yere
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom ye analogous to your<you.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
edityere (possessive)
- (Ireland) your (plural); of ye, belonging to ye
- 2001, Martin McDonagh, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Scene 8:
- What I want ye to remember, as the bullets come out through yere foreheads, is […]
- 2012 Kerry O'Shea Edinburgh’s Fringe festival thinks The Rubberbandits are English IrishCentral 27 July 2012:
- The Rubberbandits took to their Twitter (@Rubberbandits) on Tuesday in the wake of the Fringe fest’s apparent typo saying that, “@edfringe As much as we'd love to swear allegiance to Lizzie. Could ye change our country of origin from "England" to Ireland on yere site?” (sic)
- 2012 July 28, Christy O'Connor, “The first great rivalry of the 21st century”, in Irish Independent:
- "I've been listening to yere s**** there all day about how great ye are," he told them. "Who the hell do ye think ye are with yere two All-Irelands and one ambush?"
Usage notes
editEspecially in the south and west of Ireland. The yod-dropping pronunciation is more dialectal.
Etymology 2
editNoun
edityere (plural yeres)
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
edityere
- Alternative form of ere (“ear”)
Etymology 2
editNoun
edityere
- Alternative form of yeer (“year”)
Spanish
editVerb
edityere
- inflection of yerar:
Sranan Tongo
editEtymology
editVerb
edityere
- To hear
Turkish
editNoun
edityere
Yoruba
editAlternative forms
edit- jèrè (Ào)
Etymology
editProbably from Edo yee (“to remember”), it is being replaced by rántí among younger speakers
Pronunciation
editVerb
edityèrè
- (chiefly CY and SEY) to remember
- (chiefly CY and SEY, transitive) to remind
Derived terms
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