Dictionary

theirs en · PRON

Pronunciation

• /ðɜː(ɹ)z/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
• /ðɛːz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ðiəz/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
• /ðɛɚz/ (US)
• /ðɛəz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ðeəz/ (New-Zealand) without the cheer–chair merger
• /ðeɹz/ (Scotland)
• /ðɛɹz/ (US)
• /ðeːz/ (Australia)

Etymology

From Middle English theires, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to their + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced theirn (from Middle English theiren, formed by analogy to mine, thine) in standard speech.

Meanings

1. That or those belonging to them; the possessive case of they, used without a following noun.
   • The letter had been given to the two Englishmen by a good friend of theirs in London, who had been in America two years previously, and had singled out Mr. J. L. Westgate from the many friends he had left there as the consignee, as it were, of his compatriots. 1878, Henry James, An International Episode:
   • That cat of theirs got into our garden again.
   • This luggage is theirs. These passports are also theirs.
   • Theirs cost a lot more than ours.
2. (informal) Their house or home.
   • Let's go over to theirs.

Forms

Translations (87)

ro al lor (that which belongs to them) · ar لَهُم m لَهُن (that which belongs to them) · cs jejich (that which belongs to them) · sh njihov (that which belongs to them) · it il loro (that which belongs to them) · fr la leur (that which belongs to them) · vi của họ (that which belongs to them) · mzn وشونی (that which belongs to them) · cmn 他們的 /他们的 (that which belongs to them) · cmn 她們的 /她们的 (that which belongs to them) · la harum (that which belongs to them) · de ihres (that which belongs to them) · ru их (that which belongs to them) · arz بتوعهم (that which belongs to them) · el δικές τους (that which belongs to them) · arz بتاعهم (that which belongs to them) · th ของเขา (that which belongs to them) · hi उनका (that which belongs to them) · nl het hunne (that which belongs to them) · eo la sia (that which belongs to them) · mr त्यांचा (that which belongs to them) · el δικοί τους (that which belongs to them) · ka იმათი (that which belongs to them) · arz ليهم (that which belongs to them) · sv deras (that which belongs to them) · la suus (that which belongs to them) · el δικό τους (that which belongs to them) · it le loro (that which belongs to them) · lv viņu (that which belongs to them) · sh њихов (that which belongs to them) · ar لَهُمَا (that which belongs to them) · bcl sainda (that which belongs to them) · hu övéik (that which belongs to them) · tr onlarınki (that which belongs to them) · it la loro (that which belongs to them) · fi heidän (that which belongs to them) · de ihre (that which belongs to them) · kaa oniki (that which belongs to them) · la illorum (that which belongs to them) · ro ale lor (that which belongs to them) · ur ان کا (that which belongs to them) · eo la ilia (that which belongs to them) · es suya (that which belongs to them) · pt deles (that which belongs to them) · sah кинилэр киэннэрэ (that which belongs to them) · uk їх (that which belongs to them) · la illarum (that which belongs to them) · el δικός τους (that which belongs to them) · rm il lur (that which belongs to them) · la eorum (that which belongs to them) · mr त्यांची (that which belongs to them) · tl kanila (that which belongs to them) · es suyo (that which belongs to them) · az onlarınkı (that which belongs to them) · lv viņējs (that which belongs to them) · la horum (that which belongs to them) · tyv оларныы (that which belongs to them) · fr les leurs (that which belongs to them) · uk ї́хній (that which belongs to them) · es suyas (that which belongs to them) · sl njíhov (that which belongs to them) · la earum (that which belongs to them) · ka მათი (that which belongs to them) · rm las lur (that which belongs to them) · ja 彼らの (that which belongs to them) · ro ai lor (that which belongs to them) · fr le leur (that which belongs to them) · pl ich (that which belongs to them) · mr त्यांचे (that which belongs to them) · es suyos (that which belongs to them) · sk ich (that which belongs to them) · it i loro (that which belongs to them) · rm ils lur (that which belongs to them) · el δικά τους (that which belongs to them) · ro a lor (that which belongs to them) · nl de hunne (that which belongs to them) · arz بتاعتهم (that which belongs to them) · pt seu (that which belongs to them) · rm la lur (that which belongs to them) · be іх (that which belongs to them) · el δικιά τους (that which belongs to them) · el δική τους (that which belongs to them) · alt олордыйы (that which belongs to them) · mk нивен (that which belongs to them) · de ihrer (that which belongs to them) · hu övék (that which belongs to them) · bg те́хен (that which belongs to them)