yt
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From the pronunciation of y /waɪ/ + a t for /t/. For another term formed from the pronunciation of a symbol plus additional letters to complete the sound, see l8 (“late”).
Adjective[edit]
yt
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, sometimes derogatory) Alternative spelling of white (“Caucasian”)
- 2017 Spring, Tess Griffin, When life gives you lemons, bleach your skin, in Growl (Hofstra English Society & Campus Feminist Collective), issue 1:
- People of color aspire to be light skinned and yt people aspire to be tan. It is only aesthetically pleasing for yt people to be brown.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:yt.
- 2017 Spring, Tess Griffin, When life gives you lemons, bleach your skin, in Growl (Hofstra English Society & Campus Feminist Collective), issue 1:
- (uncommon, slang, African-American Vernacular, derogatory) Alternative spelling of whitey
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Etymology 2[edit]
Abbreviation of þat (“that”), with y taking the place of the old letter thorn (þ), as in ye for þe (“the”).
Alternative forms[edit]
- yt, yͭ
Conjunction[edit]
yt
- (obsolete) Abbreviation of that.
- The King appear'd to be much hurt at this, told me he did not credit what he told him, as he knew yt. you & I had never had any dispute together, & yt. William & you had had some misunderstanding in Germany...
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Preposition[edit]
yt
- (Cape Afrikaans) Alternative form of uit.
Albanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
yt m (feminine jote, m plural e tu, f plural e tua)
- your (singular)
Declension[edit]
There are also alternative forms which can be used before the noun (which will be in the indefinite state, while the forms used after the noun require the noun to be definite). These forms are restricted to personal relationships like family members, for example:
- yt vëlla (“your brother”), jot motër (“your sister”)
These forms are limited to singulars.
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Swedish ut (“out”). Compare Swedish ute (“outdoors, uncool”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
yt (neuter yt, plural and definite singular attributive yt)
- out (out of fashion, not popular) [from 1982]
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
yt
- Abbreviation of yhteistoiminta.
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
yt
- Alternative form of hit (“it”)
Determiner[edit]
yt
- Alternative form of hit (“it”)
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Verb[edit]
yt
- imperative of yte
Yola[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
yt
- Alternative form of it
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 9:
- Yt beeth.
- It is.
References[edit]
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 114
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