English spellings/Catalogs/Y
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This page lists pronunciations of English words that begin with Y. To see a different letter navigate with the table above. The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z.
For a pronunciation key, click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title.[e]
Y = Wŷe river = BrE (with no h sound) whŷ reason
yacht *yót does not rhyme with bôat
yàhoo: Swift in Gulliver's Travels capitalises it, and the company's name also adds a final exclamation mark: Yàhoo!
yánk tug = Yánk American
Yanukôvých
yàrmulka = yàrmulke
yê you
yeâ yes, cf. nây no (minimal pair)
yéah yes *yé
yêar or yëar
yëarn
Yeâts poet = Yâtes, more common spelling (cf. Kêats) = rarer spelling Yeâtes
Yeô = yô
yeôman
Yeôvil
Yevgény = Evgény, strictly with another, invisible y: *Yevgyény (Евгений)
yìêld
yôdel *yôadle
yógurt (also yóghurt, yóghourt)
yôke oxen = yôlk egg
yŏre days = yŏur you = yŏu're you are
Yosémitê
yoû = Û
yoúng = Yoúng = Yoúnge
yŏur my = yŏu're I'm = yŏre past
yoûth sounds like the beginning of euthanâsia
yoû’ll = Yûle; or yŏu’ll or yoù’ll
ýttrium
yuàn
Yvétte
Yvónne = Evónne