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my

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
7
Letters
2
Pronunciation
/maɪ/
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/maɪ/ · /mʌɪ/ · [məi̯] · /mə/ · /mɪ/ · /mi/

Definition of my

8 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

det

  1. First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
    “I can't find my book.”
    “Everyone always asks what my advice is, and my advice is don’t overintellectualize your art.”
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det

  1. First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
    “I can't find my book.”
    “Everyone always asks what my advice is, and my advice is don’t overintellectualize your art.”
  2. First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
    “My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable.”
    “Don't you know my name?”
    “I recognised him because he had attended my school.”
  3. First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
    “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,”
  4. First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
    “I have to take my books back to the library soon.”

intj

  1. Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
    “My, what big teeth you have!”
    “My, you’re a pretty one!”

noun

  1. (alt-of, symbol)Symbol for megayear(s).
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of motor yacht (“diesel-driven yacht”).

pron

  1. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of my often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.

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Etymology

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.

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