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yis

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Ireland/jɪs/

yis is the pronunciation spelling of yes.

yis is the alternative form of yous.

Meaning of yes

Particle

yes

  1. Used to show agreement or acceptance.
    • Yes, you are correct.
  2. Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.
    • It was not my fault we lost the race.
      Oh, yes, it was!
  3. (humorous) Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct.
    • Do you like cake, or pie?
      Yes.

See all 13 meanings of yes

Meaning of yous

Pronoun

yous

  1. (dialectal, in plural) You.
    • What are yous up to tonight?
  2. (colloquial, dialectal, singular) You.
    • ‘Dere ain't no use for me dis side, Mr. Chames,’ he said. ‘New York's de spot. Youse don't want none of me, now you're married.’1909, PG Wodehouse, The Gem Collector

See all 3 meanings of yous

Questions about yis

What is yis the pronunciation spelling of?
Yis is the pronunciation spelling of yes.
How do you pronounce yis?
Yis is pronounced /jɪs/ (Ireland).

Words near yis in the dictionary

  1. yiros
  2. yiroses
  3. yirra
  4. yirratji
  5. yirratjis
  6. yis
  7. Yisangou
  8. Yishmael
  9. Yishuv
  10. Yisrael
  11. Yisraels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yis (page history and authors); yes (page history and authors); yous (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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