Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

her en · DET

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɜː/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /hɔː/ (Northumbria)
  • /æ/ (Northumbria, unstressed)
  • /ˈhɝ/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈhɚ/ (Canada, General-American, unstressed)
  • /heː/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
  • /hɛː/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
  • /ɜː/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /hɛr/ (Scotland)
  • /ɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /hɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
  • /ɐ/ (Northumbria)
  • /ə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /høː/ (New-Zealand)
  • /hə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation, unstressed)

Etymology

From Middle English here, hir, hire, from Old English hire (“her”), from Proto-Germanic *hezōi (dative singular of *hijō). Cognate with North Frisian hör, Saterland Frisian hier, hiere (“her”), West Frisian har (“her”), Dutch haar (“her”), German Low German hör (“her”), German ihr (“her”).

Meanings

  1. Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
    • On top of the circle she wrote her name, Louise, just above where the 12 on a clock would be. 2001, Betsy Gould Hearne, Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 78:
    • Her crew knew that deep in her heart beat engines fit and able to push her blunt old nose ahead at a sweet fourteen knots, come Hell or high water. 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 1:
    • On 24 April Nelson rejoined his ship, her battle damage repaired […] 2010, Andrew Lambert, Nelson: Britannia's God of War, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:
    • This is her book
    • Prodigal in everything, summer spreads her blessings with lavish unconcern, and waving her magic wand across the landscape of the world, she bids the sons of men to enter in [...] 1928, The Journal of the American Dental Association, page 765:
  2. Belonging to a person of unspecified gender (to counterbalance the traditional "his" in this sense).
    • Begin by having students choose a short poem to memorize; they will enjoy searching the library for a poem that appeals to them. If a student wishes to memorize her poem and share it aloud with the rest of the class, suggest a buddy system. 2017, David Yellin, Essentials of Integrating the Language Arts, page 115:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hor Northumbria, alternative lexicographic
herė alternative lexicographic

Relateds

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

Translations (143)

gl dela (belonging to) · be свой (belonging to) · el της (belonging to) · lv viņas (belonging to) · hu -e (belonging to) · ne उनको (belonging to) · bn ওনার (belonging to) · rup seu (belonging to) · sv hennes (belonging to) · ko 그녀의 (belonging to) · mi ana (belonging to) · la huius (belonging to) · mi tōna (belonging to) · sl njén (belonging to) · fy har (belonging to) · mi tana (belonging to) · be яе́ (belonging to) · az onun (belonging to) · frr höör (belonging to) · cop ⲡⲉⲥ (belonging to) · sv sin (belonging to) · hu -a (belonging to) · grc ἑός (belonging to) · mi āna (belonging to) · mfe so (belonging to) · ko 그의 (belonging to) · hu -je (belonging to) · rom laqo (belonging to) · grc οὗ (belonging to) · ka თავისი (belonging to) · grc αὐτῆς (belonging to) · tli du (belonging to) · ru её (belonging to) · ga a (belonging to) · hi उसका (belonging to) · fr ses (belonging to) · lou(belonging to) · xal энүнә (belonging to) · hi उनका (belonging to) · war iya (belonging to) · de ihr (belonging to) · grc ἐκείνης (belonging to) · bn এনার (belonging to) · es su (belonging to) · ur اس کا (belonging to) · ca seva (belonging to) · sh њен (belonging to) · hi इसका (belonging to) · zu -wo (belonging to) · ar ـهَا (belonging to) · hu -ja (belonging to) · he ־ה (belonging to) · got 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (belonging to) · zu -so (belonging to) · pt seu (belonging to) · hy նրա (belonging to) · de ihre (belonging to) · sk jej (belonging to) · sh njen (belonging to) · pl jej (belonging to) · cop ⲛⲉⲥ (belonging to) · te ఆవిడ (belonging to) · te దాని (belonging to) · te ఆమె (belonging to) · ngh ku (belonging to) · haw kona (belonging to) · tr onun (belonging to) · bg не́ин (belonging to) · rm sia (belonging to) · grc ὅς (belonging to) · la eius (belonging to) · war ira (belonging to) · zu -yo (belonging to) · mk нејзин (belonging to) · de ihre (belonging to) · lou(belonging to) · gl súa (belonging to) · lou(belonging to) · kmr(belonging to) · la suus (belonging to) · vo ofik (belonging to) · mi tāna (belonging to) · bn ওর (belonging to) · zu -lo (belonging to) · xcl նորա (belonging to) · nb hennes (belonging to) · nl haar (belonging to) · gl seu (belonging to) · th ของเขา (belonging to) · ur اس کا (belonging to) · ka მისი (belonging to) · fur(belonging to) · ur ان کا (belonging to) · ja 彼女の (belonging to) · ase FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp (belonging to) · rup (a) ljei (belonging to) · fur so (belonging to) · oc seu (belonging to) · rom laqe (belonging to) · rom laqi (belonging to) · egy s (belonging to) · fa او (belonging to) · dsb jeje (belonging to) · oc seuna (belonging to) · rm sias (belonging to) · or ତାର (belonging to) · cmn 她的 (belonging to) · bn এর (belonging to) · arz ـها (belonging to) · fi hänen (belonging to) · bcl saiya (belonging to) · mi ōna (belonging to) · af haar (belonging to) · tpn i (belonging to) · be е́йны (belonging to) · mt tagħha (belonging to) · eo ŝia (belonging to) · grc ταύτης (belonging to) · bn তার (belonging to) · cs její (belonging to) · da hendes (belonging to) · ro său (belonging to) · ro ei (belonging to) · la illius (belonging to) · rm ses (belonging to) · pt dela (belonging to) · uk її́ (belonging to) · bn তাঁর (belonging to) · fr sa (belonging to) · nn hennar (belonging to) · no sin (belonging to) · no henne (belonging to) · he שֶׁלָּהּ (belonging to) · cop ⲧⲉⲥ (belonging to) · haw kāna (belonging to) · zu -lo (belonging to) · ca seu (belonging to) · bcl niya (belonging to) · fr son (belonging to) · ia su (belonging to) · grc τῆσδε (belonging to) · xal терүнә (belonging to) · hsb jeje (belonging to)

her en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɜː/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /hɔː/ (Northumbria)
  • /æ/ (Northumbria, unstressed)
  • /ˈhɝ/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈhɚ/ (Canada, General-American, unstressed)
  • /heː/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
  • /hɛː/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
  • /ɜː/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /hɛr/ (Scotland)
  • /ɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /hɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
  • /ɐ/ (Northumbria)
  • /ə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /høː/ (New-Zealand)
  • /hə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation, unstressed)

Etymology

From Middle English here, hir, hire, from Old English hire (“her”), from Proto-Germanic *hezōi (dative singular of *hijō). Cognate with North Frisian hör, Saterland Frisian hier, hiere (“her”), West Frisian har (“her”), Dutch haar (“her”), German Low German hör (“her”), German ihr (“her”).

Meanings

  1. (informal) A female person or animal.
    • I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.
    • […] daring dizzying passages in other, fleeting and passionate dwellings within the hims and hers whom she inhabits […] 1986, Hélène Cixous, Sorties (translated)
    • By this time, she had so many questions, but she only hit him up for one answer about those “hims” and “hers.” She asked, “Do both hims and hers reproduce hummers?” 2004, Charles J. Sullivan, Love and Survival, page 68:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hor Northumbria, alternative lexicographic
hers Number=Plur lexicographic
herė alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

she

Source: en.wiktionary, “her” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

her en · PRON

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɜː/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /hɔː/ (Northumbria)
  • /æ/ (Northumbria, unstressed)
  • /ˈhɝ/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈhɚ/ (Canada, General-American, unstressed)
  • /heː/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
  • /hɛː/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
  • /ɜː/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /hɛr/ (Scotland)
  • /ɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /hɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
  • /ɐ/ (Northumbria)
  • /ə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /høː/ (New-Zealand)
  • /hə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation, unstressed)

Etymology

From Middle English here, hir, hire, from Old English hire (“her”), from Proto-Germanic *hezōi (dative singular of *hijō). Cognate with North Frisian hör, Saterland Frisian hier, hiere (“her”), West Frisian har (“her”), Dutch haar (“her”), German Low German hör (“her”), German ihr (“her”).

Meanings

  1. The form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc, or (dialect) as a subject without a conjunction.
    • "What's 'er say?" 'Er said: "Am yow a Yam Yam?", Ah said "Ar bab, I am!". 2019, “Am Yow A Yam Yam”performed by Johnny Cole:
    • He wrote her a letter (indirect object)
    • He treated her for a cold (direct object)
    • I means to goo to th' mop, 'er sez, fur I waants a chahinge.[…]'T wuz to w:Muckley mop 'er went. 1897, Hamilton Kingsford, Vigornian Monologues: A Series of Papers in Illustration of the Dialect of Worcestershire, page 18:
    • Her's a bosting wench! (as a subject wihout a conjunction; dialectal)
    • "It's all right," he was shouting. "Come out, Mrs. Beaver. Come out, Sons and Daughters of Adam and Eve. It's all right! It isn't her!" This was bad grammar of course, but that is how beavers talk when they are excited; I mean, in Narnia—in our world they usually don't talk at all. 1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe:
    • Him and her went for a walk (with a conjunction; proscribed)
    • “I’ll bet ’er wor a toe-rag,” said Morel, following up his joke. ¶ “Don’t you be so cheeky about a queen,” said Annie. 1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin Lawrence Edition, Penguin, published 1994, →ISBN, page 213:
    • "Then what became of her?" "Her? Which ‘her’? The park is full of ‘hers’." "The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff." February 1896, Ground-swells, by Jeannette H. Walworth, published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine; page 183
    • Every day I had to watch as him and her went off for long walks together, and each night I had to go to my lonely, cold bed with the thought that they were sharing the same one […] 2013, James Tully, The Crimes of Charlotte Brontë:
    • Give it to her (after preposition)

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hor Northumbria, alternative lexicographic
herė alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Her Highness · herness · God rest her soul · Her Serene Highness · peace be upon her · I hardly know her · herstory · herstrionic · meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery · let her rip · 'er · herselves · kiss-her-in-the-buttery · whatshername · I hardly even know her · put her there · herstorian · herstrionics

Translations (102)

sga da- (she) · sv henne (she) · fr la (she) · sga -us (she) · lou li (she) · la illa (she) · scn ci (she) · la (acc) eam (she) · nb henne (she) · wo ko (she) · km នាង (she) · el αυτήν (she) · nn henne (she) · az ona (she) · mk нејзе (she) · de ihr (she) · tpn i (she) · fr lui (she) · scn ci (she) · te ఆమెని (she) · dsb ju (she) · sk nej (she) · de ihm (she) · bn তাকে (she) · zu lona (she) · bn একে (she) · la ei (she) · io elu (she) · az onda (she) · bn তাঁকে (she) · mk ја (she) · hu neki (she) · es la (she) · hy նրան (she) · gl a (she) · cs ji (she) · itk אֵיסַה (she) · la ea (she) · kl una (she) · la (acc) illam (she) · la (acc) hanc (she) · ar إِيَّاهَا (she) · pl(she) · meu ia (she) · sk jej (she) · bn এনাকে (she) · wa lyi (she) · scn a iḍḍa (she) · zu sona (she) · pl jej (she) · la illi (she) · scn iḍḍa (she) · zu yena (she) · ga ise (she) · la ei (she) · arz ـها (she) · nl haar (she) · az onsuz (she) · la huic (she) · bzj ahn (she) · io el (she) · ar ـهَا (she) · la eam (she) · de sie (she) · zdj ye (she) · zu lona (she) · ru ей (she) · pt ela (she) · te ఆవిణ్ని (she) · wa li (she) · la hac (she) · de es (she) · xcl նմա (she) · scn la or a (she) · da hende (she) · gl lle (she) · te దాన్ని (she) · pl nią (she) · az onu (she) · zu wona (she) · hi इस (she) · fi hän (she) · lv viņai (she) · es le (she) · sga s- (she) · bn ওকে (she) · az onunla (she) · ga í (she) · zu yona (she) · bn ওনাকে (she) · az ondan (she) · cs(she) · hu őt (she) · lv viņu (she) · mk ѝ (she) · ia la (she) · hy իրեն (she) · pl niej (she) · hi उस (she) · ne उनलाई (she) · nn ho (she) · ru её (she)