their

See also: þeir

their - English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /ðɛə(ɹ)/, /ðɛː(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA: /ðɛɚ/
    • (unstressed) IPA: /ðɚ/
  • Homophones: there, they're

Determiner

their

  1. Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).
    • they will meet tomorrow at their convenience
    • this is probably their cat
  2. Belonging to someone (one person, singular).

Usage notes

  • Regarding the use of singular their, see they.
  • The words their, there, and they're are homophones in most English accents today. This often causes confusion between the three in writing.
  • they, them (personal pronouns, subject and object case)
  • theirs (possessive pronoun)

Translations

  • Arabic: لَهُم (lahum), ـهُمْ (ar) m (-hum), ـهُنَّ (ar) f (-hunna), ـهُمَا du (-humā)
    • Egyptian Arabic: ـهم (-hum)
  • Armenian: նրանց (nrancʿ), իրենց (hy) (irencʿ)
  • Aromanian: (a) lor m or f
  • Asturian: so (ast), sos (ast) pl
  • Azerbaijani: onların
  • Belarusian: іх (ix), і́хні (íxni), і́хны (íxny)
  • Bulgarian: те́хен (téhen), им (bg) (im)
  • Catalan: llur (ca)
  • Cebuano: ila (preposed), nila (postposed)
  • Chinese:
  • Coptic: ⲡⲟⲩ m (pou), ⲧⲟⲩ f (tou), ⲛⲟⲩ m pl or f pl (nou)
  • Czech: jejich (cs)
  • Danish: deres (da), sin (da)
  • Dutch: hun (nl)
  • Egyptian: (Old and Middle Egyptian) (.sn), (Late Egyptian) (.w)
  • Esperanto: ilia (eo), iliaj (eo) pl
  • Faroese: teirra, hjá teimum, sín, hjá sær
  • Finnish: (if owners are people) heidän (fi); (if owners are not people) niiden (fi), niitten (fi)
  • French: leur (fr) sg, leurs (fr) pl
  • Friulian: lôr
  • Galician: seu (gl) m, súa f, seus m pl, súas f pl
  • Georgian: მათი (mati), იმათი (imati), თავიანთი (tavianti)
  • German: ihr (de), ihre (de)
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (seins)
  • Greek:
  • Hawaiian: (dual) ko lāua, lāua, (plural) ko lākou, lākou
  • Hebrew: שלהם pl (shelahém)
  • Hindi: उनका (hi) (unkā)
  • Hungarian: -uk, -ük, -juk, -jük
  • Icelandic: þeirra (is), sinn (is) m, sín (is) f, sitt (is) n
  • Ido: lia (io)
  • Interlingua: lor
  • Irish: a (ga)
  • Istriot: luri
  • Italian: (please verify) il loro m sg, (please verify) la loro f sg, (please verify) i loro m pl, (please verify) le loro f pl, (please verify) loro (it)
  • Japanese: 彼らの (ja) (かれらの, karera no)
  • Kapampangan: karela, ila
  • Khmer: របស់គេ (rɔbɑh kei)
  • Korean: 그들의 (geudeurui)
  • Kyrgyz: алардын (ky) (alardın)
  • Latin: suus (la), illorum m or n, illarum f, eorum (la) m or n, earum (la) f, horum (la) m or n, harum (la) f
  • Latvian: viņu (lv)
  • Louisiana Creole French:
  • Macedonian: нивен (niven)
  • Maltese: tagħhom
  • Maori: tā rāua (singular dominant referring to two people), tō rāua (singular subordinate referring to two people), ā rāua (plural dominant referring to two people), ō rāua (plural subordinate referring to two people), tā rātau (singular dominant referring to three or more people), tō rātau (singular subordinate referring to three or more people), ā rātau (plural dominant referring to three or more people), ō rātau (plural subordinate referring to three or more people)
  • Norwegian:
  • Occitan: lor (oc)
  • Persian: ـشان (fa) (-e-šân)
  • Pipil: in-
  • Polish: ich (pl)
  • Portuguese: seu (pt), seus (pt)
  • Romani: lenqo m, lenqi f, lenqe pl
  • Romanian: lor (ro) m or f, săi m, sale (ro) f
  • Romansch: lur
  • Russian: их (ru) (ix)
  • Scots: thair
  • Scottish Gaelic: aca, an, am
  • Serbo-Croatian:
  • Sinhalese: ඔවුන්ගේ (owungē)
  • Slovak: ich (sk), svoj
  • Slovene: njíhov (sl)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: jeju (referring to two people or things), jich (referring to three or more people or things)
  • Spanish: su (es) sg, sus (es) pl
  • Swedish: deras (sv), sin (sv) (c, singular), sitt (sv) (n, singular), sina (sv) pl
  • Tagalog: kanila (preposed), nila (postposed)
  • Thai: ของเขา (kŏng kăo)
  • Tlingit: has du
  • Turkish: onların (tr)
  • Ukrainian: їх (jix), ї́хній (jíxnij)
  • Urdu: ان کا (un kā)
  • Venetian: so (vec), suo (vec)
  • Vietnamese: của họ
  • Volapük: (masculine) omsik (vo), (feminine) ofsik, (neuter or of mixed or unspecified gender) onsik (vo)
  • Walloon: leu (wa) c, leus (wa) c pl
  • Welsh: eu
  • West Frisian: har, harren
  • Yiddish: זייער (zeyer)
  • Yoruba: wọn
  • Zulu: possessive concord + -bo class 2 (usually for people), -yo class 4, -wo class 6, -zo class 8, -zo class 10
  • Esperanto: ria (eo)
  • Finnish: hänen (fi)
  • German: sier (de), siere (nonstandard, neologism)
  • Hungarian: -a (hu), -e (hu), -ja, -je
  • Icelandic: þess (is) n
  • Ido: lua (io)
  • Spanish: su (es)
  • Swahili: -ake
  • Swedish: hens (sv)
  • Volapük: onik (vo), ona
  • Welsh: ei

Adverb

their

  1. Misspelling of there.

Contraction

their

  1. Misspelling of they’re.

Anagrams

their - Middle English

Determiner

their

  1. Alternative form of þeir

their - Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /heɾʲ/

Verb

their

  1. future of abair

Usage notes

Meaning and Definition of their
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