Definition of YOU

you

Meanings

Plural: ye, yourselves, yous

Pron

  • The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
  • (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
  • The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
  • The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
  • The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
  • A person's favorite sports team.
  • Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
  • A dummy pronoun used in certain constructions, usually with verbs of receiving (such as get or find) or sensing (such as see or hear), typically stating the existence or typicality of something.

Det

  • The individual or group spoken or written to.
  • Used before epithets, describing the person being addressed, for emphasis.

Verb

  • To address (a person) using the pronoun you (in the past, especially to use you rather than thou, when you was considered more formal).

Noun

  • The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English you, yow, ȝow (object case of ye), from Old English ēow (“you”, dative case of ġē), from Proto-West Germanic *iwwi (“you”, dative case of *jiʀ), from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz (“you”, dative case of *jīz), the Western form of Proto-Germanic *izwiz (“you”, dative case of *jūz), from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs (“you”, plural).
Cognate with Scots you (“you”), Saterland Frisian jou (“you”), West Frisian jo (“you”), Low German jo, joe and oe (“you”), Dutch jou and u (“you”), German euch (“you”), Middle High German eu, iu (“you”, object pronoun), Latin vōs (“you”), Avestan 𐬬𐬋 (vō, “you”), Ashkun yë̃ (“you”), Kamkata-viri šo (“you”), Sanskrit यूयम् (yūyám, “you”).
See usage notes. Ye, you and your are cognate with Dutch jij/je, jou, jouw; Low German ji, jo/ju, jug and German ihr, euch and euer respectively. Ye is also cognate with Danish I and archaic Swedish I.

Synonyms

all y'all, allyou, Britain), Canada), New Zealand, North America (United States, one, oonuh, people, plus the alternative forms listed above and at Appendix:English personal pronouns, thee, them, they, thou, to thee, to ye, to you, to you all, wunna, y'all, y'ins, y'uns, ye, yeens, yens, yer, yins, yinz, yis, yiz, yoons, you, you [number], you all, you guys (Australia, you lot, you man, you people, you'uns, you-uns, yous, youse, youz, yuns, yunz

Scrabble Score: 6

you is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
you is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
you is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

you is a valid Words With Friends word