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ours
English
Etymology
From Middle English oures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to our +? -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced ourn (from Middle English ouren) in standard speech.
Pronunciation
- (General American), IPA(key): /?a??z/, /??z/
- (Received Pronunciation), IPA(key): /?a??z/, /??z/
- Rhymes: -a??(?)z, -??(?)z
- Rhymes: -??(?)z
Pronoun
ours
- That which belongs to us; the possessive case of we, used without a following noun.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Ruso, sour
French
Etymology
From Middle French ours, from Old French urs, from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orssos, from Proto-Indo-European *h???t?os (“bear”).
The Early Modern French pronunciation was /u?/ before consonants, /u?z/ before vowels, and /u?s/ in pausa. For the most part, the pausal pronunciations were eventually lost, but in some cases they were re-established as the basic form (reinforced in part by the spelling, in part by related words; in this case perhaps the feminine ourse).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u?s/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /u?/ (archaic pronunciation, either for both numbers or only for the plural)
Noun
ours m (plural ours, feminine ourse)
- bear (animal)
- masthead (list of a newspaper's main staff)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: ous
- Louisiana Creole French: lours, lous
- Mauritian Creole: lurs
- Seychellois Creole: lours
Further reading
- “ours” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Pronoun
ours
- Alternative form of oures
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French urs, from Latin ursus.
Noun
ours m (plural ours, feminine singular ourse, feminine plural ourses)
- bear (mammal)
Descendants
- French: ours
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burs
English
Noun
burs
- plural of bur
Anagrams
- brus, rubs, srub, urbs
Danish
Noun
burs n
- indefinite genitive singular of bur
Latvian
Verb
burs
- 3rd person singular future indicative form of burt
- 3rd person plural future indicative form of burt
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -???
Noun
burs
- indefinite genitive singular of bur
Anagrams
- brus
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