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Dictionary: her   (hər, ər; hûr ) pronunciation

adj. The possessive form of she.
Used as a modifier before a noun: her boots; her accomplishments.

pron. The objective case of she.
  1. Used as the direct object of a verb: They saw her at the conference.
  2. Used as the indirect object of a verb: They gave her a round of applause.
  3. Used as the object of a preposition: This letter is addressed to her.
  4. Informal. Used as a predicate nominative: It's her.
  5. Nonstandard. Used reflexively as the indirect object of a verb: She got her a new job. See Note at me.
n.
A female: The dog is a her. See Usage Note at be, I1.

[Middle English, from Old English hire.]


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IN BRIEF: pronoun. - Belonging to a female.

pronunciation Touch the earth, love the earth, honour the earth, her plains, her valleys, her hills, and her seas; rest your spirit in her solitary places. — Henry Beston

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Dansk (Danish)
pron. - hende
det. - hendes, sin, sit, sine
adj. - hendes
n. - [sl.] dulle

Nederlands (Dutch)
haar, zij, aan/voor haar, zich-/haar(zelf)

Français (French)
pron. - la, l'(objet direct), elle (objet indirect)
det. - son/sa/ses
n. - femelle (arg)

Deutsch (German)
pron. - ihr, sein
det. - ihr
n. - (Slang) Sie

Ελληνική (Greek)
pron. - αυτή(ς), την, αυτήν, (δικός) της
n. - αυτή (η σύζυγος)

Italiano (Italian)
l', la, le, lei, sua, sue, suo, suoi

Português (Portuguese)
pron. - lhe, a ela, seu, sua, a
n. - mulher (f) (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
ее

Español (Spanish)
pron. - ella, la, le
det. - de ella, su, sus
n. - (jer) mujer

Svenska (Swedish)
pron. - henne, den, det (om fartyg, nation m.m.), hon, sig, hennes, dess, sin
n. - hon, brud

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
她的, 她, 女子

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
pron. - 她的, 她
det. - 她的
adj. - 她的
n. - 女子

한국어 (Korean)
pron. - 그 여자를, 그 여자의
det. - 그녀의
adj. - 그 여자의
n. - (속어) 여성

日本語 (Japanese)
pron. - 彼女に, 彼女

idioms:

  • Her Majesty    皇后陛下
  • her own woman    しっかりした女性

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ضمير) ضمير الغائبه المتصل الواقع في محل نصب (الاسم) المفردة الغائبه بوصفها مالكه أو فاعلا أو مفعولا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
pron. - ‮אותה‬
det. - ‮שלה‬
adj. - ‮שלה‬
n. - ‮נקבה (מדוברת)‬


 
 

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