det
Meaning 1
Belonging to him.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
his
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɪz/ [ɪ̈z]
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/əz/ weak vowel merger
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Australian, Canada, UK, US: /hɪz/
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New-Zealand: /ˈhɘz/
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rhymes with -ɪz
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CMU ARPABET: HH IH1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: HH IH0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
det
Meaning 2
Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, sometimes
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det
Meaning 3
Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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det
Meaning 4
Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Examples
- Ahab his mark
- Sejanus his Fall
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name
Meaning 5
A surname from Swiss.
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noun
Meaning 6
plural of hi
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 7
Initialism of health information system or hospital information system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, medicine, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
Examples
- Meronyms: HL7, PACS, DICOM, EHR, EMR
- Near-synonyms: CIS; HIT
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: CIS, HIT
Antonyms: none provided
pron
Meaning 8
That or those belonging to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- This pen is his. These books are also his.
- The decision was his to live with.
- His is bigger than mine.
- That cough of his is really getting on my nerves.
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pron
Meaning 9
His house or home.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- After our night out, I went back to his.
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pron
Meaning 10
Alternative spelling of His.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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pron
Meaning 11
Honorific alternative letter-case form of his, 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, possessive, pronoun, without-noun
Examples
- We pray that He grant us His blessings and that His will be done.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English hes, from Old English his (“his; its”), from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”). Cognate with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic hans (“his”). More at he; see also its.
Across languages
Translations
272 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: tij — attributive: belonging to him
- American Sign Language: FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp — attributive: belonging to him
- Arabic: ـهُ (-hu) — attributive: belonging to him
- Arabic: لَه (lah) — attributive: belonging to him
- Arabic: ـه (-u) — attributive: belonging to him
- Arabic: ليه بتاعو m بتاعتو f بتوعو (betaʕto) — attributive: belonging to him
- Armenian: նրա (nra) — attributive: belonging to him
- Old Armenian: նորա (nora) — attributive: belonging to him
- Aromanian: seu — attributive: belonging to him
- Aromanian: (a) lui — attributive: belonging to him
- Asturian: so — attributive: belonging to him
- Bahamian Creole: he own — attributive: belonging to him
- Belarusian: яго́ (jahó) — attributive: belonging to him
- Belarusian: яго́ны (jahóny) — attributive: belonging to him
- Belarusian: свой (svoj) — attributive: belonging to him
- Central Bikol: saiya — attributive: belonging to him
- Central Bikol: niya — attributive: belonging to him
- Breton: e — attributive: belonging to him
- Bulgarian: не́гов (négov) — attributive: belonging to him
- Bulgarian: свой (svoj) — attributive: belonging to him
- Burmese: သူ့ (su.) — attributive: belonging to him
- Catalan: seu — attributive: belonging to him
- Chinese Mandarin: 他的 (tā de) — attributive: belonging to him
- Coptic: ⲡⲉϥ (pef) — attributive: belonging to him
- Coptic: ⲧⲉϥ (tef) — attributive: belonging to him
- Coptic: ⲛⲉϥ (nef) — attributive: belonging to him
- Czech: jeho — attributive: belonging to him
- Czech: svůj — attributive: belonging to him
- Danish: hans — attributive: belonging to him
- Dutch: zijn — attributive: belonging to him
- Egyptian: f (.f) — attributive: belonging to him
- Esperanto: lia — attributive: belonging to him
- Estonian: tema — attributive: belonging to him
- Estonian: ta — attributive: belonging to him
- Finnish: hänen — attributive: belonging to him
- French: son — attributive: belonging to him
- French: sa — attributive: belonging to him
- French: ses — attributive: belonging to him
- West-Frisian: syn — attributive: belonging to him
- Friulian: so — attributive: belonging to him
- Friulian: sô — attributive: belonging to him
- Galician: seu — attributive: belonging to him
- Galician: súa — attributive: belonging to him
- Galician: seus — attributive: belonging to him
- Galician: súas — attributive: belonging to him
- Galician: del — attributive: belonging to him
- Georgian: მისი (misi) — attributive: belonging to him
- Georgian: თავისი (tavisi) — attributive: belonging to him
- German: sein — attributive: belonging to him
- German: n — attributive: belonging to him
- German: seine — attributive: belonging to him
- German: seine — attributive: belonging to him
- German: siin — attributive: belonging to him
- German: sini — attributive: belonging to him
- German: siis — attributive: belonging to him
- Gothic: 𐌹𐍃 (is) — attributive: belonging to him
- Greek: του (tou) — attributive: belonging to him
- Ancient Greek: αὐτοῦ (autoû) — attributive: belonging to him
- Ancient Greek: τούτου (toútou) — attributive: belonging to him
- Ancient Greek: τοῦδε (toûde) — attributive: belonging to him
- Ancient Greek: ἐκείνου (ekeínou) — attributive: belonging to him
- Ancient Greek: τοῦ (toû) — attributive: belonging to him
- Ancient Greek: ὅς (hós) — attributive: belonging to him
- Ancient Greek: ἑός (heós) — attributive: belonging to him
- Greenlandic: uuma — attributive: belonging to him
- Hawaiian: kona — attributive: belonging to him
- Hawaiian: kāna — attributive: belonging to him
- Hebrew: שלו (sheló) — attributive: belonging to him
- Hindi: उसका (uskā) — attributive: belonging to him
- Hindi: इसका (iskā) — attributive: belonging to him
- Hindi: उनका (unkā) — attributive: belonging to him
- Hungarian: -a — attributive: belonging to him
- Hungarian: -e — attributive: belonging to him
- Hungarian: -ja — attributive: belonging to him
- Hungarian: -je — attributive: belonging to him
- Ido: ilua — attributive: belonging to him
- Interlingua: su — attributive: belonging to him
- Irish: a — attributive: belonging to him
- Italian: suo — attributive: belonging to him
- Italian: sua — attributive: belonging to him
- Italian: suoi — attributive: belonging to him
- Italian: sue — attributive: belonging to him
- Japanese: 彼の (kare no) — attributive: belonging to him
- Kalmyk: энүнә (enünä) — attributive: belonging to him
- Kalmyk: терүнә (terünä) — attributive: belonging to him
- Korean: 그의 (geuui) — attributive: belonging to him
- Northern Kurdish: wî — attributive: belonging to him
- Kyrgyz: анын (anın) — attributive: belonging to him
- Latin: suus — attributive: belonging to him
- Latin: eius — attributive: belonging to him
- Latin: illius — attributive: belonging to him
- Latvian: viņa — attributive: belonging to him
- Lithuanian: savas — attributive: belonging to him
- Louisiana Creole: sô — attributive: belonging to him
- Louisiana Creole: sâ — attributive: belonging to him
- Louisiana Creole: sê — attributive: belonging to him
- Luxembourgish: säi — attributive: belonging to him
- Luxembourgish: senger — attributive: belonging to him
- Macedonian: негов (negov) — attributive: belonging to him
- Macedonian: свој (svoj) — attributive: belonging to him
- Maltese: tiegħu — attributive: belonging to him
- Maltese: tagħhom — attributive: belonging to him
- Māori: tāna — attributive: belonging to him
- Māori: tōna — attributive: belonging to him
- Māori: āna — attributive: belonging to him
- Māori: ōna — attributive: belonging to him
- Māori: tana — attributive: belonging to him
- Māori: ana — attributive: belonging to him
- Navajo: bi- — attributive: belonging to him
- Ngarrindjeri: kinauwe — attributive: belonging to him
- Norwegian Bokmål: hans — attributive: belonging to him
- Norwegian Bokmål: sin — attributive: belonging to him
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hans — attributive: belonging to him
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hass — attributive: belonging to him
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sin — attributive: belonging to him
- Nyunga: balup — attributive: belonging to him
- Occitan: seu — attributive: belonging to him
- Occitan: seuna — attributive: belonging to him
- Odia: ତାର (tāra) — attributive: belonging to him
- Ojibwe: o- — attributive: belonging to him
- Persian: او (u) — attributive: belonging to him
- Persian: ش (-aš) — attributive: belonging to him
- Pipil: i- — attributive: belonging to him
- Polish: jego — attributive: belonging to him
- Polish: swój — attributive: belonging to him
- Portuguese: seu — attributive: belonging to him
- Romani: lesqo — attributive: belonging to him
- Romani: lesqi — attributive: belonging to him
- Romani: lesqe — attributive: belonging to him
- Romanian: său — attributive: belonging to him
- Romanian: sa — attributive: belonging to him
- Romanian: săi — attributive: belonging to him
- Romanian: sale — attributive: belonging to him
- Romanian: lui — attributive: belonging to him
- Romansh: ses — attributive: belonging to him
- Romansh: sia — attributive: belonging to him
- Romansh: sias — attributive: belonging to him
- Russian: его́ (jevó) — attributive: belonging to him
- Russian: свой (svoj) — attributive: belonging to him
- Scottish Gaelic: a — attributive: belonging to him
- Serbo-Croatian: њѐгов — attributive: belonging to him
- Serbo-Croatian: сво̑ј — attributive: belonging to him
- Serbo-Croatian: njègov — attributive: belonging to him
- Serbo-Croatian: svȏj — attributive: belonging to him
- Slovak: jeho — attributive: belonging to him
- Slovak: svoj — attributive: belonging to him
- Slovene: njegôv — attributive: belonging to him
- Slovene: svój — attributive: belonging to him
- Lower Sorbian: jogo — attributive: belonging to him
- Upper Sorbian: jeho — attributive: belonging to him
- Spanish: su — attributive: belonging to him
- Spanish: sus — attributive: belonging to him
- Swedish: hans — attributive: belonging to him
- Swedish: sin — attributive: belonging to him
- Tagalog: niya — attributive: belonging to him
- Tagalog: kaniya — attributive: belonging to him
- Telugu: వాడి (vāḍi) — attributive: belonging to him
- Telugu: అతని (atani) — attributive: belonging to him
- Telugu: ఆయన (āyana) — attributive: belonging to him
- Thai: ของเขา (kɔ̌ɔng kǎo) — attributive: belonging to him
- Tigrinya: ናቱ (natu) — attributive: belonging to him
- Tlingit: du — attributive: belonging to him
- Turkish: onun — attributive: belonging to him
- Ukrainian: його́ (johó) — attributive: belonging to him
- Ukrainian: свій (svij) — attributive: belonging to him
- Urdu: اس کا (us ka, is ka) — attributive: belonging to him
- Urdu: ان کا (un ka) — attributive: belonging to him
- Venetan: so — attributive: belonging to him
- Vietnamese: của anh ấy — attributive: belonging to him
- Vietnamese: của nó — attributive: belonging to him
- Vietnamese: của hắn — attributive: belonging to him
- Volapük: omik — attributive: belonging to him
- Waray-Waray: iya — attributive: belonging to him
- Waray-Waray: ira — attributive: belonging to him
- Yao (Africa): -akwe — attributive: belonging to him
- Zulu: -wo — attributive: belonging to him
- Zulu: -lo — attributive: belonging to him
- Zulu: -so — attributive: belonging to him
- Zulu: -yo — attributive: belonging to him
- Zulu: -lo — attributive: belonging to him
- Chinese Mandarin: 祂的 (tāde) — belonging to God
- Malay: -Nya — belonging to God
- Spanish: su — belonging to God
- Spanish: de él — belonging to God
- Sundanese: -Na — belonging to God
- French: SIH (système d'information hospitalier) — hospital information system
- American Sign Language: FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp — that which belongs to him
- Armenian: իր (ir) — that which belongs to him
- Azerbaijani: onunku — that which belongs to him
- Azerbaijani: onun — that which belongs to him
- Central Bikol: saiya — that which belongs to him
- Catalan: el seu — that which belongs to him
- Catalan: la seva — that which belongs to him
- Catalan: els seus — that which belongs to him
- Catalan: les seves — that which belongs to him
- Czech: jeho — that which belongs to him
- Danish: hans — that which belongs to him
- Dutch: de zijne — that which belongs to him
- Dutch: aan hem — that which belongs to him
- Egyptian: pA-i-i-f (pꜣy.f) — that which belongs to him
- Egyptian: t-A-i-i-f (tꜣy.f) — that which belongs to him
- Egyptian: n:A-i-i-f (nꜣy.f pl) — that which belongs to him
- Esperanto: lia — that which belongs to him
- Finnish: hänen — that which belongs to him
- French: le sien — that which belongs to him
- French: la sienne — that which belongs to him
- French: les siens — that which belongs to him
- French: les siennes — that which belongs to him
- Galician: seu — that which belongs to him
- Galician: súa — that which belongs to him
- Galician: seus — that which belongs to him
- Galician: súas — that which belongs to him
- Galician: del — that which belongs to him
- German: seiner — that which belongs to him
- German: seine — that which belongs to him
- German: seines — that which belongs to him
- German: sein — that which belongs to him
- German: der Seine — that which belongs to him
- German: die Seine — that which belongs to him
- German: das Seine — that which belongs to him
- German: die Seinen — that which belongs to him
- German: seins — that which belongs to him
- Greek: δικός του (dikós tou) — that which belongs to him
- Greek: δικιά του (dikiá tou) — that which belongs to him
- Greek: δική του (dikí tou) — that which belongs to him
- Greek: δικό του (dikó tou) — that which belongs to him
- Greek: δικοί του (dikoí tou) — that which belongs to him
- Greek: δικές του (dikés tou) — that which belongs to him
- Greek: δικά του (diká tou) — that which belongs to him
- Hebrew: שלו — that which belongs to him
- Hebrew: שלו (shelo) — that which belongs to him
- Hungarian: (az) övé — that which belongs to him
- Ido: ilua — that which belongs to him
- Italian: il suo — that which belongs to him
- Italian: la sua — that which belongs to him
- Italian: i suoi — that which belongs to him
- Italian: le sue — that which belongs to him
- Latin: eius — that which belongs to him
- Latin: suus — that which belongs to him
- Latin: illius — that which belongs to him
- Latin: huius — that which belongs to him
- Latvian: viņa — that which belongs to him
- Latvian: viņējs — that which belongs to him
- Latvian: viņējais — that which belongs to him
- Norwegian Bokmål: hans — that which belongs to him
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hans — that which belongs to him
- Portuguese: dele — that which belongs to him
- Romanian: al lui — that which belongs to him
- Romanian: al său — that which belongs to him
- Romanian: a sa — that which belongs to him
- Romanian: ai săi — that which belongs to him
- Romanian: ale sale — that which belongs to him
- Romansh: il sieu — that which belongs to him
- Romansh: la sia — that which belongs to him
- Romansh: ils ses — that which belongs to him
- Romansh: las sias — that which belongs to him
- Russian: его́ (jevó) — that which belongs to him
- Serbo-Croatian: њѐгов — that which belongs to him
- Serbo-Croatian: сво̑ј — that which belongs to him
- Serbo-Croatian: njègov — that which belongs to him
- Serbo-Croatian: svȏj — that which belongs to him
- Shor: ааң — that which belongs to him
- Slovak: jeho — that which belongs to him
- Slovene: njegôv — that which belongs to him
- Spanish: suyo — that which belongs to him
- Spanish: suya — that which belongs to him
- Spanish: suyos — that which belongs to him
- Spanish: suyas — that which belongs to him
- Swedish: hans — that which belongs to him
- Tagalog: kaniya — that which belongs to him
- Tuvan: ооңуу (ooñuu) — that which belongs to him
- Yakut: киниэнэ (kiniene) — that which belongs to him