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their  (âr)
adj. The possessive form of they.
1. Used as a modifier before a noun: their accomplishments; their home town.
2. Usage Problem His, her, or its: "It is fatal for anyone who writes to think of their sex" (Virginia Woolf). See Usage Notes at he1, they.

[Middle English, from Old Norse theira, theirs; see to- in Indo-European roots.]

their [ðɛə]
determiner
1. of, belonging to, or associated in some way with them their finest hour their own clothes she tried to combat their mocking her
2. belonging to or associated in some way with people in general not including the speaker or people addressed in many countries they wash their clothes in the river
3. belonging to or associated in some way with an indefinite antecedent such as one, whoever, or anybody everyone should bring their own lunch
[from Old Norse theira (genitive plural); see they, them]
Usage: See at they
Translations
their [ðɛəʳ] POSS ADJ (with singular noun) → su; (with plural noun) → sus
their fathersu padre
their housesu casa
their parentssus padres
their sisterssus hermanas
they took off their coatsse quitaron los abrigos
after washing their handsdespués de lavarse las manos
someone stole their caralguien les robó el coche

their [ˈðɛər] adj
(of them, belonging to them)leur, leurs pl
their house → leur maison
their parents → leurs parents
(= his or her) → son m, sa f, ses pl
Anyone looking for income from their investments → Quiconque cherche à avoir des revenus de ses placements ...

their
poss adj
ihr
(inf: = belonging to him or her) → seine(r, s); everyone knows their rights nowadaysjeder kennt heutzutage seine Rechte ? also my POSS ADJ

their [ðɛəʳ] poss adjil/la loro, i/le loro pl
their [ðɛəʳ] poss adjil/la loro, i/le loro pl

their
adj their [ðeə]
1 belonging to them This is their car; Take a note of their names and addresses. hul لَهُم، خاصَّتُهُم техен jejich deres ihr,ihre που τους ανήκει su, sus nende مال آنها؛ آنها heidän leur(s) שֶׁלָהֶם, שֶׁלָהֶן उनका या इनका njihov (az ő) -(j)uk, -(j)ük stb. milik mereka þeirra loro 彼らの 그(그녀)들의, 그것들의 viņu mereka hun deres; sin, sitt, sine ich seu/deles lor их ich njihov njihov deras, sin, sitt, sina ของเขาเหล่านั้น onların 的所有格,他(她、它)們的 їхній; свій ان کا của họ
2 used instead of his, ~his or her etc where a person of unknown sex or people of both sexes are referred to Everyone should buy his own ticket. sy of haar تُسْتَعْمَل عندما لا نَعْرِف جِنْس المُشار إليْه техен vlastní sin sein, ihr δικό του, δικό της (το χρησιμοποιούμε όταν δε γνωρίζουμε το φύλο του αναφερόμενου αντικειμένου) su, sus oma خود (kun sukupuolta ei tunneta tai kun viitataan molempiin sukupuoliin) son, sa, ses, leur(s) שֶׁלָהֶם שֶׁלָהֶן they का संबंधकारक और विशेषण रूप, उनका njihov (az ő) -(j)uk, -(j)ük stb. milik masing-masing sinn, sína suo, sua, suoi, sue その人の 그 사람의 savo savu mereka sendiri zijn sin, sitt; sine swój seu/sua său; lor свой svoj, svoja, svoje; vlastný svoj svoj deras, sin, sitt, sina ของเขาเหล่านั้น onun (泛指)他的、她的 свій اپنا dùng thay cho các ngôi, của họ
pron theirs [ðeəz]
a person, thing etc belonging to them The child is theirs; a friend of theirs (= one of their friends). van hulle لَهُم техен jejich deres ihre/-r/-s,ihnen δικό τους (el) suyo, (la) suya, (los) suyos, (las) suyas nende (oma) مال آنها؛ آنها heidän le leur, la leur, les leurs שֶׁלָהֶם, שֶׁלָהֶן उनका अपना या इनका njihov (az) övé(i)k milik mereka þeirra il/la loro, i/le loro 彼らのもの 그(그녀)들의 것, 그 사람의 것 viņu kepunyaan mereka van hen deres, sin, sitt, sine ich seu/deles al/a/ai/ale lor их ich njihov njihov deras, sin, sitt, sina ของเขาเหล่านั้น onlarınki 他(她)們的東西或家屬 їхній ان کا của họ 西

their ضمير الملكية للجمع jejich deres ihr δικός τους su heidän leur njihov loro 彼らの 그들의 hun deres ich deles их deras ของเขาเหล่านั้น onların của họ 他们的


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