English Explanatory Dictionary

themselves

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals, or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).
  2. The reflexive case of they, the third-person singular personal pronoun. The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).

Pronunciation

/ðɛmˈsɛlvz/ [ðɛmˈsɛɫvz] /ðəmˈsɛlvz/ [ðəmˈsɛɫvz] En-us-themselves.ogg /ðemˈselvz/ [ðemˈseɫvz] /ðəmˈselvz/ [ðəmˈseɫvz]

Word forms

themselves of they

Etymology

Morphologically them + -selves.

Synonyms

'emselves theirselves themself theirself himself herself

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

Translations

Belarusian: яны́ са́мі Bulgarian: самите Czech: sami Czech: samy Czech: sama French: eux-mêmes French: elles-mêmes Latvian: viņi paši Latvian: viņas pašas Polish: sami Polish: same Portuguese: eles mesmos Portuguese: elas mesmas Russian: они́ са́ми Russian: себя́ Northern Sami: ieža Slovak: oni sami Slovak: ony same Spanish: ellos mismos Spanish: ellas mismas Ukrainian: вони́ сами́ Ukrainian: вони́ самі́ Catalan: mateixos Chinese Mandarin: 他們自己 /他们自己 Finnish: itsensä Finnish: itseään Finnish: itselleen Finnish: itse Hungarian: önmaguk Hungarian: önmagukat Japanese: 彼ら自身 Latin: ipsos Latin: ipsas Latin: ipsa Volapük: okis
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