our
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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 (“our”), Danish vor (“our”), Norwegian vår (“our”), and more distantly Latin noster.
PronunciationEdit
- (UK)
- enPR: ouə, IPA(key): /ˈaʊə(ɹ)/ or (with triphthong smoothing) IPA(key): /ɑː(ɹ)/
- Homophone: hour or Homophone: are
- Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ) or Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
- (US)
- enPR: our, IPA(key): /ˈaʊɚ/ or enPR: ar, IPA(key): /ɑɹ/, [ɑɹ], [ɑ˞]
orAudio (US) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: hour or Homophone: are
- Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ) or Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
- enPR: ou(ə), IPA(key): /æɔ(ə)/ or IPA(key): /ɐː/
- Homophone: ow (some dialects) or Homophone: are
- Rhymes: -aʊ or Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
DeterminerEdit
our
- 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.
- 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:
- 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.
- 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[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:
- Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
- (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.
TranslationsEdit
belonging to us
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See alsoEdit
English personal pronouns
VerbEdit
our
- Misspelling of are.
AnagramsEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old English ūre.
PronounEdit
our
- Alternative form of oure
Etymology 2Edit
DeterminerEdit
our
- Alternative form of your
Etymology 3Edit
From Anglo-Norman houre.
NounEdit
our
- Alternative form of houre
RomanschEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ur (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader)
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
our m (plural ours)
YolaEdit
DeterminerEdit
our
- Alternative form of oor
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7:
- Our eein wode b' mistern t' dearnt up ee skee.
- Our eyes would be dazzled to look up to the sky.
ReferencesEdit
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 86