different between herself vs hirself

English

Alternative forms

• Herself (honorific)

Etymology

From Middle English. Equivalent to her +? -self.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h???s?lf/, /?s?lf/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /h??s?lf/, /?s?lf/
• Rhymes: -?lf
• Hyphenation: her?self

Pronoun

herself (the third person singular, feminine, personal pronoun, the reflexive form of she, masculine himself, neuter itself, plural themselves)

1. (reflexive) Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.

2. (emphatic) She; an intensive repetition of the female subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate.

3. (Ireland) The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; she (used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others)

Translations

See also

Anagrams

• Flesher, flesher

English

Etymology

hir +? self, following pattern of herself, himself, and itself

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?r?self, IPA^(key): /hi??s?lf/
• Rhymes: -?lf
• Hyphenation: hir?self

Pronoun

hirself (a reflexive, third person singular, gender-neutral (or multigendered) personal pronoun)

1. (reflexive) Hir, themself; Gender-neutral third-person singular object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, coordinate with gendered himself and herself.
2. (emphatic) Sie; an intensive repetition of a gender-neutral subject, often used to indicate exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of a predicate.

Synonyms

• themself
• (neologism) emself, perself

Hyponyms

• himself, herself

Usage notes

See usage notes for hir.

See also

• other attested gender-neutral pronouns