adv
Meaning 1
Misspelling of there.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
their
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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thâr
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homophone: they're
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homophone: (pane–pain merger) there
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UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Received-Pronunciation: /ðɛə/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ðɛː/
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Scotland: /ðeɹ/
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thûr Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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/ðɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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US: /ðɛɚ/
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US, unstressed: /ðɚ/
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stressed: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Midwestern-US: thär
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Midwestern-US: /ðɑː(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)
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Canada, Northwestern, US: [ðeːɹ]
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Australian: /ðeː/
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thîr New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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/ðiə/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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New-Zealand: /ðeə/ without the cheer–chair merger
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/zɛə(ɹ)/ th-alveolarisation
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CMU ARPABET: DH EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
contraction
Meaning 2
Misspelling of they’re.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, contraction, misspelling
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
det
Meaning 3
Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- they will meet tomorrow at their convenience
- this is probably their cat
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
det
Meaning 4
Belonging to someone (one person, singular), or occasionally to something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Old Norse þeirra. Replaced native Old English heora.
Across languages
Translations
196 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: لَهُم (lahum) — belonging to them (plural)
- Arabic: ـهُمْ (-hum) — belonging to them (plural)
- Arabic: ـهُنَّ (-hunna) — belonging to them (plural)
- Arabic: ـهُمَا (-humā) — belonging to them (plural)
- Arabic: ـهم (-hum) — belonging to them (plural)
- Armenian: նրանց (nrancʻ) — belonging to them (plural)
- Armenian: իրենց (irencʻ) — belonging to them (plural)
- Old Armenian: նոցա (nocʻa) — belonging to them (plural)
- Aromanian: (a) lor — belonging to them (plural)
- Asturian: so — belonging to them (plural)
- Asturian: sos — belonging to them (plural)
- Azerbaijani: onların — belonging to them (plural)
- Belarusian: іх (ix) — belonging to them (plural)
- Belarusian: і́хні (íxni) — belonging to them (plural)
- Belarusian: і́хны (íxny) — belonging to them (plural)
- Bulgarian: те́хен (téhen) — belonging to them (plural)
- Bulgarian: им (im) — belonging to them (plural)
- Catalan: llur — belonging to them (plural)
- Cebuano: ila (preposed) — belonging to them (plural)
- Cebuano: nila (postposed) — belonging to them (plural)
- Chinese Cantonese: 他們的 /他们的 (ta1 mun4 dik1) — belonging to them (plural)
- Chinese Cantonese: 佢哋嘅 (keoi5 dei6 ge3) — belonging to them (plural)
- Chinese: 𪜶 (zh-min-nan) — belonging to them (plural)
- Chinese Mandarin: 他們的 /他们的 (tāmen de) — belonging to them (plural)
- Chinese Mandarin: 她們的 /她们的 (tāmen de) — belonging to them (plural)
- Coptic: ⲡⲟⲩ (pou) — belonging to them (plural)
- Coptic: ⲧⲟⲩ (tou) — belonging to them (plural)
- Coptic: ⲛⲟⲩ (nou) — belonging to them (plural)
- Czech: jejich — belonging to them (plural)
- Danish: deres — belonging to them (plural)
- Danish: sin — belonging to them (plural)
- Dutch: hun — belonging to them (plural)
- Egyptian: s-n:Z2 (.sn) — belonging to them (plural)
- Egyptian: W:Z2 (.w) — belonging to them (plural)
- Esperanto: ilia — belonging to them (plural)
- Esperanto: iliaj — belonging to them (plural)
- Esperanto: siaj — belonging to them (plural)
- Faroese: teirra — belonging to them (plural)
- Faroese: hjá teimum — belonging to them (plural)
- Faroese: sín — belonging to them (plural)
- Faroese: hjá sær — belonging to them (plural)
- Finnish: heidän — belonging to them (plural)
- Finnish: niiden — belonging to them (plural)
- Finnish: niitten — belonging to them (plural)
- French: leur — belonging to them (plural)
- French: leurs — belonging to them (plural)
- West-Frisian: har — belonging to them (plural)
- West-Frisian: harren — belonging to them (plural)
- Friulian: lôr — belonging to them (plural)
- Galician: seu — belonging to them (plural)
- Galician: súa — belonging to them (plural)
- Galician: seus — belonging to them (plural)
- Galician: súas — belonging to them (plural)
- Georgian: მათი (mati) — belonging to them (plural)
- Georgian: იმათი (imati) — belonging to them (plural)
- Georgian: თავიანთი (tavianti) — belonging to them (plural)
- German: ihr — belonging to them (plural)
- German: ihre — belonging to them (plural)
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (seins) — belonging to them (plural)
- Ancient Greek: αὐτῶν (autôn) — belonging to them (plural)
- Ancient Greek: τούτων (toútōn) — belonging to them (plural)
- Ancient Greek: ἐκείνων (ekeínōn) — belonging to them (plural)
- Ancient Greek: τῶνδε (tônde) — belonging to them (plural)
- Ancient Greek: σφῶν (sphôn) — belonging to them (plural)
- Ancient Greek: σφέτερος (sphéteros) — belonging to them (plural)
- Hawaiian: ko lāua — belonging to them (plural)
- Hawaiian: kā lāua — belonging to them (plural)
- Hawaiian: ko lākou — belonging to them (plural)
- Hawaiian: kā lākou — belonging to them (plural)
- Hebrew: שלהם (shelahém) — belonging to them (plural)
- Hindi: उनका (unkā) — belonging to them (plural)
- Hungarian: -uk — belonging to them (plural)
- Hungarian: -ük — belonging to them (plural)
- Hungarian: -juk — belonging to them (plural)
- Hungarian: -jük — belonging to them (plural)
- Icelandic: þeirra — belonging to them (plural)
- Icelandic: sinn — belonging to them (plural)
- Icelandic: sín — belonging to them (plural)
- Icelandic: sitt — belonging to them (plural)
- Ido: lia — belonging to them (plural)
- Interlingua: lor — belonging to them (plural)
- Irish: a — belonging to them (plural)
- Istriot: luri — belonging to them (plural)
- Italian: il loro — belonging to them (plural)
- Italian: la loro — belonging to them (plural)
- Italian: i loro — belonging to them (plural)
- Italian: le loro — belonging to them (plural)
- Italian: loro — belonging to them (plural)
- Japanese: 彼らの (karera no) — belonging to them (plural)
- Kapampangan: karela — belonging to them (plural)
- Kapampangan: ila — belonging to them (plural)
- Khmer: របស់គេ (rɔbɑh kei) — belonging to them (plural)
- Korean: 그들의 (geudeurui) — belonging to them (plural)
- Kyrgyz: алардын (alardın) — belonging to them (plural)
- Latin: suus — belonging to them (plural)
- Latin: illorum — belonging to them (plural)
- Latin: illarum — belonging to them (plural)
- Latin: eorum — belonging to them (plural)
- Latin: earum — belonging to them (plural)
- Latin: horum — belonging to them (plural)
- Latin: harum — belonging to them (plural)
- Latvian: viņu — belonging to them (plural)
- Louisiana Creole: yê — belonging to them (plural)
- Macedonian: нивен (niven) — belonging to them (plural)
- Maltese: tagħhom — belonging to them (plural)
- Māori: tā rāua — belonging to them (plural)
- Māori: tō rāua — belonging to them (plural)
- Māori: ā rāua — belonging to them (plural)
- Māori: ō rāua — belonging to them (plural)
- Māori: tā rātau — belonging to them (plural)
- Māori: tō rātau — belonging to them (plural)
- Māori: ā rātau — belonging to them (plural)
- Māori: ō rātau — belonging to them (plural)
- Marathi: त्यांचा (tyāñcā) — belonging to them (plural)
- Marathi: त्यांचे (tyāñce) — belonging to them (plural)
- Marathi: त्यांची (tyāñcī) — belonging to them (plural)
- Norwegian Bokmål: deres — belonging to them (plural)
- Norwegian Bokmål: sin dems — belonging to them (plural)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: deira — belonging to them (plural)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sin — belonging to them (plural)
- Occitan: lor — belonging to them (plural)
- Pannonian Rusyn: їх (jix) — belonging to them (plural)
- Persian: ـشان (-e-šân) — belonging to them (plural)
- Pipil: in- — belonging to them (plural)
- Polish: ich — belonging to them (plural)
- Portuguese: seu — belonging to them (plural)
- Portuguese: seus — belonging to them (plural)
- Romani: lenqo — belonging to them (plural)
- Romani: lenqi — belonging to them (plural)
- Romani: lenqe — belonging to them (plural)
- Romanian: lor — belonging to them (plural)
- Romanian: săi — belonging to them (plural)
- Romanian: sale — belonging to them (plural)
- Romansh: lur — belonging to them (plural)
- Russian: их (ix) — belonging to them (plural)
- Russian: ихний (ixnij) — belonging to them (plural)
- Scots: thair — belonging to them (plural)
- Scottish Gaelic: aca — belonging to them (plural)
- Scottish Gaelic: an — belonging to them (plural)
- Scottish Gaelic: am — belonging to them (plural)
- Serbo-Croatian: њихов — belonging to them (plural)
- Serbo-Croatian: njihov — belonging to them (plural)
- Sinhalese: ඔවුන්ගේ (owungē) — belonging to them (plural)
- Slovak: ich — belonging to them (plural)
- Slovak: svoj — belonging to them (plural)
- Slovene: njíhov — belonging to them (plural)
- Lower Sorbian: jeju — belonging to them (plural)
- Lower Sorbian: jich — belonging to them (plural)
- Spanish: su — belonging to them (plural)
- Spanish: sus — belonging to them (plural)
- Swedish: deras — belonging to them (plural)
- Swedish: sin (c) — belonging to them (plural)
- Swedish: sitt (n) — belonging to them (plural)
- Swedish: sina — belonging to them (plural)
- Tagalog: kanila (preposed) — belonging to them (plural)
- Tagalog: nila (postposed) — belonging to them (plural)
- Thai: ของเขา (kŏng kăo) — belonging to them (plural)
- Tlingit: has du — belonging to them (plural)
- Turkish: onların — belonging to them (plural)
- Ukrainian: їх (jix) — belonging to them (plural)
- Ukrainian: ї́хній (jíxnij) — belonging to them (plural)
- Urdu: ان کا (un kā) — belonging to them (plural)
- Venetan: so — belonging to them (plural)
- Venetan: suo — belonging to them (plural)
- Vietnamese: của họ — belonging to them (plural)
- Volapük: omsik — belonging to them (plural)
- Volapük: ofsik — belonging to them (plural)
- Volapük: onsik — belonging to them (plural)
- Walloon: leu — belonging to them (plural)
- Walloon: leus — belonging to them (plural)
- Welsh: eu — belonging to them (plural)
- Yiddish: זייער (zeyer) — belonging to them (plural)
- Yoruba: wọn — belonging to them (plural)
- Zulu: -yo — belonging to them (plural)
- Zulu: -wo — belonging to them (plural)
- Zulu: -zo — belonging to them (plural)
- Zulu: -zo — belonging to them (plural)
- Esperanto: ria — belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)
- Finnish: hänen — belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)
- German: sier — belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)
- German: siere — belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)
- Hungarian: -a — belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)
- Hungarian: -e — belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)
- Hungarian: -ja — belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)
- Hungarian: -je — belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)
- Icelandic: háns — belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)
- Ido: lua — belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)
- Norwegian: hens — belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)
- Norwegian: sin — belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)
- Spanish: su — belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)
- Spanish: sus — belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)
- Swahili: -ake — belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)
- Swedish: hens — belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)
- Volapük: onik — belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)
- Volapük: ona — belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)
- Welsh: ei — belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)
Real reading context