our
English
Etymology
From Middle English oure, from Old English ūre, ūser (“our”), from Proto-Germanic *unseraz (“of us, our”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-s-ero- (“our”). Cognate with Scots oor (“our”), West Frisian ús (“our”), Low German uns (“our”), Dutch onze (“our”), German unser (“our”), Danish vor (“our”), Norwegian vår (“our”), and more distantly Latin noster.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
- (UK)
- enPR: ouə, IPA(key): /ˈaʊə(ɹ)/ or IPA(key): /ɑː(ɹ)/
- Homophone: hour or Homophone: are
- Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ) or Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
- (US)
Determiner
our
- Belonging to us.
- 2008, Mike Knudson & Steve Wilkinson, Raymond and Graham Rule the School
- Paying no attention to Lizzy, Mrs. Gibson began calling out our names in alphabetical order.
- 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:
- As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.
- 2008, Mike Knudson & Steve Wilkinson, Raymond and Graham Rule the School
- Of, from, or belonging to the nation, region, or language of the speaker.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:
- Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
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- (Northern England, Scotland) Used before a person's name to indicate that the person is in one's family, or is a very close friend.
- I'm going to see our Terry for tea.
Translations
belonging to us
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See also
English personal pronouns
| personal pronoun | possessive pronoun | possessive determiner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subjective | objective | reflexive | |||||
| first person | singular | I | me | myself | mine | my mine (before vowels, archaic) | |
| plural | we | us | ourselves ourself | ours | our | ||
| second person | singular | standard | you | you | yourself | yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects) | your |
| archaic, informal | thou | thee | thyself theeself | thine | thy thine (before vowels) | ||
| plural | standard | you you all ye (archaic) | you you all | yourselves | yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects) | your | |
| informal / dialectal | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) | ||||||
| third person | singular | masculine | he | him | himself hisself (archaic) | his hisn (obsolete outside dialects) | his |
| feminine | she | her | herself | hers hern (obsolete outside dialects) | her | ||
| neuter | it | it | itself | its his (archaic) | its his (archaic) | ||
| genderless | they | them | themself, themselves | theirs | their | ||
| genderless, nonspecific (formal) |
one | one | oneself | – | one's | ||
| plural | they | them | themselves | theirs theirn (obsolete outside dialects) | their | ||
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English ūre.
References
- “your (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 May 2018.
Etymology 3
From Anglo-Norman houre.
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) ur
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