hers
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- her's (now nonstandard)
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English hires, heres, hers, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to her + -s (compare -'s).[1]
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɜːz/, unstressed IPA(key): /əz/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɝz/, unstressed IPA(key): /ɚz/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)z
PronounEdit
hers
- That which belongs to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun. [from 12th c.]
- 1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Penguin 1999, p. 335:
- The life of La Motte, who had more than saved her's […], depended on the testimony she should give.
- 2019, Gaby Hinsliff, The Guardian, 31 August:
- The rest of us, meanwhile, would do well to accept that one woman’s choice is just that; hers and hers alone, not the standard by which all must be judged.
- 1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Penguin 1999, p. 335:
TranslationsEdit
that which belongs to her
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NounEdit
hers
See alsoEdit
English personal pronouns
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “hers”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
AnagramsEdit
IcelandicEdit
NounEdit
hers
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronounEdit
hers
- Alternative form of hires (“hers”)
Etymology 2Edit
PronounEdit
hers
- Alternative form of heres (“theirs”)
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
hers
- Alternative form of ars (“anus; buttocks”)
Etymology 4Edit
VerbEdit
hers