# our
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English oure, from Old English ūre, ūser (“our”), from Proto-Germanic *unseraz (“of us, our”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-s-ero- (“our”). Cognate with Scots oor (“our”), West Frisian ús (“our”), Low German uns (“our”), Dutch onze (“our”), German unser, unsere (“our”) Danish vor (“our”), Norwegian vår (“our”), and more distantly Latin noster.

### Pronunciation
#### (UK)

* enPR: ouə, ä(r), IPA: /ˈaʊə(ɹ)/, /ɑː(ɹ)/, /aː(ɹ)/
* Homophone: are
* Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ) or Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

#### (US)

* (stressed form)
** enPR: our, IPA: /ˈaʊɚ/
*** Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ)
** Audio (US):(file)
* (unstressed form)
** enPR: ar, IPA: /ɑɹ/, [ɑɹ], [ɑ˞]
*** Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
** Audio (US):(file)
** Homophone: are

#### (General Australian, New Zealand)

* enPR: ou(ə), IPA: /æʊ(ə)/ or IPA: /ɐː/

#### (India)

* IPA: /aː(r)/, /ɐʋə(r)/, /ɐwə(r)/

#### (Canada)

* IPA: /aʊ(ə)ɹ/, /aːɹ/, /ɑːɹ/
** (Dialectal) IPA: /ʌʊɹ/, /ɔːɹ/
* Homophone: ow (some dialects) or Homophone: are
* Rhymes: -aʊ or Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

### Determiner

our (first-person plural possessive determiner)
* Belonging to us, excluding the person(s) being addressed (exclusive our).
    Sorry, you're not invited to our party.
** 2008, Mike Knudson, Steve Wilkinson, Raymond and Graham Rule the School:Paying no attention to Lizzy, Mrs. Gibson began calling out our names in alphabetical order.
* Belonging to us, including the person(s) being addressed (inclusive our).
    We must try to save our marriage for the sake of our children.
* Of, from, or belonging to any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
    Our safety record at ABC Widgets is very good.
    In English, our nouns do not generally have gender.
** 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
* Belonging to people in general.
    As we get older, our reactions get slower.
** 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.
* (colloquial) Belonging to everyone being addressed.
    How are we all tonight? Have we got our happy faces on?
* (colloquial, may seem patronising) Belonging to an individual being addressed; used especially of a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given.
    How are we feeling this morning, Mrs Miggins? Have we taken our tablets yet?
    You've been spending all your money boozing when you have a wife and family to support. I think we need to get our priorities straight.
* (colloquial, uncommon) Belonging to a third person, especially someone in the speaker's care.
    "I've just been to see Mrs Miggins." — "And how is she?" — "Not too good today. We've had a little problem with our tummy."
* (colloquial) Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.
    Hey guys, in this video I'll show you how I make my upside-down sponge cake. First, let's get our ingredients weighed out.
* (Northern England, Scotland) Used before a person's name to indicate that the person is in one's family, or is a very close friend.
    I'm going to see our Terry for tea.

#### Derived terms

* dollar of our daddies
* I'll go to the foot of our stairs
* our asses
* our era
* our kid
* our lass
* peace for our time
* peace in our time
* year of our Lord

#### Translations

Aghwan: 𐔱𐔴𐕐𐔼 (beši)
Albanian: ynë (sq), jonë (sq)
American Sign Language: FlatB@IpsiChest-FingerUpPalmAcross RoundHoriz FlatB@ContraChest-FingerUpPalmAside
Arabic: ـنَا (-nā)
Egyptian Arabic: ـنا (-nā)
Moroccan Arabic: ـنا (-na)
Armenian: մեր (hy) (mer)
Assamese: আমাৰ (amar)
Asturian: nuesu (ast), nuestru (ast)
Basque: gure
Belarusian: наш (naš)
Bengali: আমাদের (bn) (amader)
Bikol Central: sato (bcl), satuya (inclusive); samo (bcl), samuya (bcl) (exclusive)
Brahui: nana
Breton: hon (br), hor (br)
Bulgarian: наш (bg) (naš)
Catalan: nostre (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 我哋嘅 (yue) (ngo$^5$ dei$^6$ ge$^3$)
Mandarin: 我們的 / 我们的 (zh) (wǒmen de)
Chukchi: мургин (murgin)
Coptic: ⲡⲉⲛ m (pen), ⲧⲉⲛ f (ten), ⲛⲉⲛ m pl or f pl (nen)
Czech: náš (cs) m
Dalmatian: nuester
Danish: vor (da)
Dutch: ons (nl), onze (nl)
Egyptian: (.n)
Esperanto: nia (eo)
Estonian: meie (et), me (et)
Ewe: míaƒe
Faroese: okkara, vár
Finnish: meidän ...mme, -mme (fi), meidän (fi)
French: notre (fr), nos (fr)
Friulian: nestri
Georgian: ჩვენი (čveni)
German: unser (de), unsere (de) (accusative feminine singular; accusative all plurals)
Alemannic German: öise
Greek: μας (el) (mas)
Ancient: ἡμέτερος (hēméteros) (adjective), ἡμῶν (hēmôn) (genitive case of personal pronoun)
Hawaiian: (dual, exclusive) ko māua, kā māua, (dual, inclusive) ko kāua, kā kāua, (plural, exclusive) ko mākou, kā mākou, (plural, inclusive) ko kākou, kā kākou
Hebrew: ־נו (-nu), שֶׁלָּנוּ
Hindi: हमारा (hi) (hamārā)
Hungarian: -nk, -unk, -ünk
Icelandic: okkar (is), vor (is)
Ido: nia (io)
Interlingua: nostre
Irish: ár
Istriot: nostro m, nostra m
Italian: nostro (it) m, nostra (it) f, nostri (it) m pl, nostre (it) f pl
Japanese: 私たちの (ja) (わたしたちの, watashitachi no) (also: 我等の), 我らの (ja) (われらの, warera no), 我々の (ja) (われわれの, wareware no)
Kalmyk: мана (mana)
Kazakh: біздің (bızdıñ)
Korean: 우리의 (ko) (uri-ui)
Kyrgyz: биздин (ky) (bizdin)
Ladino: muestro, nuestro
Lao: ຂອງພວກເຮົາ (khǭng phūak hao)
Latgalian: myusu
Latin: noster (la) m
Latvian: mūsu
Livonian: mäd
Louisiana Creole French: nô
Macedonian: наш (naš)
Maltese: tagħna
Manchu: [script needed] (musei) (inclusive), [script needed] (meni) (exclusive)
Manx: ar
Maori: tā māua (singular dominant exclusive referring to two people), tō māua (singular subordinate exclusive referring to two people), tā tāua (singular dominant inclusive referring to two people), tō tāua (singular subordinate inclusive referring to two people), tā mātau/mātou (singular dominant inclusive referring to three or more people), tō mātau/mātou (singular subordinate inclusive referring to three or more people), tā māua (plural dominant exclusive referring to two people), ō māua (plural subordinate exclusive referring to two people), ā mātau/mātou (plural dominant exclusive referring to three or more people), ō mātau/mātau (plural subordinate exclusive referring to three or more people), ā tātau/tātou (plural dominant inclusive referring to three or more people), ō tātau/tātau (plural subordinate inclusive referring to three or more people)
Mazanderani: امه (ame)
Mongolian: маань (mn) (maanʹ), манай (mn) (manaj)
Navajo: nihi-
Neapolitan: nuosto
Nepali: हाम्रो (ne) (hāmro)
Norwegian: vår (no)
Occitan: nòstre (oc)
Old Church Slavonic: нашь m (našĭ)
Old Norse: várr, órr
Persian: ما (fa) (mâ)
Pipil: tu-
Polish: nasz (pl)
Portuguese: nosso (pt)
Romani: amaro m, amari f, amare pl
Romanian: nostru (ro)
Romansch: noss, nies, nos
Russian: наш (ru) (naš)
Sanskrit: अस्माकम् (asmākam)
Sardinian: nostru, noltru, nostu
Scots: oor, wir
Scottish Gaelic: ar
Serbo-Croatian: наш, naš (sh)
Sicilian: nostru (scn)
Sinhalese: අපේ (apē)
Slovak: náš
Slovene: nàš (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: naju (in reference to two people), naš (in reference to three or more people)
Upper Sorbian: naju (in reference to two people), naš (in reference to three or more people)
Southern Altai: бистиҥ (bistiŋ)
Spanish: nuestro (es), nuestra (es) f, nuestros (es) m pl, nuestras (es) f pl
Swahili: -etu
Swedish: vår (sv)
Tagalog: atin (tl), amin (tl)
Telugu: మా (te) (mā), మన (te) (mana)
Tetum: ami-nia
Thai: ของเรา (kŏng rao)
Tigrinya: ናትና (natna)
Tlingit: haa
Turkish: bizim (tr)
Udi: беши (beši), беш (beš)
Ukrainian: наш (uk) (naš)
Urdu: ہمارا (hamārā)
Venetan: nostro (vec) m, nostra f
Vietnamese: của chúng tôi
Volapük: obsik (vo), obas
Walloon: nosse (wa) m or f (singular, before consonant), nost (wa) m (singular, before vowel), no (wa) m or f (singular, Western Walloon)
Welsh: ein
West Frisian: ús (fy)
Zulu: possessive concord + -ithu :

#### See also

Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are in italics.
personal pronounpossessive pronounpossessive determiner
subjective
objective
reflexive
first personsingular
I me (colloquial)memyself me mysenminemy mine (before vowels, archaic) me
plural
weusourselves ourself oursenoursour
second personsingular
standard (historically formal)
youyouyourself yoursenyours yourn (obsolete outside dialects)your
archaic (historically informal)
thoutheethyself theeself thysenthinethy thine (before vowels)
plural
standard
you ye (archaic)youyourselvesyours yourn (obsolete outside dialects)your
colloquial
you all y'all you guysyou all y'all you guysy'allselvesy'all's you guys' your guys' (proscribed)y'all's your all's (nonstandard) you guys' your guys' (proscribed)
informal / dialectal
(see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries)
third person
singular
masculine
hehimhimself hisself (archaic) hissenhis hisn (obsolete outside dialects)his
feminine
sheherherself hersenhers hern (obsolete outside dialects)her
neuter
it hitit hititself hitselfits his (archaic)its his (archaic) hits
genderless
theythemthemself, themselvestheirstheir
nonspecific (formal)
oneoneoneself–one's
plural
theythem hem, 'emthemselves theirsentheirs theirn (obsolete outside dialects)their :

### Verb

our
* Misspelling of are.
** You our the lifeblood of the game and we thank you for everything you do.

### Anagrams

* ROU, UoR, uro-

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English ūre.

#### Pronoun

our
* Alternative form of oure

### Etymology 2
#### Determiner

our
* Alternative form of your

### Etymology 3

From Anglo-Norman houre.

#### Noun

our
* Alternative form of houre

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* ur (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader)

### Etymology

From Latin ōra.

### Noun

our m (plural ours)
* (Surmiran) edge, margins

## Scots
### Alternative forms

* oor, wir, wur

### Etymology

Inherited from Middle English oure, from Old English ūre, from Proto-West Germanic *unsar, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

### Determiner

our
* our

### See also

| | | | personal pronoun | personal pronoun | personal pronoun | possessive pronoun | possessive determiner |
| | | | subjective | objective | reflexive | possessive pronoun | possessive determiner |
| first person | singular | singular | A, I, Ik | me | mysel | mine, mines | mine, my |
| first person | plural | plural | we | us, we | oorsel, oorsels | oors | our |
| second person | singular | standard (formal) | ye you, yow | ye you, yow | yersel yoursel | yers yours | yer your |
| second person | singular | Insular (informal) | thoo | thee | thysel, theesel | thines | thy, thee, thees |
| second person | plural | plural | ye, yese you, youse | ye, yese you, youse theer | yesels yoursels | yers yours | yer your |
| third person | singular | masculine | he, e | him, im | himsel, hissel | his, is | his, is |
| third person | singular | feminine | scho, she, shu | her, er | hersel | hers | her, er |
| third person | singular | neuter | it hit | it hit | itsel hitsel | its hits | its hits |
| third person | singular | genderless, nonspecific (formal) | ane | ane | – | – | ane's |
| third person | plural | plural | thay | thaim | thaimsel, thaimsels | thairs | thair |

### References

* “our, possess. pron.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
* “our, pron.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.

## Yola
### Determiner

our
* Alternative form of oor
** 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7, page 86:Our eein wode b' mistern t' dearnt up ee skee.Our eyes would be dazzled to look up to the sky.
** 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 96:To our pleoughès an mulk-pylès till a neeshte holy die.To our ploughs and our milk-pails till the next holiday.
** 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 11-12:w'oul daie an ercha daie, our meines an oure gurles, praie var long an happie zins,we will daily and every day, our wives and our children, implore long and happy days,
** 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX, page 131:Wathere proceeds to tell that the game was “was jist ing our hone”(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 86