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• /ɪts/
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• Northwestern, US: /ɪʔ.s/
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• homophone: it's
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• CMU ARPABET: IH1 T S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: IH0 T S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Contraction of it + is.

Equivalent to it + -s (possessive marker). From the earlier form it's (it + -'s), which is now considered nonstandard. Began to displace his as the possessive of the neuter pronoun in the Middle English period; had fully displaced it by the 1700s.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

142 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• American Sign Language: FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp — belonging to it
• Azerbaijani: onunku — belonging to it
• Belarusian: яго́ (jahó) — belonging to it
• Belarusian: яго́ны (jahóny) — belonging to it
• Belarusian: яе́ (jajé) — belonging to it
• Belarusian: свой (svoj) — belonging to it
• Bulgarian: не́гов (négov) — belonging to it
• Bulgarian: не́ин (néin) — belonging to it
• Catalan: seu — belonging to it
• Czech: jeho — belonging to it
• Danish: dens — belonging to it
• Danish: dets — belonging to it
• Dutch: zijn — belonging to it
• Dutch: haar — belonging to it
• Esperanto: ĝia — belonging to it
• Esperanto: ties — belonging to it
• Finnish: sen — belonging to it
• French: son — belonging to it
• French: sa — belonging to it
• French: ses — belonging to it
• Georgian: მისი (misi) — belonging to it
• Georgian: თავისი (tavisi) — belonging to it
• German: sein — belonging to it
• German: ihr — belonging to it
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (seins) — belonging to it
• Ancient Greek: αὐτοῦ (autoû) — belonging to it
• Ancient Greek: αὐτῆς (autês) — belonging to it
• Ancient Greek: αὐτοῦ (autoû) — belonging to it
• Greenlandic: uuma — belonging to it
• Hawaiian: kona — belonging to it
• Hawaiian: kāna — belonging to it
• Hungarian: -a — belonging to it
• Hungarian: -e — belonging to it
• Hungarian: -ja — belonging to it
• Hungarian: -je — belonging to it
• Icelandic: þess — belonging to it
• Ido: olua — belonging to it
• Interlingua: su — belonging to it
• Italian: suo — belonging to it
• Kalmyk: энүнә (enünä) — belonging to it
• Kalmyk: терүнә (terünä) — belonging to it
• Latin: eius — belonging to it
• Latin: suī — belonging to it
• Latin: suae — belonging to it
• Norwegian Bokmål: dens — belonging to it
• Norwegian Bokmål: dets — belonging to it
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hans — belonging to it
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hennar — belonging to it
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dess — belonging to it
• Old English: his — belonging to it
• Old English: hire — belonging to it
• Portuguese: seu — belonging to it
• Portuguese: sua — belonging to it
• Portuguese: dele — belonging to it
• Portuguese: dela — belonging to it
• Russian: его́ (jevó) — belonging to it
• Russian: её (jejó) — belonging to it
• Russian: свой (svoj) — belonging to it
• Serbo-Croatian: њѐгов — belonging to it
• Serbo-Croatian: njègov — belonging to it
• Slovene: njegóv — belonging to it
• Lower Sorbian: jogo — belonging to it
• Spanish: su — belonging to it
• Spanish: sus — belonging to it
• Spanish: de él — belonging to it
• Spanish: de ella — belonging to it
• Spanish: de ello — belonging to it
• Spanish: del mismo — belonging to it
• Spanish: de la misma — belonging to it
• Swedish: dess — belonging to it
• Tamil: அதன் (ataṉ) — belonging to it
• Tamil: அதனுடைய (ataṉuṭaiya) — belonging to it
• Tamil: இதன் (itaṉ) — belonging to it
• Tamil: இதனுடைய (itaṉuṭaiya) — belonging to it
• Turkish: onun — belonging to it
• Ukrainian: його́ (johó) — belonging to it
• Ukrainian: її́ (jijí) — belonging to it
• Ukrainian: свій (svij) — belonging to it
• Volapük: onik — belonging to it
• Volapük: ona — belonging to it
• Zulu: -wo — belonging to it
• Zulu: -lo — belonging to it
• Zulu: -so — belonging to it
• Zulu: -yo — belonging to it
• Zulu: -lo — belonging to it
• Zulu: -bo — belonging to it
• Zulu: -kho — belonging to it
• American Sign Language: FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp — that which belongs to it
• Bulgarian: не́гов (négov) — that which belongs to it
• Bulgarian: не́ин (néin) — that which belongs to it
• Catalan: seu — that which belongs to it
• Czech: jeho — that which belongs to it
• Danish: dens — that which belongs to it
• Danish: dets — that which belongs to it
• Esperanto: ĝia — that which belongs to it
• Finnish: sen — that which belongs to it
• French: le sien — that which belongs to it
• French: la sienne — that which belongs to it
• French: les siens — that which belongs to it
• French: les siennes — that which belongs to it
• German: sein — that which belongs to it
• German: ihr — that which belongs to it
• Greek: δικός του (dikós tou) — that which belongs to it
• Greek: δικιά του (dikiá tou) — that which belongs to it
• Greek: δική του (dikí tou) — that which belongs to it
• Greek: δικό του (dikó tou) — that which belongs to it
• Greek: δικοί του (dikoí tou) — that which belongs to it
• Greek: δικές του (dikés tou) — that which belongs to it
• Greek: δικά του (diká tou) — that which belongs to it
• Hungarian: övé — that which belongs to it
• Hungarian: azé — that which belongs to it
• Ido: olua — that which belongs to it
• Irish: a — that which belongs to it
• Latin: suus — that which belongs to it
• Latin: eius — that which belongs to it
• Latin: huius — that which belongs to it
• Latin: illius — that which belongs to it
• Polish: jego — that which belongs to it
• Polish: jej — that which belongs to it
• Polish: swój — that which belongs to it
• Polish: ów — that which belongs to it
• Portuguese: seu — that which belongs to it
• Portuguese: dele — that which belongs to it
• Portuguese: dela — that which belongs to it
• Russian: его́ (jevó) — that which belongs to it
• Russian: её (jejó) — that which belongs to it
• Russian: свой (svoj) — that which belongs to it
• Serbo-Croatian: њѐгов — that which belongs to it
• Serbo-Croatian: njègov — that which belongs to it
• Slovene: njegóv — that which belongs to it
• Spanish: suyo — that which belongs to it
• Spanish: de él — that which belongs to it
• Spanish: de ella — that which belongs to it
• Spanish: de ello — that which belongs to it
• Spanish: del mismo — that which belongs to it
• Spanish: de la misma — that which belongs to it
• Swedish: dess — that which belongs to it
• Tamil: அதனுடையது (ataṉuṭaiyatu) — that which belongs to it
• Tamil: இதனுடையது (itaṉuṭaiyatu) — that which belongs to it
• Turkish: onun — that which belongs to it
• Tuvan: ооңуу (ooñuu) — that which belongs to it
• Yakut: киниэнэ (kiniene) — that which belongs to it