English Explanatory Dictionary

ours

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. That or those belonging to us.
  2. Excluding the person(s) being addressed (exclusive ours)
  3. Including the person(s) being addressed (inclusive ours).
  4. That or those belonging to any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
  5. That or those belonging to people in general.
  6. That or those belonging to everyone being addressed.
  7. That or those belonging to an individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given.
  8. Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.
  9. Our house or home.

Pronunciation

/ˈaʊəz/ /ɑːz/ /ˈaʊɚz/ /ɑɹz/ en-us-ours.ogg

Word forms

ours our's

Etymology

From Middle English oures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to our + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced ourn (from Middle English ouren) in standard speech.

Derived words

both of ours friend of ours of ours

Translations

Aghwan: 𐔱𐔴𐕐𐔼𐕒 Arabic: لَنَا Arabic: لينا Arabic: بتعنا Arabic: بتاعتنا Arabic: بتوعنا Azerbaijani: bizimki Bahamian Creole: ah own Belarusian: наш Central Bikol: sato Central Bikol: satuya Bulgarian: наш Chinese Mandarin: 我們的 /我们的 Chinese Mandarin: 咱們的 /咱们的 Chinese Mandarin: 咱的 Coptic: ⲫⲱⲛ Coptic: ⲑⲱⲛ Coptic: ⲛⲟⲩⲛ Coptic: ⲡⲱⲛ Coptic: ⲧⲱⲛ Czech: náš Danish: vores Danish: vor Dutch: het onze Dutch: de onze Dutch: die van ons Esperanto: la nia Finnish: meidän French: le nôtre French: la nôtre French: les nôtres German: unserer German: unsere German: unseres Greek: δικός μας Greek: δικιά μας Greek: δική μας Greek: δικό μας Greek: δικοί μας Greek: δικές μας Greek: δικά μας Hebrew: שלנו Hindi: हमारा Hungarian: mienk Hungarian: miénk Hungarian: mieink Italian: il nostro Italian: la nostra Italian: i nostri Italian: le nostre Japanese: 私たちの Japanese: 私等の Japanese: 我らの Japanese: 我々の Lao: ຂອງພວກເຮົາ Latin: noster Latin: nostri Latin: nostrum Latvian: mūsu Latvian: mūsējs Latvian: mūsējais Macedonian: наш Manchu: ᠮᡝᠨ᠋ᡳᠩᡤᡝ Manchu: ᠮᡠᠰᡝᠩᡤᡝ Mazanderani: امنی Mongolian: манайх Mongolian: ᠮᠠᠨ᠋ᠤᠬᠢ Polish: nasz Portuguese: o nosso Romani: amaro Romani: amari Romani: amare Romanian: al nostru Romanian: a noastră Romanian: ai noștri Romanian: ale noastre Romansh: il noss Romansh: la nossa Romansh: ils noss Romansh: las nossas Russian: наш Serbo-Croatian: naš Serbo-Croatian: наш Slovak: náš Slovene: nàš Spanish: lo nuestro Swedish: vår Swedish: vårt Swedish: våra
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