ours
Part of speech: pron
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English oures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to our + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced ourn (from Middle English ouren) in standard speech.
Base: our
Affixes: -s
Inflected forms:
form: ours
pos: pron
tags: plural
form: our's
pos: pron
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: That or those belonging to us.
pos: pron
examples: You can't take that! It's ours!
Could we ask you to move, please. These seats are ours.
This beach is a favourite of ours.
gloss: That or those belonging to us.
pos: pron
examples: We should ask for it back. After all, it is ours.
Don't you think that ours looks much nicer than theirs?
gloss: That or those 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.
pos: pron
examples: French food is better than ours.
gloss: That or those belonging to people in general.
pos: pron
examples: As we get older, maintaining an active social life should be a priority of ours.
gloss: That or those belonging to everyone being addressed.
pos: pron
tags: colloquial
examples: Good evening everyone. How are we all tonight? I know I've got my happy face on; have we all got ours on too?
gloss: That or those belonging to an individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given.
pos: pron
tags: colloquial
examples: Hello Mrs Miggins. How are we feeling this morning? Oh, what's that bottle of tablets under our chair? Is that ours?
gloss: Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.
pos: pron
tags: colloquial
examples: Hey guys, in this video I'll show you how I make my upside-down sponge cake. There are lots of recipes for these, but ours is the best.
gloss: Our house or home.
pos: pron
tags: informal
examples: You can stay the night at ours if you like.
Derived words: both of ours
friend of ours
of ours
Translations:
lang: Aghwan
word: 𐔱𐔴𐕐𐔼𐕒
roman: bešio
lang: Arabic
word: لَنَا
roman: lanā
lang: Arabic
word: لينا
roman: lina
lang: Arabic
word: بتعنا
roman: betaʕna
lang: Arabic
word: بتاعتنا
roman: betaʕetna
lang: Arabic
word: بتوعنا
roman: betuʕna
lang: Azerbaijani
word: bizimki
lang: Bahamian Creole
word: ah own
lang: Belarusian
word: наш
roman: naš
lang: Central Bikol
word: sato
lang: Central Bikol
word: satuya
lang: Bulgarian
word: наш
roman: naš
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 我們的 /我们的
roman: wǒmen de
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 咱們的 /咱们的
roman: zánmen de
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 咱的
roman: zán de
lang: Coptic
word: ⲫⲱⲛ
roman: phōn
lang: Coptic
word: ⲑⲱⲛ
roman: thōn
lang: Coptic
word: ⲛⲟⲩⲛ
lang: Coptic
word: ⲡⲱⲛ
roman: pōn
lang: Coptic
word: ⲧⲱⲛ
roman: tōn
lang: Coptic
word: ⲛⲟⲩⲛ
lang: Czech
word: náš
lang: Danish
word: vores
lang: Danish
word: vor
lang: Dutch
word: het onze
lang: Dutch
word: de onze
lang: Dutch
word: die van ons
lang: Esperanto
word: la nia
lang: Finnish
word: meidän
lang: French
word: le nôtre
lang: French
word: la nôtre
lang: French
word: les nôtres
lang: German
word: unserer
lang: German
word: unsere
lang: German
word: unseres
lang: Greek
word: δικός μας
roman: dikós mas
lang: Greek
word: δικιά μας
roman: dikiá mas
lang: Greek
word: δική μας
roman: dikí mas
lang: Greek
word: δικό μας
roman: dikó mas
lang: Greek
word: δικοί μας
roman: dikoí mas
lang: Greek
word: δικές μας
roman: dikés mas
lang: Greek
word: δικά μας
roman: diká mas
lang: Hebrew
word: שלנו
roman: shelánu
lang: Hindi
word: हमारा
roman: hamārā
lang: Hungarian
word: mienk
lang: Hungarian
word: miénk
lang: Hungarian
word: mieink
lang: Italian
word: il nostro
lang: Italian
word: la nostra
lang: Italian
word: i nostri
lang: Italian
word: le nostre
lang: Japanese
word: 私たちの
roman: watashitachi no
lang: Japanese
word: 私等の
roman: watashitachi no
lang: Japanese
word: 我らの
roman: warera no
lang: Japanese
word: 我々の
roman: wareware no
lang: Lao
word: ຂອງພວກເຮົາ
roman: khǭng phūak hao
lang: Latin
word: noster
lang: Latin
word: nostri
lang: Latin
word: nostrum
lang: Latvian
word: mūsu
lang: Latvian
word: mūsējs
lang: Latvian
word: mūsējais
lang: Macedonian
word: наш
roman: naš
lang: Manchu
word: ᠮᡝᠨ᠋ᡳᠩᡤᡝ
roman: meningge
lang: Manchu
word: ᠮᡠᠰᡝᠩᡤᡝ
roman: musengge
lang: Mazanderani
word: امنی
roman: ameni
lang: Mongolian
word: манайх
roman: manajx
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠮᠠᠨ᠋ᠤᠬᠢ
roman: manuki
lang: Polish
word: nasz
lang: Portuguese
word: o nosso
lang: Romani
word: amaro
lang: Romani
word: amari
lang: Romani
word: amare
lang: Romanian
word: al nostru
lang: Romanian
word: a noastră
lang: Romanian
word: ai noștri
lang: Romanian
word: ale noastre
lang: Romansh
word: il noss
lang: Romansh
word: la nossa
lang: Romansh
word: ils noss
lang: Romansh
word: las nossas
lang: Russian
word: наш
roman: naš
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: naš
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: наш
lang: Slovak
word: náš
lang: Slovene
word: nàš
lang: Spanish
word: lo nuestro
lang: Swedish
word: vår
lang: Swedish
word: vårt
lang: Swedish
word: våra
lang: Thai
word: ของเรา
roman: kŏng rao
lang: Turkish
word: bizimki
lang: Tuvan
word: бистии
roman: bistii
lang: Ukrainian
word: наш
roman: naš
lang: Urdu
word: ہمارا
roman: hamārā
lang: Uyghur
word: بىزنىڭكى
roman: bizningki
lang: Uyghur
word: بىزنىڭكىلەر
roman: bizningkiler
lang: Vietnamese
word: của chúng tôi
lang: Yakut
word: биһиэнэ
roman: bihiene
lang: Zazaki
word: emara