theirs

Meaning

  1. That or those belonging to them; the possessive case of they, used without a following noun.
  2. (informal) Their house or home.

Translations

la loro

il loro

de hunne

het hunne

ya wan

le loro

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ðɛəz/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English theires, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to their + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced theirn (from Middle English theiren, formed by analogy to mine, thine) in standard speech.

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