Standard Lemma guide

theirs

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/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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
Real reading context

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