English Explanatory Dictionary

their

English dictionary entry

Meanings

det
  1. Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).
  2. Belonging to someone (one person, singular), or occasionally to something.
adv
  1. Misspelling of there.
contraction
  1. Misspelling of they’re.

Pronunciation

thâr en-gb-their.ogg /ðɛə/ /ðɛː/ /ðeɹ/ thûr /ðɜː(ɹ)/ /ðɛɚ/ /ðɚ/ en-us-their.ogg thär /ðɑː(ɹ)/ [ðeːɹ] /ðeː/ thîr /ðiə/ /ðeə/ /zɛə(ɹ)/

Word forms

their deir thair theire theyr theyre thir

Etymology

From Old Norse þeirra. Replaced native Old English heora.

Related words

they them theirs 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 his she her herselfhersen hershern ithit itselfhitself itshis itshishits themself themselves 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.

Derived words

everybody and their cousin everyone and their cousin everybody and their dog everyone and their dog everybody and their grandma everyone and their grandma everybody and their mother everyone and their mother everybody and their uncle everyone and their uncle their ABC
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