you're
See also: youre
English
Pronunciation
- (UK)
- (stressed) enPR: yo͝o(r), yô(r), IPA(key): /jʊə(ɹ)/, /jɔː(ɹ)/
- (unstressed) IPA(key): /jə(ɹ)/
- (US):
- (stressed) enPR: yo͝or, yôr, IPA(key): /jʊɹ/, /jɔɹ/
- (unstressed) IPA(key): /jɚ/
Audio (US) (stressed, /jɔɹ/) (file) Audio (US) (stressed, /jʊɹ/) (file) Audio (US) (unstressed) (file)
- Rhymes: -ʊə(r)
- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) (unstressed)
Contraction
you're
- You are.
- You’re smarter than I am!
- 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
- “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy! —and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better. […]”
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