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Received-Pronunciation:
/hɜːˈsɛlf/
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Received-Pronunciation:
/(h)əsɛlf/
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Northumbria:
/æˈsɛl/
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Northumbria:
/ɐˈsɛl/
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General-American:
/hɝˈsɛlf/
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General-American:
/ɚsɛlf/
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CMU ARPABET:
HH ER0 S EH1 L F
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Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: feminine, personal, pronoun, reflexive, singular, third-person
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
She; an intensifier of the female subject or object, often used to indicate the directness or exclusiveness of that person .
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: emphatic, feminine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person
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Antonyms: none provided
The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; she (used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, feminine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person
Examples
What's herself up to this time? Have you seen herself yet this morning?
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Honorific alternative letter-case form of herself, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, honorific
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From Middle English. Equivalent to her + -self.
Across languages
Translations 70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian :
сябе́
(sjabjé)
— (reflexive object) her
Belarusian :
сабе́
(sabjé)
— (reflexive object) her
Belarusian :
сабо́й
(sabój)
— (reflexive object) her
Belarusian :
-цца
(-cca)
— (reflexive object) her
Catalan :
es
— (reflexive object) her
Esperanto :
sin
— (reflexive object) her
Finnish :
itsensä
— (reflexive object) her
French :
elle-même
— (reflexive object) her
German :
sich
— (reflexive object) her
Ancient Greek :
ἑαυτήν
(heautḗn)
— (reflexive object) her
Ancient Greek :
ἑαυτῇ
(heautēî)
— (reflexive object) her
Ancient Greek :
ἑαυτῆς
(heautês)
— (reflexive object) her
Hungarian :
magát
— (reflexive object) her
Jamaican Creole :
arself
— (reflexive object) her
Khakas :
позы
(pozı)
— (reflexive object) her
Latin :
sē
— (reflexive object) her
Latin :
sēsē
— (reflexive object) her
Latin :
sibi
— (reflexive object) her
Latin :
suī
— (reflexive object) her
Mauritian Creole :
limem
— (reflexive object) her
Navajo :
tʼáá bí
— (reflexive object) her
Navajo :
tʼáá hó
— (reflexive object) her
Norwegian :
seg
— (reflexive object) her
Portuguese :
a si (própria/mesma)
— (reflexive object) her
Portuguese :
se
— (reflexive object) her
Romani :
pes
— (reflexive object) her
Kalo Finnish Romani :
pes
— (reflexive object) her
Romanian :
se
— (reflexive object) her
Russian :
себя́
(sebjá)
— (reflexive object) her
Northern Sami :
iežas
— (reflexive object) her
Serbo-Croatian :
себе
— (reflexive object) her
Serbo-Croatian :
sebe
— (reflexive object) her
Lower Sorbian :
se
— (reflexive object) her
Spanish :
se
— (reflexive object) her
Spanish :
ella misma
— (reflexive object) her
Spanish :
sí misma
— (reflexive object) her
Tuvan :
боду
(bodu)
— (reflexive object) her
Volapük :
oki
— (reflexive object) her
Welsh :
ei hun
— (reflexive object) her
Welsh :
ei hunan
— (reflexive object) her
Yakut :
бэйэтэ
(beyete)
— (reflexive object) her
Yiddish :
זיך
(zikh)
— (reflexive object) her
American Sign Language :
A@Chesthigh SmallFrontandback
— (as intensifier) she
Arabic :
نَفْسُهَا
(nafsuhā)
— (as intensifier) she
Belarusian :
яна́ сама́
(janá samá)
— (as intensifier) she
Catalan :
mateixa
— (as intensifier) she
Chinese Mandarin :
她自己
(tā zìjǐ)
— (as intensifier) she
Czech :
jí
— (as intensifier) she
Dutch :
zijzelf
— (as intensifier) she
Finnish :
hän ... itse
— (as intensifier) she
French :
elle-même
— (as intensifier) she
German :
sie selbst
— (as intensifier) she
Ancient Greek :
αὐτή
(autḗ)
— (as intensifier) she
Hungarian :
maga
— (as intensifier) she
Italian :
lei stessa
— (as intensifier) she
Japanese :
彼女自身
(kanojo-jishin)
— (as intensifier) she
Korean :
그 여자 자신
(geu yeoja jasin)
— (as intensifier) she
Central Kurdish :
خۆی
(xoy)
— (as intensifier) she
Latin :
ipsa
— (as intensifier) she
Latvian :
viņa pati
— (as intensifier) she
Norman :
ielle-mesme
— (as intensifier) she
Portuguese :
ela mesma
— (as intensifier) she
Romanian :
ea însăși
— (as intensifier) she
Russian :
сама́
(samá)
— (as intensifier) she
Northern Sami :
ieš
— (as intensifier) she
Slovak :
ona sama
— (as intensifier) she
Spanish :
ella misma
— (as intensifier) she
Swedish :
sig
— (as intensifier) she
Swedish :
sig själv
— (as intensifier) she
Ukrainian :
вона́ сама́
(voná samá)
— (as intensifier) she
