y'all

== English == === Alternative forms === ya’ll, yall, yo'll, yoll, you-all, you all === Etymology === Contraction of you all, and/or from Scots ye aw. Attested since at least 1631. Compare Dutch jullie (originally jij lui (literally “you people”)) for a similar development of a new plural pronoun out of Proto-Germanic *jīz that originally was already plural. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /jɔːl/ (General American) IPA(key): /jɔl/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /jɑl/ Rhymes: -ɔːl Homophone: yawl === Pronoun === y'all (second-person plural nominative or objective, possessive determiner y'all's, possessive pronoun y'all's, reflexive y'allselves) (informal, now chiefly Southern US, African-American Vernacular, New York Latino English, Appalachia, Caribbean, Indian South African English, Māori English, Singapore, Newfoundland and Labrador) You (plural). (chiefly Southern US, African-American Vernacular, in greetings) Everyone; everybody. (rare, chiefly Southern US) You (singular). ==== Usage notes ==== The form y'all is heard primarily in the Southern United States, and nationwide in AAVE. It is also found among Indian speakers of South African English, and parts of the Caribbean. Recently the form has begun to be used by other American English speakers as well, and even some non-American English speakers to a lesser extent – though still less commonly than you guys. For other second-personal plural pronouns, see you. Y'all may be used as an implied plural when addressing a single person, e.g. "you [and your team]," "you [and your coworkers]," "you [and your family]." It is also rarely used as a singular you, although most (increasing) non-Southern / non-AAVE use is, like Southern and AAVE use, plural. Notwithstanding its etymology, the all in y'all is merely a plural marker, not a quantifier. Thus, just as us may refer either to some of us or all of us in standard English, y'all may refer either to some of y'all or to all [of] y'all. Y'all, as with you all, is not widely considered to be formal English. Instead, all of you is preferred in formal speech and writing to disambiguate a plural you. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:y'all ==== Derived terms ==== fuck y'all y'all means all Y'all Qaeda ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === y'all (third-person singular simple present y'alls, present participle y'alling, simple past and past participle y'alled) (ambitransitive, informal) To use the pronoun "y'all" (to). === Determiner === y'all The group spoken or written to. (especially African-American Vernacular) Your pl; y'all's === References === === Anagrams === -ally, Ally, Lyla, ally