymineme we us ourselvesourselfoursen oursourn our you yourselfyoursen yoursyourn your thou thee thyselftheeselfthysen thine thythine youye yourselves you ally'all you guys yous y'allselves all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' he him himselfhisselfhissen hishisn his she her herselfhersen hershern ithit itselfhitself itshis itshishits they them themself themselves theirs their one oneself – one's themhem 'em themselvestheirsen theirstheirn The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun. Myr MYA Gyr Ma

Derived words

ain't no shame in my game and I claim my five pounds black as my hat blow my buttons cheers my dears did my back hurt your knife don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining Draw My Life elementary, my dear Watson flat as my hat forgive my French get out of my sight hippity hoppity get off my property hold my milk I don't boil my cabbage twice I don't chew my cabbage twice I'll go to the foot of my stairs it's all over my screen kiss my balls meeple milady milord my arse my aunt my b my bad my brother in Christ my culture is not your costume my eye my eyeball my fellow Americans my foot my friend my giddy aunt my God my good man my goodness my gosh my guy my hat my heavens my lady's washbowl my land my learned friends my nabs my pleasure my point exactly my rear my sainted aunt my sainted uncle myselves myside bias my sides my sister in Christ my son my stars mystorical mystory mytacism
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