my
[ mahy ]
/ maɪ /
pronoun
(a form of the possessive case of I used as an attributive adjective): My soup is cold.
interjection
Also my-my.
(used as an exclamation of mild surprise or dismay): My, what a big house this is! My-my, how old he looks!
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Origin of my
usage note for my
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me.
Words nearby my
Definition for my (2 of 3)
I
[ ahy ]
/ aɪ /
pronoun, nominative I, possessive my or mine, objective me; plural nominative we, possessive our or ours, objective us.
the nominative singular pronoun, used by a speaker in referring to himself or herself.
noun, plural I's.
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
Metaphysics.
the ego.
Origin of I
before 900; Middle English
ik, ich, i; Old English
ic, ih; cognate with German
ich, Old Norse
ek, Latin
ego, Greek
egṓ, OCS
azŭ, Lithuanian
aš, Sanskrit
ahám
usage note for I
See
me.
Definition for my (3 of 3)
British Dictionary definitions for my (1 of 8)
my
1
/ (maɪ) /
determiner
of, belonging to, or associated with the speaker or writer (me)
my own ideas; do you mind my smoking?
used in various forms of address
my lord; my dear boy
used in various exclamations
my goodness!
interjection
an exclamation of surprise, awe, etc
my, how you've grown!
Word Origin for my
C12
mī, variant of Old English
mīn when preceding a word beginning with a consonant
British Dictionary definitions for my (2 of 8)
my
2
the internet domain name for
Malaysia
British Dictionary definitions for my (3 of 8)
MY
abbreviation for
motor yacht
British Dictionary definitions for my (4 of 8)
i
I
/ (aɪ) /
noun plural i's, I's or Is
the ninth letter and third vowel of the modern English alphabet
any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in bite or hit
- something shaped like an I
- (in combination)an I-beam
dot the i's and cross the t's
to pay meticulous attention to detail
British Dictionary definitions for my (5 of 8)
i
symbol for
the imaginary number √–1
Also called: j
British Dictionary definitions for my (6 of 8)
British Dictionary definitions for my (7 of 8)
I
1
/ (aɪ) /
pronoun
(subjective)
refers to the speaker or writer
Word Origin for I
C12: reduced form of Old English
ic; compare Old Saxon
ik, Old High German
ih, Sanskrit
ahám
British Dictionary definitions for my (8 of 8)
I
2
symbol for
abbreviation for
Italy (international car registration)
Word Origin for I
(for sense 4) from Latin (
aff)
i (
rmo) I affirm
Medical definitions for my (1 of 3)
My
abbr.
myopia
Medical definitions for my (2 of 3)
I
The symbol for the elementiodine
i
The symbol forcurrent
Medical definitions for my (3 of 3)
my-
pref.
Variant ofmyo-
Scientific definitions for my (1 of 2)
i
[ ī ]
The number whose square is equal to -1. Numbers expressed in terms of i are called imaginary or complex numbers.
Scientific definitions for my (2 of 2)
I
The symbol for electric current.
The symbol for iodine.
Idioms and Phrases with my
i
see dot the i's and cross the t's.