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ours

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English

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Alternative forms

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our's(obsolete)

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishoures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent toour +‎-s (compare-'s); formed by analogy tohis. Displacedourn (from Middle Englishouren) in standard speech.^[1]

Pronunciation

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(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /ˈaʊəz/,/ɑːz/
(General American)IPA^(key): /ˈaʊəɹz/,/ɑɹz/
Audio(US): (file)
Rhymes:-aʊə(ɹ)z,-ɑː(ɹ)z
Homophone:hours

Pronoun

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ours (pluralours,the possessive case ofwe, used without a following noun)

That or those belonging tous.
1. Excluding the person(s) being addressed(exclusiveours)
  You can't take that! It'sours!
  Could we ask you to move, please. These seats areours.
  This beach is a favourite ofours.(double possessive)
2. Including the person(s) being addressed(inclusiveours).
  We should ask for it back. After all, it isours.
  Don't you think thatours looks much nicer than theirs?
That or those belonging to any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
French food is better thanours.
That or those belonging to people in general.
As we get older, maintaining an active social life should be a priority ofours.(double possessive)
(colloquial) That or those belonging to everyone being addressed.
Good evening everyone. How are we all tonight? I know I've got my happy face on; have we all gotours on too?
(colloquial, may seem patronising) That or those belonging to an individual being addressed;used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given.
Hello Mrs Miggins. How are we feeling this morning? Oh, what's that bottle of tablets under our chair? Is thatours?
(colloquial)Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.
Hey guys, in this video I'll show you how I make my upside-down sponge cake. There are lots of recipes for these, butours is the best.
(informal) Our house or home.
You can stay the night atours if you like.

Derived terms

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Translations

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that which belongs to us

Aghwan:𐔱𐔴𐕐𐔼𐕒(bešio)
Arabic:لَنَا m(lanā)
Egyptian Arabic:لينا(lina),بتعنا m(betaʕna),بتاعتنا f(betaʕetna),بتوعنا pl(betuʕna)
Azerbaijani:bizimki
Bahamian Creole:ah own
Belarusian:наш(naš)
Bikol Central:sato (bcl),satuya
Bulgarian:наш (bg)(naš)
Chinese:
Mandarin:我們的 /我们的 (zh)(wǒmen de);咱們的 /咱们的(zánmen de);咱的 (zh)(zán de)
Coptic:ⲫⲱⲛ m(phōn)(Bohairic),ⲑⲱⲛ f(thōn)(Bohairic),ⲛⲟⲩⲛ pl(noun)(Bohairic),ⲡⲱⲛ m(pōn)(Sahidic),ⲧⲱⲛ f(tōn)(Sahidic),ⲛⲟⲩⲛ pl(noun)(Sahidic)
Czech:náš (cs) m
Danish:vores (da),vor (da)
Dutch:het onze,de onze,die van ons
Esperanto:la nia
Finnish:meidän (fi)
French:le nôtre (fr) m,la nôtre (fr) f,les nôtres (fr) m pl or f pl
German:unserer (de) m,unsere (de) f or pl,unseres (de) n
Greek:δικός μας (el) m(dikós mas),δικιά μας f(dikiá mas),δική μας (el) f(dikí mas),δικό μας (el) n(dikó mas),δικοί μας (el) m pl(dikoí mas),δικές μας (el) f pl(dikés mas),δικά μας (el) n pl(diká mas)
Ancient:(article and possessive adjective in appropriate gender and number)ὁ ἡμέτερος(ho hēméteros)
Hebrew:שלנו(shelánu)
Hindi:हमारा (hi)(hamārā)
Hungarian:mienk (hu),miénk (hu),mieink (hu)
Italian:il nostro m,la nostra f,i nostri m pl,le nostre f pl
Japanese:私たちの (ja)(わたしたちの, watashitachi no),私等の(わたしたちの, watashitachi no),我らの (ja)(われらの, warera no),我々の (ja)(われわれの, wareware no)
Lao:ຂອງພວກເຮົາ(khǭng phūak hao)
Latin:noster (la),nostri (la),nostrum (la)
Latvian:mūsu,mūsējs,mūsējais
Macedonian:наш(naš)
Manchu:ᠮᡝᠨ᠋ᡳᠩᡤᡝ(meningge),ᠮᡠᠰᡝᠩᡤᡝ(musengge)
Mazanderani:امنی(ameni)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic:манайх(manajx)
Mongolian:ᠮᠠᠨ᠋ᠤᠬᠢ(manuki)
Polish:nasz (pl)
Portuguese:o nosso m
Romani:amaro m,amari f,amare pl
Romanian:al nostru (ro) m,a noastră f,ai noștri m pl,ale noastre f pl
Russian:наш (ru)(naš)
Serbo-Croatian:naš (sh),наш
Slovak:náš
Slovene:nàš (sl)
Spanish:lo nuestro
Swedish:vår (sv) c,vårt (sv) n,våra (sv) pl
Thai:ของเรา(kŏng rao)
Turkish:bizimki (tr)
Tuvan:бистии(bistii)
Ukrainian:наш (uk)(naš)
Urdu:ہمارا(hamārā)
Uyghur:بىزنىڭكى(bizningki),بىزنىڭكىلەر pl(bizningkiler)
Vietnamese:của chúng tôi
Yakut:биһиэнэ(bihiene)
Zazaki:emara

References

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^Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “ours”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

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Ruso,sour

French

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Etymology

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Etymology tree

Proto-Italic*orssos

Latinursus

Old Frenchurs

Middle Frenchours

Frenchours

Inherited fromMiddle Frenchours, fromOld Frenchurs, fromLatinursus, fromProto-Italic*orssos.

The Early Modern French pronunciation was/uʁ/ before consonants,/uʁz/ before vowels, and/uʁs/ inpausa. For the most part, the pausal pronunciations were eventually lost, but in some cases they were re-established as the basic form (reinforced in part by the spelling, in part by related words; in this case perhaps the feminineourse).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /uʁs/(standard)
IPA^(key): /uʁ/(archaic pronunciation, either for both numbers or only for the plural)
Audio: (file)
Homophones:ourse,ourses

Noun

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ours m (pluralours,feminineourse)

bear
(figurative)A person like a bear:
1. loner, someone whoavoidscompany[since 1671]
  faire l’ours ―to be aloner
  - 2024 May 25, “Couples Erasmus”, inLibération,→ISSN, page 5:
    Globalement, on trouvait que les Danois étaient un peuours : ils disaient à peine bonjour quand on les croisait dans la résidence universitaire.
    (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
2. beast,beastly person[since 1820]
3. (gay slang)bear (hairy gay man)
4. (obsolete)pressman, worker with ahand printing press[1700s—1800s]
masthead,imprint(list of a publication's main staff)
(cinematography)rough cut
(slang)prison,jail