leur

Meaning

Pron

(to) them

Det

their

Concepts

their

them

theirs

his

its

to them

her

Sus

Synonyms

les

leurs

eux

elles

sousse

ils

à eux

aux

Translations

loro

hun

ihr

suyo

ihnen

su

ze

haar

ihre

sus

delas

zijn

deles

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lœʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: leur

Inherited from Old French: lor

Inherited from Latin: illōrum

Cognate with Italian: 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.

Sentences

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

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

La femme de Danjel et leur plus jeune enfant meurent .

Danjel's wife and their youngest child die.

Cependant leur plus grand obstacle sera de survivre à leur maladresse .

However, their greatest obstacle will be to survive their clumsiness.

Ou plutôt elles ont poursuivi la célébration de leur victoire sur Mathias .

Or rather they continued the celebration of their victory over Mathias.

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

Their plan is perfect, but the execution is hectic.

À leur tour , certaines de ces maisons en fondèrent d’autres .

In turn, some of these houses founded others.