his

Signification

Det

1. Belonging to him.
2. Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
3. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
4. Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.

Pron

1. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
2. Alternative spelling of His

Noun

plural of hi

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhɪz/

Étymologie

From Middle English his, from Old English his (“his; its”), from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”). Cognate with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic hans (“his”). More at he; see also its.

Phrases

It’s an incredible live performance on his part .

C’est une incroyable performance en direct de sa part.

Why else would he tell his main rival to prepare for a run ?

Sinon, pourquoi dirait-il à son principal rival de se préparer à une course?

The boy knew the desert sensed his fear .

Le garçon savait que le désert ressentait sa peur.

The national tour ended the following year as his management costs proved too expensive .

La tournée nationale s'est terminée l'année suivante car ses frais de gestion se sont révélés trop chers.

The levanter was still getting stronger , and he felt its force on his face .

Le Levanter devenait toujours plus fort et il sentit sa force sur son visage.

They were fascinating stories: each of them lived out his destiny to the end .

C'étaient des histoires fascinantes: chacun d'eux a vécu son destin jusqu'à la fin.

When he was four weeks old , his family relocated to Vienna , Austria .

À l'âge de quatre semaines, sa famille a déménagé à Vienne, en Autriche.

After the Grenier report was released , he resigned his position .

Après la publication du rapport Grenier, il a démissionné de sa position.