Added 10 October 2026
yr
/yːr/ noun
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about yr at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Abbreviation of year.
determiner
- Abbreviation of your.
contraction
- Contraction of you + are.
noun
- A letter of the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet, ᚣ, representing the vowel sounds /y/ and /yː/ in Old English.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Old English ȳr, the literal translation of which is uncertain: perhaps “yew” or “bow (made of yew)”, based on Old Norse ýr.
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