yuri
/ˈjʊɹi/
yuri noun: a narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between women.
Noun
yuri (uncountable)
- A narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between women.
- 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 yuri2026 March 2, @lunas.png, Instagram
- Synonyms:
- girls' love, GL
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Yuri
Yuri
- A transliteration of the Russian male given name Ю́рий (Júrij), equivalent to George.
- Khrushchev’s answer came 60 years ago, on April 12, 1961, when Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin circled the Earth aboard a spacecraft called Vostok 1.2021 April 12, Gregory McNamee, “This Soviet cosmonaut was the first human in orbit — fueling the space race”, in CNN
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Yuri
Yuri
- A female given name from Japanese.
yuri meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
yuri in Hindi
- anime or manga genre
- युरि yuri, युरी yurī
yuri in Tamil
- யூரி
yuri in Marathi
- anime or manga genre
- युरि yuri
yuri in Urdu
- یوری
More languagesFewer languages
- yuri in Bengali
- ইয়ুরি iyuri
- yuri in Telugu
- యూరి, యూరీ
- yuri in Malayalam
- യൂറി, യൂരി
- yuri in Kannada
- ಯೂರಿ, ಯುರಿ
- yuri in Punjabi
- ਯੂਰੀ
- yuri in Gujarati
- યુરી, યૂરી
- yuri in Odia
- ଯ଼ୁରି, ଯ଼ୁରୀ
- yuri in Nepali
- युरी, यूरी
Synonyms of yuri
Forms of yuri
| alternative form | Iurii |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Yurii |
| alternative form | Yuriy |
| alternative form | Yury |
| alternative form | Yuuri |
| alternative form | Yuhri |
| alternative form | Yūri |
Origin of yuri
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.
From Russian Ю́рий (Júrij, “George”). Doublet of George.
* From Japanese ゆり (Yuri). * From Japanese ゆうり (Yūri). "Yuri" is a transliteration of several source forms, such as 由里, 由理, 由梨, 由利, 祐里, 友里, 友理, 悠里.
Words formed from yuri
Words that rhyme with yuri
Questions about yuri
- What does yuri mean?
- Yuri means a narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between women.
- What is yuri in Hindi?
- Yuri in Hindi is युरि (yuri), युरी (yurī). See Yuri meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is yuri?
- Yuri can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce yuri?
- Yuri is pronounced /ˈjʊɹi/.
Words near yuri in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: yuri (page history and authors); Yuri (page history and authors); yuri (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yuri (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yuri (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yuri (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yuri (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yuri (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yuri (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yuri (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yuri (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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