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302 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

Yoshikawa: a surname from Japanese
Yoshiko: a female given name from Japanese
Yoshinaga: a surname from Japanese
YouTube: YouTube
YouTubeur: a male YouTuber; alternative form of youtubeur
YouTubeurs: Male YouTubers; plural of YouTubeur; alternative form of youtubeurs
YouTubeuse: a female YouTuber; female equivalent of YouTubeur; alternative form of youtubeuse
YouTubeuses: Female YouTubers; plural of YouTubeuse; alternative form of youtubeuses
Yougoslave: Yugoslav, Yugoslavian (resident or native of Yugoslavia)
Yougoslavie: Yugoslavia (a former country in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia)
Youness: alternative spelling of Younès
Younous: a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Yunus
Younès: a male given name from Arabic
Youri: a transliteration of the Russian male given name Ю́рий (Júrij), equivalent to Yuri
Youssef: a surname from Arabic; a male given name from Arabic
Youssouf: a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Yusuf
Ypres: Ypres
Yprois: an Yprois: one who is from, or who lives in, Ypres
Yrieix: a male given name, originating from Limousin
Ys: Ys (a mythical sunken city in Brittany, France)
Yseult: a female given name, variant of Iseult, equivalent to German Isolde
Yui: a unisex given name from Japanese
Yukiko: a female given name from Japanese
Yuko: a female given name from Japanese
Yukon: Yukon, Yukon Territory (a territory in northern Canada); Yukon, Yukon River (a river in northwest Canada and Alaska)
Yukonais: Yukoner (resident or native of Yukon)
Yukonnais: Yukoner (resident or native of Yukon)
Yumi: a female given name from Japanese
Yumiko: a female given name from Japanese
Yunanne: obsolete spelling of Yunnan: Yunnan (a province in southwestern China, bordering Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Vietnam)
Yunnan: Yunnan (a province in southwestern China, bordering Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Vietnam)
Yuriko: a female given name from Japanese
Yvelines: Yvelines (a department of Île-de-France, France)
Yverdon: Yverdon-les-Bains
Yves: a male given name, borne by two French saints, and known in medieval romance
Yvette: a female given name, masculine equivalent Yves
Yvette: Yvette (Federalist-voting French Quebecois housewife)
Yvette: Yvette (a tributary of the Orge, Île-de-France, France)
Yvon: a male given name, a medieval diminutive form of Yves; a surname originating as a patronymic
Yvonne: a female given name, masculine equivalent Yvon
Yèbles: a village and commune of Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France
Yèvre: a right tributary of the Cher in the department of Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France; a right tributary of the Auve in the department of Marne, Grand Est, France
Yèvres: a small town and commune of Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Yébleron: a small town and commune of Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France
Yégacé: resident or native of Pintac
Yémen: Yemen (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
Yéménite: Yemeni (resident or native of Yemen)
Yéniche: Yenish (person)
y: there (at a place); there, thither (to there); Used as a pronoun to replace an adverbial phrase starting with à.
y a: ellipsis of il y a
y a-t-il: subject-inverted form of il y a; is there? are there?, (after a modal adverb) there is, there are
y aller: to leave; to depart; to go about something, to proceed in a certain manner
y aller au culot: to bluff one's way through
y aller au talent: to fly by the seat of one's pants, to play by ear, to wing it (to sit an exam without having studied for it, relying only on one's skills and previous knowledge)
y avoir: there be
y avoir anguille sous roche: for there to be something fishy and suspicious going on, for there to be something in the wind, in the offing
y avoir de l'eau dans le gaz: for there to be trouble brewing, for there to be trouble in paradise, for there to be tension in the air
y avoir fort à parier: for it to be very probable that
y avoir mille à parier: for it to be very probable that
y avoir péril en la demeure: for there to be danger in delay