their

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(THâr) pronunciation
adj. The possessive form of they.
  1. Used as a modifier before a noun: their accomplishments; their home town.
  2. Usage Problem. His, her, or its: "It is fatal for anyone who writes to think of their sex" (Virginia Woolf). See Usage Note at he1, they.

[Middle English, from Old Norse theira, theirs.]


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Common misspelling(s) of their

  • ther
  • thier
  • theri

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Dansk (Danish)
det. - deres
adj. - deres

Nederlands (Dutch)
hun, haar

Français (French)
det. - leur/leurs
adj. - leur/leurs

Deutsch (German)
det. - ihr

Ελληνική (Greek)
pron. - (δικός) τους, των

Italiano (Italian)
loro

Português (Portuguese)
pron. - suas, seus, deles, delas

Русский (Russian)
их, принадлежащий им, (в составе титулов) Их Величества, (полагающийся им) - "они знали их Пушкина"

Español (Spanish)
det. - su, sus
adj. - su, sus

Svenska (Swedish)
pron. - deras, dess, sin

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
他们的, 它们的, 她们的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
det. - 他們的, 它們的, 她們的
adj. - 他們的, 它們的, 她們的

한국어 (Korean)
det. - 그의, 그녀의
adj. - 그들의

日本語 (Japanese)
pron. - 彼らの, 彼女らの, それらの, 彼らが

idioms:

  • blows their top    かんかんに怒る
  • frighten someone out of their wits    気を失うほど驚かせる
  • lying through their teeth    見え透いた嘘

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ضمير) هن, هم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
det. - ‮שלהם‬
adj. - ‮שלהם‬


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