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'''yôdel''' *yôadle
'''yôdel''' *yôadle


'''yógurt''' or '''yóghurt''' or '''yóghourt
'''yógurt''' (also '''yóghurt''', '''yóghourt''')


'''yôke'''  ''oxen'' = '''yôlk'''  ''egg''
'''yôke'''  ''oxen'' = '''yôlk'''  ''egg''

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Use in English
Alphabetical word list
Retroalphabetical list  
Common misspellings  


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 = BrE (with no 'h' sound) whŷ reason

yacht *yót does not rhyme with bôat

yàhoo: Swift in Gulliver's Travels capitalises it, and the company's name also adds a final exclamation mark: Yàhoo!

yàrmulka = yàrmulke

you

yeâ yes, cf. nây no (minimal pair)

yéah yes *yé

yêar or yëar

yëarn

Yeâts poet = Yâtes, more common spelling, cf. Kêats, also rarer spelling Yeâtes

yeôman

Yeôvil

Yevgény = Evgény, strictly with (another) invisible 'y': *Yevgyény (Евгений)

Yíddish

yìêld

yôdel *yôadle

yógurt (also yóghurt, yóghourt)

yôke oxen = yôlk egg

yŏre days = yŏur you

yoúng = Yoúng = Yoúnge

yŏur my = yŏu’re I’m = yŏre past; or yoûr, yoû’re

yoûth sounds like the beginning of euthanâsia

yoû’ll or yŏu’ll or yoù’ll

ýttrium

yuàn

Yvónne = Evónne