English Explanatory Dictionary

his

English dictionary entry

Meanings

det
  1. Belonging to him.
  2. Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
  3. Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
  4. Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.
pron
  1. That or those belonging to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
  2. His house or home.
  3. Alternative spelling of His.
noun
  1. plural of hi
pron
  1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of his, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
name
  1. A surname from Swiss.
noun
  1. Initialism of health information system or hospital information system.

Pronunciation

/ɪz/ [ɪ̈z] /əz/ /hɪz/ en-us-his.ogg /ˈhɘz/

Word forms

his HISs HISes HIS's

Etymology

From Middle English hes, from Old English his (“his; its”), from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”). Cognate with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic hans (“his”). More at he; see also its.

Synonyms

CIS HIT

Related words

Ime me myselfmemysen mine mymineme we us ourselvesourselfoursen oursourn our you yourselfyoursen yoursyourn your thou thee thyselftheeselfthysen thine thythine youye yourselves you ally'all you guys yous y'allselves all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' he him himselfhisselfhissen hishisn she her herselfhersen hershern ithit itselfhitself itshis itshishits they them themself themselves theirs their one oneself – one's themhem 'em themselvestheirsen theirstheirn The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun. hers his/her hisn his'n

Derived words

His Highness His Serene Highness Hislam his nibs his nabs bundle of His
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