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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English oures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to our + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced ourn (from Middle English ouren) in standard speech.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ours
- That which belongs to us; the possessive case of we, used without a following noun.
Derived terms
Translations
that which belongs to us
- Aghwan: 𐔱𐔴𐕐𐔼𐕒 (bešio)
- Arabic: لَنَا m (lanā)
- Egyptian Arabic: لينا (lina), بتعنا m (betaʕna), بتاعتنا f (betaʕetna), بتوعنا pl (betuʕna)
- Azerbaijani: bizimki
- Bahamian Creole: ah own
- Belarusian: наш (naš)
- Bikol Central: sato (bcl), satuya
- Bulgarian: наш (bg) (naš)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 我們的／我们的 (zh) (wǒmen de); 咱們的／咱们的 (zánmen de); 咱的 (zh) (zán de)
- Coptic: ⲫⲱⲛ m (phōn) (Bohairic), ⲑⲱⲛ f (thōn) (Bohairic), ⲛⲟⲩⲛ pl (noun) (Bohairic), ⲡⲱⲛ m (pōn) (Sahidic), ⲧⲱⲛ f (tōn) (Sahidic), ⲛⲟⲩⲛ pl (noun) (Sahidic)
- Czech: náš (cs) m
- Danish: vores (da), vor (da)
- Dutch: het onze, de onze, die van ons
- Esperanto: la nia
- Finnish: meidän (fi)
- French: le nôtre (fr) m, la nôtre (fr) f, les nôtres (fr) m pl or f pl
- German: unserer (de) m, unsere (de) f or pl, unseres (de) n
- Greek: δικός μας (el) m (dikós mas), δικιά μας f (dikiá mas), δική μας (el) f (dikí mas), δικό μας (el) n (dikó mas), δικοί μας (el) m pl (dikoí mas), δικές μας (el) f pl (dikés mas), δικά μας (el) n pl (diká mas)
- Ancient: (article and possessive adjective in appropriate gender and number) ὁ ἡμέτερος (ho hēméteros)
- Hebrew: שלנו (shelánu)
- Hindi: हमारा (hi) (hamārā)
- Hungarian: mienk (hu), miénk (hu), mieink (hu)
- Italian: il nostro m, la nostra f, i nostri m pl, le nostre f pl
- Japanese: 私たちの (ja) (わたしたちの, watashitachi no), 私等の (わたしたちの, watashitachi no), 我らの (われらの, warera no), 我々の (ja) (われわれの, wareware no)
- Lao: ຂອງພວກເຮົາ (khǭng phūak hao)
- Latin: noster (la), nostri (la), nostrum (la)
- Latvian: mūsu, mūsējs, mūsējais
- Macedonian: наш (naš)
- Manchu: ᠮᡝᠨ᠋ᡳᠩᡤᡝ (meningge), ᠮᡠᠰᡝᠩᡤᡝ (musengge)
- Mazanderani: امنی (ameni)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: манайх (manajx)
- Mongolian: ᠮᠠᠨ᠋ᠤᠬᠢ (manuki)
- Polish: nasz (pl)
- Portuguese: o nosso m
- Romani: amaro m, amari f, amare pl
- Romanian: al nostru (ro) m, a noastră f, ai noștri m pl, ale noastre f pl
- Russian: наш (ru) (naš)
- Serbo-Croatian: naš (sh), наш
- Slovak: náš
- Slovene: nàš (sl)
- Spanish: lo nuestro
- Swedish: vår (sv) c, vårt (sv) n, våra (sv) pl
- Thai: ของเรา (kŏng rao)
- Turkish: bizimki (tr)
- Tuvan: бистии (bistii)
- Ukrainian: наш (uk) (naš)
- Urdu: ہمارا (hamārā)
- Uyghur: بىزنىڭكى (bizningki), بىزنىڭكىلەر pl (bizningkiler)
- Vietnamese: của chúng tôi
- Yakut: биһиэнэ (bihiene)
- Zazaki: emara
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French ours, from Old French urs, from Latin ursus.
The Early Modern French pronunciation was /uʁ/ before consonants, /uʁz/ before vowels, and /uʁs/ in pausa. For the most part, the pausal pronunciations were eventually lost, but in some cases they were re-established as the basic form (reinforced in part by the spelling, in part by related words; in this case perhaps the feminine ourse).
Pronunciation
Noun
ours m (plural ours, feminine ourse)
- bear (animal)
- (figurative) A person like a bear:
- loner, someone who avoids company
- faire l’ours ― to be a loner
- beast, beastly person
- (gay slang) bear (hairy gay man)
- (obsolete) pressman, worker with a hand printing press
- masthead, imprint (list of a publication's main staff)
- (cinematography) rough cut
- (slang) prison, jail
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Middle English
Pronoun
ours
- Alternative form of oures
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French urs, from Latin ursus.
Noun
ours m (plural ours, feminine singular ourse, feminine plural ourses)
- bear (mammal)
Descendants