my
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stressed/maɪ/Canada/mʌɪ/
my determiner: belonging to me.
Determiner
my
- Belonging to me.
- I can't find my book.
- Everyone always asks what my advice is, and my advice is don’t overintellectualize your art.2022 October 14, Justin Curto, “The 1975’s Matty Healy Prefers Writing Lyrics He’s Afraid Of”, in Vulture, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2022
- Associated with me.
- My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable.
- Don't you know my name?
- Related to me.
- My parents won't let me go out tonight.
- From what conſummate vertue I have choſe / This perfect Man, by merit call'd my Son,1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 10, lines 165-166
- In the possession of me.
- I have to take my books back to the library soon.
Interjection
Noun (1) capitalized: My
My
- Symbol for megayear(s).
Pronoun capitalized: My
My
- Alternative letter-case form of my often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
Noun (2) capitalized: MY
MY (plural MYs)
- Initialism of motor yacht (“diesel-driven yacht”).
my meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
my in Hindi
- belonging to me
- मेरा merā
my in Tamil
- belonging to me
- என் eṉ
my in Urdu
- belonging to me
- میرا merā
my in Bengali
- belonging to me
- আমার amar
More languagesFewer languages
- my in Telugu
- నా nā, నా యొక్క nā yokka
- my in Malayalam
- എന്റെ enṟe
- my in Odia
- ମୋର mora, ମୋ mo
- my in Sanskrit
- मम mama
- my in Sinhala
- මගේ magē
- my in Assamese
- মোৰ mür
- my in Nepali
- मेरो mero
- my in Tagalog
- ko, aking
- my in Arabic
- ـِي -ī, ـي, ـيا ya
- my in Malay
- saya
- my in Indonesian
- saya
- my in Persian
- ـم -am, من
- my in Thai
- ของผม kɔ̌ɔng pǒm, ของดิฉัน kɔ̌ɔng dì-chǎn, ของฉัน kɔ̌ɔng chǎn
- my in Vietnamese
- của tôi, tôi
- my in Myanmar
- ကျွန်တော့် kywantau., ကျွန်မ kywanma.
- Dzongkha
- ངའི nga'i
Examples of my in a sentence
- My old encyclopedia has been gathering dust on the shelf for the past decade.
- I give you my word that I will be there on time.
- As I tiptoed past the sleeping dog, my heart was pounding but I remained silent.
Forms of my
| Determiner | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | ma |
| alternative form | mah |
| alternative form | me |
| alternative form | muh |
| alternative form | I's |
| Noun | |
| plural | MYs |
| alternative form | M/Y |
Origin of my
From Middle English mi, my, apocopated form of min, myn, from Old English mīn (“my, mine”), from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.) (possessive of *ek (“I”)), from Proto-Indo-European *méynos (“my; mine”). Cognate with West Frisian myn (“my”), Afrikaans my (“my”), Dutch mijn (“my”), German mein (“my”), Swedish min (“my”). More at me.
An abbreviation of an oath such as my word or my God.
Words formed from my
- my my
- ain't no shame in my game
- and I claim my five pounds
- black as my hat
- blow my buttons
- cheers my dears
- did my back hurt your knife
- don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining
- don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining
- Draw My Life
- easy as kiss my hand
- elementary, my dear Watson
- flat as my hat
- forgive my French
- get out of my sight
- hippity hoppity get off my property
- hold my milk
- I don't boil my cabbage twice
- I don't chew my cabbage twice
- I'll go to the foot of my stairs
- it's all over my screen
- Jesus is my boyfriend
- kiss my balls
- meeple
- milady
- milord
- my arse
- my aunt
- my b
- my bad
- my brother in Christ
- my culture is not your costume
- my day
- my eye
- my eyeball
- my fellow Americans
- my foot
- my friend
- my giddy aunt
- my God
- my good man
- my goodness
- my gosh
- my guy
- my hat
- my heavens
- my lady's washbowl
- my land
- my learned friends
- my nabs
- my pleasure
- my point exactly
- my rear
- my sainted aunt
- my sainted uncle
- myselves
- my sibling in Christ
- myside bias
- my sides
- my sister in Christ
Phrases with my
149 more phrasesFewer phrases
- my nibs
- my sons
- my word
- my certy
- my lands
- my Lords
- my stars
- my thigh
- O my God
- my certie
- my Ladies
- my thinks
- oh my god
- that's my
- all my eye
- eat my ass
- my apology
- my beloved
- my name is
- oh my days
- oh my fuck
- oh my glob
- oh my gods
- oh my gosh
- oh my heck
- oh my hell
- oh my life
- oh my Lord
- oh my word
- oh my Zeus
- oh, my God
- on my life
- ask my arse
- be my guest
- bite my ass
- by my faith
- dog my cats
- eat my dust
- for my sins
- kiss my ass
- my emphasis
- oh me oh my
- oh my Allah
- oh my lanta
- oh my stars
- oh, my gosh
- wet my lips
- damn my eyes
- for my money
- hold my beer
- just my luck
- kiss my arse
- mark my word
- my apologies
- my Lord Duke
- not my Nigel
- oh my Arceus
- read my lips
- suck my cock
- suck my dick
- upon my soul
- upon my word
- belay my last
- bless my soul
- eat my shorts
- I lost my bag
- in my opinion
- lick my balls
- mark my words
- my aunt Fanny
- my conscience
- my Lord Dukes
- oh my Goddess
- shut my mouth
- smoke my pole
- suck my balls
- suck my penis
- upon my sivvy
- cross my heart
- I lost my keys
- I rest my case
- my bloody oath
- my dear fellow
- My Little Pony
- my Lord Bishop
- oh my goodness
- pull my finger
- shiver my soul
- stap my vitals
- totes my goats
- get off my lawn
- my condom broke
- my Lord Bishops
- my skull's afly
- pulls my finger
- shiver my sides
- suck my Richard
- alright my lover
- excuse my French
- follow my leader
- I lost my wallet
- I'll get my coat
- my body is ready
- my head's a shed
- pardon my French
- pulled my finger
- so help my tater
- story of my life
- alright my babber
- be still my heart
- excused my French
- excuses my French
- forgave my French
- I lost my glasses
- I lost my handbag
- I've lost my keys
- is my middle name
- it's not my fault
- my learned friend
- oh my fucking god
- over my dead body
- pardons my French
- pulling my finger
- shiver my timbers
- excuse my francais
- excuse my français
- excusing my French
- forgiven my French
- forgives my French
- get out of my face
- I lost my backpack
- I'll be in my bunk
- my body, my choice
- my watch has ended
- of course my horse
- oh my god particle
- pardon my francais
- pardon my français
- pardoned my French
- welcome to my life
- forgiving my French
- I can't find my ...
- my eyes are up here
- no shame in my game
- of course, my horse
- oh my god particles
- pardoning my French
- pardonnez my French
- welcome to my world
Words that rhyme with my
Questions about my
- What does my mean?
- My means belonging to me.
- What is my in Hindi?
- My in Hindi is मेरा (merā). See My meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is my?
- My can be a determiner, an interjection, a noun or a pronoun.
- How do you pronounce my?
- My is pronounced /maɪ/ (stressed).
Words near my in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: my (page history and authors); My (page history and authors); MY (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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