leur

Signification (English)

Pron

(to) them

Det

their

Synonyms

les

leurs

eux

elles

sousse

ils

à eux

aux

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/lœʁ/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen français: leur

Inherited from ancien français: lor

Inherited from latin: illōrum

Cognate with italien: loro

In summary

Inherited from Middle French leur, from Old French lor, from Latin illōrum, genitive masculine plural of ille.
As a possessive it was originally uninflected (as still is Italian loro), but adopted the plural ending in Middle French. Feminine -e was hindered by the analogy of other possessives, all of which have but one plural form and in the case of notre, votre no gender agreement at all.

Phrases

Au cours de leur voyage de retour , ils ont rencontré le pape à Rome .

During their return trip, they met the Pope in Rome.

Pour ce qui me concerne , je leur suis favorable .

As far as I am concerned, I am in favour of them.

La femme de Danjel et leur plus jeune enfant meurent .

Danjel's wife and their youngest child die.

Leur maison principale se trouve à Can Tho.

Their main house is in Can Tho.

Leur plan est parfait , mais l'exécution est mouvementée .

Their plan is perfect, but the execution is hectic.

Après leur départ leur territoire aurait été occupé par les Sénons et les Carnutes.

After their departure their territory would have been occupied by the Senons and the Carnutes.

Le tout en évitant soigneusement d'informer leur hiérarchie .

All while carefully avoiding informing their hierarchy.

Les pantolestidés étaient , pour leur part , de petits mammifères semi-aquatiques.

Pantolestidae were, for their part, small semi-aquatic mammals.