Native French Words typically do not begin with the letter "y." The above-mentioned letter often indicates foreign or loan origins. Loan and native Words whose spelling starts with the letter "y" mix on the following list:
- y ("here" or "there" as an adverb; "[the letter] y" or "Y-chromosome" as a noun);
- yacht, yack ("yak"), yaourt or yoghourt("yogurt"), yaourtière("yogurt-maker"), yatagan (Ottoman Turkish knife);
- yé("yeah"), yé-yé (1960s pop-singer or teen-aged fan), yèble ("danewort"), Yémen, Yéménite, yeomans("yeomanry"), yéti ("abominable snowman"), yeuse ("holm oak"), yeux("eyes");
- ylang(Philippine perfume tree);
- yo-yo, yoga, yogi ("yoga practitioner"), yohimbe(yohimbe-tree), yohimbine (yohimbine alkaloid), yole ("skiff"), yougoslave("Yugoslavian"), Yougoslavie("Yugoslavia"), youpi ("Hurray!"), yourte("yurt"), youyou("dinghy");
- ypérite(mustard gas"), ypréau ("white poplar"), Ypres;
- ysopet(Medieval fable-book);
- ytterbium, yttrium;
- yucca, yuppie;
- Yvain, Yve, Yves, Yvette, Yvonne.
