ours

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Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Pronunciation
- 1.2 Pronoun
  - 1.2.1 Translations
2 French
- 2.1 Pronunciation
- 2.2 Noun
  - 2.2.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -aʊə(r)z

[edit] Pronoun

ours possessive pronoun

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

[edit] Translations

that which belongs to us

Dutch: het onze, de onze, die van ons
Finnish: meidän fi(fi)
French: le nôtre m sing, la nôtre f sing, les nôtres m & f pl

Note: In French, the gender of this pronoun agrees with the thing(s) owned, not with the owner.
German: unserer de(de) m sing, unsere de(de) f sing; m f n pl, unseres de(de) n sing

Note: In German, the gender of this pronoun agrees with the thing(s) owned, not with the owner.
Hungarian: mienk hu(hu), miénk hu(hu), mieink hu(hu)
Italian: il nostro m sing, la nostra f sing, i nostri m. pl., le nostre f. pl.

Note: In Italian, the gender of this pronoun agrees with the thing(s) owned, not with the owner.

Lao: ຂອງພວກເຮົາ lo(lo) (khööng phöök-hao)
Romanian: al nostru m., a noastră f., ai noştrii m. pl., ale noastre f. pl.

Note: In Romanian, the gender of this pronoun agrees with the thing(s) owned, not with the owner.
Spanish: lo nuestro
Swedish: vår sv(sv) c. sg., vårt sv(sv) n. sg., våra sv(sv) pl.

Note: In Swedish, the gender of this pronoun agrees with the thing(s) owned, not with the owner.

[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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IPA: /uʁs/, SAMPA: /uRs/

[edit] Noun

ours m. (plural ours; feminine ourse, plural ourses)

bear (animal)

[edit] Derived terms

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Categories: English pronouns | English possessive pronouns | French nouns | French masculine nouns | French plurals | fr:Mammals

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