yonder
pronunciation
How to pronounce yonder in British English:
UK [ˈjɒndə(r)]
How to pronounce yonder in American English:
US [ˈjɑndə(r)]
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- Adjective:
- distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
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- Adverb:
- at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal)
Word Origin
- yonder (adv.)
- "within sight but not near," c. 1300, from Old English geond "throughout, up to, as far as" (see yond) + comparative suffix -er (2). Cognate with Middle Low German ginder, Middle Dutch gender, Dutch ginder, Gothic jaindre. Now replaced except in poetic usage by ungrammatical that.
Example
- 1. I told you togo back yonder , okay ?
- 2. Let 's rest under yonder tree .
- 3. Look at the snow on yonder mountains .
- 4. Tell her to wash it in yonder dry well .
- 5. Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east .