our
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: enpr: ouə
note: r
enpr: ä
ipa: /ˈaʊə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ɑː(ɹ)/
ipa: /aː(ɹ)/
homophone: hour or Homophone: are
rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ) or Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
enpr: ar
ipa: /ɑɹ/
ipa: [ɑɹ]
ipa: [ɑ˞]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
homophone: are
enpr: our
ipa: /ˈaʊɚ/
rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ)
homophone: hour
note: ə
enpr: ou
ipa: /æʊ(ə)/
ipa: /ɐː/
ipa: /aː(r)/
ipa: /ɐʋə(r)/
ipa: /ɐwə(r)/
ipa: /aʊ(ə)ɹ/
ipa: /aːɹ/
ipa: /ɑːɹ/
ipa: /ʌʊɹ/
ipa: /ɔːɹ/
homophone: ow stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn or Homophone: are
rhymes: -aʊ or Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: wor
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.
Senses: examples: text: Sorry, you're not invited to our party.
text: Paying no attention to Lizzy, Mrs. Gibson began calling out our names in alphabetical order.
ref: 2008, Mike Knudson, Steve Wilkinson, Raymond and Graham Rule the School:
glosses: Belonging to us, excluding the person(s) being addressed (exclusive our).
examples: text: We must try to save our marriage for the sake of our children.
glosses: Belonging to us, including the person(s) being addressed (inclusive our).
examples: text: Our safety record at ABC Widgets is very good.
text: In English, our nouns do not generally have gender.
text: Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
ref: 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:
glosses: 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.
examples: text: As we get older, our reactions get slower.
text: 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.
ref: 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:
glosses: Belonging to people in general.
examples: text: How are we all tonight? Have we got our happy faces on?
glosses: Belonging to everyone being addressed.
examples: text: How are we feeling this morning, Mrs Miggins? Have we taken our tablets yet?
text: 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.
qualifier: may seem patronising
glosses: 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.
examples: text: "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."
glosses: Belonging to a third person, especially someone in the speaker's care.
examples: text: 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.
glosses: Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.
examples: text: I'm going to see our Terry for tea.
glosses: Used before a person's name to indicate that the person is in one's family, or is a very close friend.
Derived terms: byrlady
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
Related terms: word: Ime
word: me
word: myselfmemysen
word: mine
word: mymineme
word: we
word: us
word: ourselvesourselfoursen
word: oursourn
word: you
word: yourselfyoursen
word: yoursyourn
word: your
word: thou
word: thee
word: thyselftheeselfthysen
word: thine
word: thythine
word: youye
word: yourselves
word: you ally'all you guys
word: y'allselves
word: all yours y'all's you guys' your guys'
word: all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys'
word: he
word: him
word: himselfhisselfhissen
word: hishisn
word: his
word: she
word: her
word: herselfhersen
word: hershern
word: ithit
word: itselfhitself
word: itshis
word: itshishits
word: they
word: them
word: themself
word: themselves
word: theirs
word: their
word: one
word: oneself
word: –
word: one's
word: themhem
word: 'em
word: themselvestheirsen
word: theirstheirn
word: The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun
word: including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete
word: archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.