"second-person plural" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: second-person plurals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} second-person plural (plural second-person plurals)
  1. (grammar) The form of a verb used with the pronouns you (plural), y'all, you guys, etc., or their equivalents in other languages. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-second-person_plural-en-noun-h5SgYCXl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 37 31 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (grammar) The pronouns you (plural), y'all, you guys, youse, yinz, etc., or their equivalents in other languages. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-second-person_plural-en-noun-jTAnuTvh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 37 31 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. (grammar) The possessive adjectives your (addressing a plural audience), y'all's, you guys', etc., or their equivalents in other languages. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-second-person_plural-en-noun-6OmWe3FG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 37 31 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: second person, second-person dual, second-person singular, first-person plural, third-person plural Translations (the linguistic category referring to multiple people being addressed by the speaker of an utterance): 第二人稱複數 (Chinese Mandarin), 第二人称复数 (dì'èr rénchēng fùshù) (Chinese Mandarin), deuxième personne du pluriel [feminine] (French), მეორე პირის მრავლობითი რიცხვი (meore ṗiris mravlobiti ricxvi) (Georgian), მეორე პირი მრავლობითში (meore ṗiri mravlobitši) (Georgian), zweite Person Plural [feminine] (German), seconda persona plurale [feminine] (Italian), 二人称複数 (nininshō fukusū) (alt: ににんしょうふくすう) (Japanese), 이인칭 복수 (iinching boksu) (Korean), второ́е лицо́ мно́жественного числа́ (vtoróje licó mnóžestvennovo čislá) [neuter] (Russian), segunda persona del plural [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'the linguistic category referring to multiple people being addressed by the speaker of an utterance': 30 34 36

Inflected forms

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