yuri

See also: Yuri, yūri, and Yūri

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 百合(ゆり) (yuri, “lily”), by analogy to 薔薇(バラ) (bara, “rose”), indicating love. See Yuri (genre) § “Terminology and etymology” at Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

• enPR: yo͝orē, IPA^(key): /ˈjʊɹi/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʊəɹi

Noun

yuri (uncountable)

1. (especially Japanese fiction) A narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between women.

   Synonyms: girls' love, GL

   Coordinate terms: yaoi, boys' love

   • 2026 March 2, @lunas.png, Instagram‎^[1]:

     I wanna start a Marxist reading circle but I feel like if I did that it would just be a bunch of trans puppies barking and playing and like not reading at all and a bunch of yuri

Derived terms

• yuricest
• yuriful

Translations

anime or manga genre

• Bengali: ইয়ুরি (iyuri)
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 百合 (zh-min-nan) (pek-ha̍p)

  Mandarin: 百合 (zh) (bǎihé) (mainly for romances), GL (mainly for pornography)

• Esperanto: jurio
• French: yuri (fr) m
• Hindi: युरि (yuri)
• Japanese: 百合 (ja) (ゆり, yuri), ユリ (ja) (yuri), ガールズラブ (gāruzu rabu, literally “girls' love”), ＧＬ (jīeru)
• Korean: GL (GL), 가르즈라부 (gareujeurabu, literally “girls' love”), 백합(百合) (ko) (baekhap)
• Marathi: युरि (yuri)
• Portuguese: yuri (pt) m
• Russian: ю́ри (ru) m or f or n (júri)
• Ukrainian: юрі (juri)

See also

• lesbian
• shoujo ai
• himejoshi

Ido

Noun

yuri

1. plural of yuro

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuri/
• Rhymes: -uri
• Hyphenation: yu‧ri

Etymology 1

Noun

yuri

1. nonstandard form of juri

Etymology 2

Noun

yuri

1. (colloquial) yuri (a narrative or visual work featuring a romance or sexual relationship between two or more women)

Japanese

Romanization

yuri

1. Rōmaji transcription of ゆり
2. Rōmaji transcription of ユリ

Quechua

Noun

yuri

1. plant, sprout, shrub, bush

Declension

Declension of yuri

	singular	plural
nominative	yuri	yurikuna
accusative	yurita	yurikunata
dative	yuriman	yurikunaman
genitive	yurip	yurikunap
locative	yuripi	yurikunapi
terminative	yurikama	yurikunakama
ablative	yurimanta	yurikunamanta
instrumental	yuriwan	yurikunawan
comitative	yurintin	yurikunantin
abessive	yurinnaq	yurikunannaq
comparative	yurihina	yurikunahina
causative	yurirayku	yurikunarayku
benefactive	yuripaq	yurikunapaq
associative	yuripura	yurikunapura
distributive	yurinka	yurikunanka
exclusive	yurilla	yurikunalla

Possessive forms of yuri

ñuqap - first-person singular ñuqap (my) singular plural nominative yuriy yuriykuna accusative yuriyta yuriykunata dative yuriyman yuriykunaman genitive yuriypa yuriykunap locative yuriypi yuriykunapi terminative yuriykama yuriykunakama ablative yuriymanta yuriykunamanta instrumental yuriywan yuriykunawan comitative yuriynintin yuriykunantin abessive yuriyninnaq yuriykunannaq comparative yuriyhina yuriykunahina causative yuriyrayku yuriykunarayku benefactive yuriypaq yuriykunapaq associative yuriypura yuriykunapura distributive yuriyninka yuriykunanka exclusive yuriylla yuriykunalla qampa - second-person singular qampa (your) singular plural nominative yuriyki yuriykikuna accusative yuriykita yuriykikunata dative yuriykiman yuriykikunaman genitive yuriykipa yuriykikunap locative yuriykipi yuriykikunapi terminative yuriykikama yuriykikunakama ablative yuriykimanta yuriykikunamanta instrumental yuriykiwan yuriykikunawan comitative yuriykintin yuriykikunantin abessive yuriykinnaq yuriykikunannaq comparative yuriykihina yuriykikunahina causative yuriykirayku yuriykikunarayku benefactive yuriykipaq yuriykikunapaq associative yuriykipura yuriykikunapura distributive yuriykinka yuriykikunanka exclusive yuriykilla yuriykikunalla paypa - third-person singular paypa (his/her/its) singular plural nominative yurin yurinkuna accusative yurinta yurinkunata dative yurinman yurinkunaman genitive yurinpa yurinkunap locative yurinpi yurinkunapi terminative yurinkama yurinkunakama ablative yurinmanta yurinkunamanta instrumental yurinwan yurinkunawan comitative yurinintin yurinkunantin abessive yurinninnaq yurinkunannaq comparative yurinhina yurinkunahina causative yurinrayku yurinkunarayku benefactive yurinpaq yurinkunapaq associative yurinpura yurinkunapura distributive yurininka yurinkunanka exclusive yurinlla yurinkunalla ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) singular plural nominative yurinchik yurinchikkuna accusative yurinchikta yurinchikkunata dative yurinchikman yurinchikkunaman genitive yurinchikpa yurinchikkunap locative yurinchikpi yurinchikkunapi terminative yurinchikkama yurinchikkunakama ablative yurinchikmanta yurinchikkunamanta instrumental yurinchikwan yurinchikkunawan comitative yurinchiknintin yurinchikkunantin abessive yurinchikninnaq yurinchikkunannaq comparative yurinchikhina yurinchikkunahina causative yurinchikrayku yurinchikkunarayku benefactive yurinchikpaq yurinchikkunapaq associative yurinchikpura yurinchikkunapura distributive yurinchikninka yurinchikkunanka exclusive yurinchiklla yurinchikkunalla ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural nominative yuriyku yuriykukuna accusative yuriykuta yuriykukunata dative yuriykuman yuriykukunaman genitive yuriykupa yuriykukunap locative yuriykupi yuriykukunapi terminative yuriykukama yuriykukunakama ablative yuriykumanta yuriykukunamanta instrumental yuriykuwan yuriykukunawan comitative yuriykuntin yuriykukunantin abessive yuriykunnaq yuriykukunannaq comparative yuriykuhina yuriykukunahina causative yuriykurayku yuriykukunarayku benefactive yuriykupaq yuriykukunapaq associative yuriykupura yuriykukunapura distributive yuriykunka yuriykukunanka exclusive yuriykulla yuriykukunalla qamkunap - second-person plural qamkunap (your(pl)) singular plural nominative yuriykichik yuriykichikkuna accusative yuriykichikta yuriykichikkunata dative yuriykichikman yuriykichikkunaman genitive yuriykichikpa yuriykichikkunap locative yuriykichikpi yuriykichikkunapi terminative yuriykichikkama yuriykichikkunakama ablative yuriykichikmanta yuriykichikkunamanta instrumental yuriykichikwan yuriykichikkunawan comitative yuriykichiknintin yuriykichikkunantin abessive yuriykichikninnaq yuriykichikkunannaq comparative yuriykichikhina yuriykichikkunahina causative yuriykichikrayku yuriykichikkunarayku benefactive yuriykichikpaq yuriykichikkunapaq associative yuriykichikpura yuriykichikkunapura distributive yuriykichikninka yuriykichikkunanka exclusive yuriykichiklla yuriykichikkunalla paykunap - third-person plural paykunap (their) singular plural nominative yurinku yurinkukuna accusative yurinkuta yurinkukunata dative yurinkuman yurinkukunaman genitive yurinkupa yurinkukunap locative yurinkupi yurinkukunapi terminative yurinkukama yurinkukunakama ablative yurinkumanta yurinkukunamanta instrumental yurinkuwan yurinkukunawan comitative yurinkuntin yurinkukunantin abessive yurinkunnaq yurinkukunannaq comparative yurinkuhina yurinkukunahina causative yurinkurayku yurinkukunarayku benefactive yurinkupaq yurinkukunapaq associative yurinkupura yurinkukunapura distributive yurinkunka yurinkukunanka exclusive yurinkulla yurinkukunalla

See also

• yuriy

Yanomam

Etymology

Cognate to Yanomamö yuri.

Noun

yuri (unclassified holonym; singulative yuri a, dual yuri kipë, plural yuri pë)

1. fish

References

• Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017), Yanomama Clause Structure‎^[2], volume 1, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 115

Yanomamö

Etymology

Cognate to Yanomam yuri.

Noun

yuri

1. fish

References

• Lizot, Jacques (2004), Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ‎^[3] (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN