leurs
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lœʁ/, (before a vowel) /lœʁ.z‿/
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Determiner
leurs pl
- (possessive) plural of leur: their (used before a plural noun)
- Elles ont oublié leurs livres.
- They forgot their books.
Related terms
| Possessee | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||||
| Masculine | Feminine | |||||
| Possessor | Singular | First person | mon1 | ma | mes | |
| Second person | ton1 | ta | tes | |||
| Third person | son1 | sa | ses | |||
| Plural | First person | notre | nos | |||
| Second person | votre2 | vos2 | ||||
| Third person | leur | leurs | ||||
- 1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
- 2 Also used as the polite singular form.
Pronoun
leurs pl
- (possessive) plural of leur: theirs (referring to a plural noun)
- Ce sont vos papiers ou les leurs ?
- Are those your papers or theirs?
- Je préfère nos voisins aux leurs.
- I prefer our neighbors over theirs.
- J'ai besoin de vos papiers, pas des leurs.
- I need your papers, not theirs.
Related terms
French possessive pronouns
| Possessee | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||||
| Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | |||
| Possessor | Singular | First person | le mien | la mienne | les miens | les miennes |
| Second person | le tien | la tienne | les tiens | les tiennes | ||
| Third person | le sien | la sienne | les siens | les siennes | ||
| Plural | First person | le nôtre | la nôtre | les nôtres | ||
| Second person | le vôtre | la vôtre | les vôtres | |||
| Third person | le leur | la leur | les leurs | |||
Further reading
- “leurs”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- relus