ours

From Middle English oures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to our +‎ -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced ourn (from Middle English ouren) in standard speech.[1]

• (General American), IPA^(key): /ˈaʊɚz/, /ɑɹz/
• (Received Pronunciation), IPA^(key): /ˈaʊəz/, /ɑːz/

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• Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ)z, -ɑː(ɹ)z
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z

ours

1. That which belongs to us; the possessive case of we, used without a following noun.

• Ruso, sour

From Middle French ours, from Old French urs, from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orssos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”).

• IPA^(key): /uʁs/

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ours m (plural ours, feminine ourse)

1. bear (animal)
2. masthead (list of a newspaper's main staff)

• Haitian Creole: ous
• Louisiana Creole French: lours, lous
• Mauritian Creole: lurs
• Seychellois Creole: lours

• “ours” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

ours

1. Alternative form of oures

• “oures, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.

From Old French urs, from Latin ursus.

ours m (plural ours, feminine singular ourse, feminine plural ourses)

1. bear (mammal)

• French: ours