our
English
Etymology
From Middle English oure, from Old English ūre, ūser (“our”), from Proto-Germanic *unseraz (“of us, our”), from Proto-Indo-European *no-s-ero- (“our”). Cognate with West Frisian ús (“our”), Low German uns (“our”), Dutch onze (“our”), German unser (“our”), Danish vor (“our”).
Pronunciation
- (UK)
- enPR: ouər, IPA: /ˈaʊə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"aU@r/ or IPA: /ɑː(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /A:(\r)/
- Homophone: hour or Homophone: are
- Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ) or Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
- (US)
- enPR: our, IPA: /ˈaʊɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"aU@`/ or enPR: ar, IPA: /ɑɹ/, [ɑɹ], [ɑ˞], X-SAMPA: /Ar/
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orAudio (US) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ) or Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Pronoun
our possessive pronoun
- (attributive) Belonging to us.
- 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.
- 2008, Mike Knudson & Steve Wilkinson, Raymond and Graham Rule the School
- Of, from, or belonging to the nation, region, or language of the speaker.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page viii
- Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page viii
- (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.
Translations
belonging to us
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Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) ur
Etymology
From Latin ōra.
Noun
our m (plural ours)