you

Signification

1. The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
2. (colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
3. The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
4. The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
5. The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
6. (colloquial) A person's favorite sports team.
7. Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/juː/

Étymologie

From Middle English you, yow, ȝow (object case of ye), from Old English ēow (“you”, dative case of ġē), from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz (“you”, dative case of *jīz), Western form of *izwiz (“you”, dative case of *jūz), from Proto-Indo-European *yūs (“you”, plural), *yū́. 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”), Middle High German eu, iu (“you”, object pronoun), Latin vōs (“you”), Avestan 𐬬𐬋 (vō, “you”), Ashkun yë̃́ (“you”), Kamkata-viri šó (“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.