yours sincerely

English

Alternative forms

• sincerely yours (American)
• sincerely (American)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

yours sincerely

1. (idiomatic, chiefly British) A polite, formulaic phrase used at the end of a letter, especially when the sender knows the recipient's name.

Translations

polite formulaic end to letters

• Arabic: اَلْمُخْلِص (al-muḵliṣ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肅然／肃然 (zh) (sùrán), 謹上／谨上 (zh) (jǐnshàng), 鄙人 (zh) (bǐrén), 真摯地／真挚地 (zhēnzhì-de)

• Danish: med venlig hilsen
• Dutch: hoogachtend (nl), met vriendelijke groet
• Finnish: ystävällisin terveisin, kunnioittavasti (fi), parhain terveisin
• French: sincères salutations, fidèlement votre
• Galician: atentamente
• Georgian: პატივისცემით (ṗaṭiviscemit), ღრმა პატივისცემით (ɣrma ṗaṭiviscemit)
• German: hochachtungsvoll (de), mit freundlichen Grüßen, Ihr ergebener, viele liebe Grüße
• Hebrew: בְּכָבוֹד רַב (b'khavód ráv)
• Hungarian: kiváló tisztelettel, maradok őszinte híve, őszinte híve, tisztelettel (hu), szívélyes üdvözlettel, üdvözlettel
• Irish: is mise le meas
• Japanese: 敬具 (ja) (けいぐ, keigu), 不一 (ja) (ふいつ, fuitsu), 不宣 (ja) (ふせん, fusen)
• Korean: 올림 (ollim), 드림 (deurim)
• Polish: z poważaniem (pl)
• Portuguese: atenciosamente (pt)
• Romanian: Al dumneavoastră
• Russian: с уваже́нием (ru) (s uvažénijem), и́скренне ваш (ískrenne vaš)
• Scots: aefauldy
• Scottish Gaelic: is mise le meas
• Spanish: atentamente (es) (formally)
• Swedish: med vänlig hälsning (sv)
• Tagalog: lubos na sumasainyo, sumasainyo, sumasaiyo, matapat na sumasainyo
• Thai: ขอแสดงความนับถือ (kɔ̌o-sà-dɛɛng-kwaam-náp-tʉ̌ʉ)
• Vietnamese: thân mến (vi)
• Welsh: yn gywir

See also

• kind regards
• yours faithfully
• yours truly

Further reading

• Valediction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia