English Words Starting With Y

Note that, in the passages below, the emboldened and same-coloured parts of words listed immediately after the phrase ‘Pronunciation tip’, are pronounced in the same way. For example, ‘Pronunciation tip: yabber, sad’ means the ‘a‘ in the word ‘yabber’ sounds just like the ‘a’ in the word ‘sad’.

yabber
‘Yabber’ means ‘speak incessantly and rapidly about unimportant matters‘.

Pronunciation tip: yabber, sad.

yacht
Pronunciation tip: yacht, rot.