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'''yê''' ''you'' | '''yê''' ''you'' | ||
'''yeâ''' ''yes'' | '''yeâ''' ''yes'', cf. '''nây''' ''no'' ([[minimal pair]]) | ||
'''yéah''' ''yes'' *yé | '''yéah''' ''yes'' *yé | ||
'''yêar''' or '''yëar''' | '''yêar''' or '''yëar''' | ||
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This page lists pronunciations of English words that begin with Y. To see a different letter navigate with the table above. The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z.
For a pronunciation key, click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title.[e]
Y = whŷ reason
yacht *yót does not rhyme with bôat
yàhoo; Swift in Gulliver's Travels capitalises it, and the search engine further adds a final exclamation mark: Yàhoo!
yàrmulka = yàrmulke
yê you
yeâ yes, cf. nây no (minimal pair)
yéah yes *yé
yêar or yëar
yëarn
Yeâts poet = Yâtes, more common spelling, cf. Kêats
yeôman
Yeôvil
yìêld
yôdel *yôadle
yógurt or yóghurt or yóghourt
yôke oxen = yôlk egg
yŏre days = yŏur you
yoúng
yŏur my = yŏu’re I’m = yŏre past; or yoûr, yoû’re
yoûth
yoû’ll or yŏu’ll or yoù’ll
ýttrium
Yvónne = Evónne