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hers en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɚz/ (US)
  • /əz/ (UK)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈhɝz/ (US)
  • /ˈhɔːz/ (Northumbria)
  • /ˈhɜːz/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English hires, heres, hers, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to her + -s (compare -'s).

Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of her
    form of her

Forms

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her's alternative lexicographic

Relateds

Ime · they · he · themhem · mymineme · me · thou · your · all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' · her · 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

hers en · PRON

Pronunciation

  • /ɚz/ (US)
  • /əz/ (UK)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈhɝz/ (US)
  • /ˈhɔːz/ (Northumbria)
  • /ˈhɜːz/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English hires, heres, hers, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to her + -s (compare -'s).

Meanings

  1. That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun.
    • That handbag is hers. These gloves are also hers.
    • The life of La Motte, who had more than saved her's […], depended on the testimony she should give. 1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Penguin, published 1999, page 335:
    • This is a favourite song of hers.
    • The rest of us, meanwhile, would do well to accept that one woman’s choice is just that; hers and hers alone, not the standard by which all must be judged. 2019 August 31, Gaby Hinsliff, The Guardian:
    • Mine is the blue one, and hers is the red one.
  2. (informal) Her house or home.
    • Let's go over to hers.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
her's alternative lexicographic
hers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

of hers

Translations (94)

sv hennes (that which belongs to her) · ro a ei (that which belongs to her) · arz بتاعتها (that which belongs to her) · el δικά της (that which belongs to her) · la illius (that which belongs to her) · la eius (that which belongs to her) · es la suya (that which belongs to her) · nn hennar (that which belongs to her) · rm la sia (that which belongs to her) · pt o seu (that which belongs to her) · ro al său (that which belongs to her) · de ihres (that which belongs to her) · bcl saiya (that which belongs to her) · tl kaniya (that which belongs to her) · be яе́ (that which belongs to her) · fi hänen (that which belongs to her) · sk jej (that which belongs to her) · el δικές της (that which belongs to her) · it le sue (that which belongs to her) · arz بتوعها (that which belongs to her) · la huius (that which belongs to her) · la suus (that which belongs to her) · lv viņējs (that which belongs to her) · ia sue (that which belongs to her) · haw āna (that which belongs to her) · de das Ihre (that which belongs to her) · ro a sa (that which belongs to her) · az onunku (that which belongs to her) · de der Ihre (that which belongs to her) · el δικό της (that which belongs to her) · haw ona (that which belongs to her) · sh njézin (that which belongs to her) · ar لَهَا (that which belongs to her) · ru её (that which belongs to her) · io elua (that which belongs to her) · es el suyo (that which belongs to her) · bg не́ин (that which belongs to her) · sv sitt (that which belongs to her) · cmn 她的 (that which belongs to her) · sh njȇn (that which belongs to her) · el δικοί της (that which belongs to her) · kl uuma (that which belongs to her) · arz لها (that which belongs to her) · ro ale sale (that which belongs to her) · de die Ihre (that which belongs to her) · pt o dela (that which belongs to her) · lv viņas (that which belongs to her) · es los suyos (that which belongs to her) · fr le sien (that which belongs to her) · sah киниэнэ (that which belongs to her) · de die Ihren (that which belongs to her) · tyv ооңуу (that which belongs to her) · fr les siennes (that which belongs to her) · it la sua (that which belongs to her) · it il suo (that which belongs to her) · fr les siens (that which belongs to her) · it i suoi (that which belongs to her) · te ఆమెది (that which belongs to her) · rm ils ses (that which belongs to her) · es las suyas (that which belongs to her) · ro ai săi (that which belongs to her) · tpn i mba'e (that which belongs to her) · de ihrer (that which belongs to her) · uk її́ (that which belongs to her) · fr la sienne (that which belongs to her) · tl niya (that which belongs to her) · pt a sua (that which belongs to her) · nl het hare (that which belongs to her) · arz بتاعها (that which belongs to her) · lv viņējais (that which belongs to her) · sv sina (that which belongs to her) · mk нејзин (that which belongs to her) · pt a dela (that which belongs to her) · is hennar (that which belongs to her) · nl de hare (that which belongs to her) · da hendes (that which belongs to her) · sv sin (that which belongs to her) · nb hennes (that which belongs to her) · pl jej (that which belongs to her) · de ihr m or f or (that which belongs to her) · ja 彼女の (that which belongs to her) · rm il sieu (that which belongs to her) · sl njén (that which belongs to her) · el δική της (that which belongs to her) · sh ње́зин (that which belongs to her) · el δικός της (that which belongs to her) · de ihrs (that which belongs to her) · sh ње̑н (that which belongs to her) · rm las sias (that which belongs to her) · de ihre (that which belongs to her) · bah har own (that which belongs to her) · hu övé (that which belongs to her) · el δικιά της (that which belongs to her) · cs její (that which belongs to her)