pron · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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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Received-Pronunciation:/ðɛəz/
Received-Pronunciation:/ðɛːz/
US:/ðɛɚz/
US:/ðɛɹz/
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Australian:/ðeːz/
/ðiəz/New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
New-Zealand:/ðeəz/without the cheer–chair merger
Scotland:/ðeɹz/
/ðɜː(ɹ)z/Lancashire, fair–fur merger
rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)z
homophone: there's
CMU ARPABET:DH EH1 R Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
pron
Meaning 1
That or those belonging to them; the possessive case of they, used without a following noun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
This luggage is theirs. These passports are also theirs.
Theirs cost a lot more than ours.
That cat of theirs got into our garden again.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
pron
Meaning 2
Their house or home.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
Let's go over to theirs.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English theires, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to their + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced theirn (from Middle English theiren, formed by analogy to mine, thine) in standard speech.
Across languages
Translations
87 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Southern Altai:
олордыйы
(olordïyï)
— that which belongs to them
Arabic:
لَهُمَا
(lahumā)
— that which belongs to them
Arabic:
لَهُم m لَهُن
(lahum)
— that which belongs to them
Arabic:
ليهم
(līhom)
— that which belongs to them
Arabic:
بتاعهم
(betāʕhom)
— that which belongs to them
Arabic:
بتاعتهم
(betāʕethom)
— that which belongs to them
Arabic:
بتوعهم
(betōʕhom)
— that which belongs to them
Azerbaijani:
onlarınkı
— that which belongs to them
Belarusian:
іх
(ix)
— that which belongs to them
Central Bikol:
sainda
— that which belongs to them
Bulgarian:
те́хен
(téhen)
— that which belongs to them
Chinese Mandarin:
他們的 /他们的
(tāmen de)
— that which belongs to them
Chinese Mandarin:
她們的 /她们的
(tāmen de)
— that which belongs to them
Czech:
jejich
— that which belongs to them
Dutch:
het hunne
— that which belongs to them
Dutch:
de hunne
— that which belongs to them
Esperanto:
la ilia
— that which belongs to them
Esperanto:
la sia
— that which belongs to them
Finnish:
heidän
— that which belongs to them
French:
le leur
— that which belongs to them
French:
la leur
— that which belongs to them
French:
les leurs
— that which belongs to them
Georgian:
მათი
(mati)
— that which belongs to them
Georgian:
იმათი
(imati)
— that which belongs to them
German:
ihrer
— that which belongs to them
German:
ihre
— that which belongs to them
German:
ihres
— that which belongs to them
Greek:
δικός τους
(dikós tous)
— that which belongs to them
Greek:
δικιά τους
(dikiá tous)
— that which belongs to them
Greek:
δική τους
(dikí tous)
— that which belongs to them
Greek:
δικό τους
(dikó tous)
— that which belongs to them
Greek:
δικοί τους
(dikoí tous)
— that which belongs to them
Greek:
δικές τους
(dikés tous)
— that which belongs to them
Greek:
δικά τους
(diká tous)
— that which belongs to them
Hindi:
उनका
(unkā)
— that which belongs to them
Hungarian:
övék
— that which belongs to them
Hungarian:
övéik
— that which belongs to them
Italian:
il loro
— that which belongs to them
Italian:
la loro
— that which belongs to them
Italian:
i loro
— that which belongs to them
Italian:
le loro
— that which belongs to them
Japanese:
彼らの
(karera no)
— that which belongs to them
Karakalpak:
oniki
— that which belongs to them
Latin:
suus
— that which belongs to them
Latin:
eorum
— that which belongs to them
Latin:
earum
— that which belongs to them
Latin:
illorum
— that which belongs to them
Latin:
illarum
— that which belongs to them
Latin:
horum
— that which belongs to them
Latin:
harum
— that which belongs to them
Latvian:
viņu
— that which belongs to them
Latvian:
viņējs
— that which belongs to them
Macedonian:
нивен
(niven)
— that which belongs to them
Marathi:
त्यांचा
(tyāñcā)
— that which belongs to them
Marathi:
त्यांचे
(tyāñce)
— that which belongs to them
Marathi:
त्यांची
(tyāñcī)
— that which belongs to them
Mazanderani:
وشونی
(vešuni)
— that which belongs to them
Polish:
ich
— that which belongs to them
Portuguese:
seu
— that which belongs to them
Portuguese:
deles
— that which belongs to them
Romanian:
al lor
— that which belongs to them
Romanian:
a lor
— that which belongs to them
Romanian:
ai lor
— that which belongs to them
Romanian:
ale lor
— that which belongs to them
Romansh:
il lur
— that which belongs to them
Romansh:
la lur
— that which belongs to them
Romansh:
ils lur
— that which belongs to them
Romansh:
las lur
— that which belongs to them
Russian:
их
(ix)
— that which belongs to them
Serbo-Croatian:
njihov
— that which belongs to them
Serbo-Croatian:
њихов
— that which belongs to them
Slovak:
ich
— that which belongs to them
Slovene:
njíhov
— that which belongs to them
Spanish:
suyo
— that which belongs to them
Spanish:
suya
— that which belongs to them
Spanish:
suyos
— that which belongs to them
Spanish:
suyas
— that which belongs to them
Swedish:
deras
— that which belongs to them
Tagalog:
kanila
— that which belongs to them
Thai:
ของเขา
(kŏng kăo)
— that which belongs to them
Turkish:
onlarınki
— that which belongs to them
Tuvan:
оларныы
(olarnıı)
— that which belongs to them
Ukrainian:
їх
(jix)
— that which belongs to them
Ukrainian:
ї́хній
(jíxnij)
— that which belongs to them
Urdu:
ان کا
(un kā)
— that which belongs to them
Vietnamese:
của họ
— that which belongs to them
Yakut:
кинилэр киэннэрэ
(kiniler kiennere)
— that which belongs to them