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y'all've

US/jɔlv/

y'all've is the contraction of y'all.

Meaning of y'all

Pronoun

y'all (second-person plural nominative or objective, possessive determiner y'all's, possessive pronoun y'all's, reflexive y'allselves)

  1. (Appalachia, Caribbean, Singapore, Southern US, informal, nominative) You (plural).
    • [...] and this y'all know is true, [...]1631, William Lisle, The Faire Æthiopian
  2. (Southern US, nominative, objective, plural, second-person, African-American Vernacular) Everyone; everybody.
    • Hey y'all!
  3. (Southern US, nominative, objective, plural, rare, second-person) You (singular).
    • I made this for both y'all and your wife to enjoy.

See all 6 meanings of y'all

Questions about y'all've

What is y'all've the contraction of?
Y'all've is the contraction of y'all.
How do you pronounce y'all've?
Y'all've is pronounced /jɔlv/ (US).

Words near y'all've in the dictionary

  1. y'all'd've
  2. y'all'dn't've
  3. y'all'll
  4. y'all're
  5. y'all's
  6. y'all've
  7. y'alled
  8. y'alling
  9. y'alls
  10. y'allself
  11. y'allselves

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