himself

Signification (Anglais)

1. (masculine, personal, pronoun, reflexive, singular, third-person) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
2. (emphatic, masculine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person) He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate
3. (Ireland, masculine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person) The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself.
4. (Ireland, masculine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person) The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he (used of upper-class gentlemen, or sarcastically, of men who imagine themselves to be more important than others)

Concepts

lui-même

même

se

soi

soi-même

lui

moi-même

elle

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Synonymes

herself

itself

yourself

myself

themselves

oneself

self

ourselves

yourselves

same

-self

each other

he

👨

thyself

it

🇮🇹

idem

own

personally

his

him

she

👩

hers

muself

yes

her

equal

I

you alone

me

if

Traductions

sich

zich

zelf

vanzelf

sí

selbst

zelve

xwe

uns

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/hɪmˈsɛlf/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: hymself

Hérité de ancien anglais: him selfum

In summary

From Middle English hymself, from Old English him selfum. Equivalent to him + -self.

Phrases

Only when he , himself , reveals it .

Ce n'est que lorsque lui, lui-même, le révèle.

The second plane was flown many times by himself and others .

Le deuxième avion a été transporté par avion à plusieurs reprises par lui-même et les autres.

Heritage flung himself on the turf .

Le patrimoine s'est jeté sur le gazon.

" Don't be impatient ," he repeated to himself .

"Ne soyez pas impatient", se répéta-t-il.

He established himself as the first-choice goalkeeper in the Essen team .

Il s'est imposé comme le gardien de but du premier choix de l'équipe Essen.

John Henry renamed Steelworks Ironworks to further himself from his superhero life as Steel .

John Henry a renommé Steelworks Ironworks pour se poursuivre de sa vie de super-héros en tant qu'acier.