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'''Y''' = '''whŷ''' ''reason'' | '''Y''' = '''Wŷe''' ''river'' = [[British English|BrE]] (with no '''h''' sound) '''whŷ''' ''reason'' | ||
'''yacht''' *yót does not rhyme with '''bôat | '''yacht''' *yót does not rhyme with '''bôat | ||
'''yàhoo''' | '''yàhoo''': [[Jonathan Swift|Swift]] in ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' capitalises it, and the company's name also adds a final exclamation mark: '''[[Yahoo!|Yàhoo!]] | ||
'''yánk''' ''tug'' = '''Yánk''' ''American'' | |||
'''Yanukôvých''' | |||
'''yàrmulka''' = '''yàrmulke | '''yàrmulka''' = '''yàrmulke | ||
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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''' | ||
'''yëarn | '''yëarn | ||
'''[[W. B. Yeats|Yeâts]]''' ''poet'' = '''Yâtes''', more common spelling | '''[[W. B. Yeats|Yeâts]]''' ''poet'' = '''Yâtes''', more common spelling (cf. '''[[John Keats|Kêats]]''') = rarer spelling '''Yeâtes | ||
'''Yeô''' = '''yô | |||
'''yeôman | '''yeôman | ||
'''Yeôvil | '''Yeôvil | ||
'''Yevgény''' = '''Evgény''', strictly with another, invisible '''y''': *Yevgyény (Евгений) | |||
'''[[Yiddish language|Yíddish]] | |||
'''yìêld | '''yìêld | ||
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'''yôdel''' *yôadle | '''yôdel''' *yôadle | ||
'''yógurt''' | '''yógurt''' (also '''yóghurt''', '''yóghourt''') | ||
'''yôke''' ''oxen'' = '''yôlk''' ''egg'' | '''yôke''' ''oxen'' = '''yôlk''' ''egg'' | ||
'''yŏre''' ''days'' = '''yŏur''' ''you'' | '''yŏre''' ''days'' = '''yŏur''' ''you'' = '''yŏu're''' ''you are'' | ||
''' | '''Yosémitê''' | ||
''' | '''yoû''' = '''Û''' | ||
'''yoû’ll''' or '''yŏu’ll''' or '''yoù’ll''' | '''yoúng''' = '''Yoúng''' = '''Yoúnge | ||
'''yŏur''' ''my'' = '''yŏu're''' ''I'm'' = '''yŏre''' ''past'' | |||
'''yoûth''' sounds like the beginning of '''euthanâsia | |||
'''yoû’ll''' = '''Yûle'''; or '''yŏu’ll''' or '''yoù’ll''' | |||
'''ýttrium | '''ýttrium | ||
'''yuàn | |||
'''Yvétte | |||
'''Yvónne''' = '''Evónne''' | '''Yvónne''' = '''Evónne''' | ||
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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 = Wŷe river = 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!
yánk tug = Yánk American
Yanukôvých
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) = rarer spelling Yeâtes
Yeô = yô
yeôman
Yeôvil
Yevgény = Evgény, strictly with another, invisible y: *Yevgyény (Евгений)
yìêld
yôdel *yôadle
yógurt (also yóghurt, yóghourt)
yôke oxen = yôlk egg
yŏre days = yŏur you = yŏu're you are
Yosémitê
yoû = Û
yoúng = Yoúng = Yoúnge
yŏur my = yŏu're I'm = yŏre past
yoûth sounds like the beginning of euthanâsia
yoû’ll = Yûle; or yŏu’ll or yoù’ll
ýttrium
yuàn
Yvétte
Yvónne = Evónne