English Explanatory Dictionary

yr

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Abbreviation of year.
det
  1. Abbreviation of your.
contraction
  1. Contraction of you + are.
noun
  1. A letter of the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet, ᚣ, representing the vowel sounds /y/ and /yː/ in Old English.

Pronunciation

/yːr/

Word forms

yr yrs

Etymology

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.

Related words

y mul:a
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