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his^¹

/ɪz/ [ɪ̈z]
/əz/
/hɪz/ Australia, Canada, UK
/hɘz/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɪz

Where it comes from

From Middle English hes, from Old English his (“his; its”), from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”). Cognate with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic hans (“his”). More at he; see also its.

determiner His

Belonging to him. With that he put his ſpurres vnto his ſteed, With ſpeare in reſt, and toward him did fare, Like ſhaft out of a bow preuenting ſpeed.
dated, sometimes Belonging to a person of unspecified gender. On the contrary, those other passions, commonly denominated selfish, both produce different sentiments in each individual, according to his particular situation […]
obsolete Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.) In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes[…]
archaic Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case. Ahab his mark

pronoun his · His

That or those belonging to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun. This pen is his. These books are also his.
informal His house or home. After our night out, I went back to his.
alternative Alternative spelling of His

his^²

noun

plural plural of hi The Hikkams pushed a table over by the booth where the Lochwoods and Meekums were sitting, exchanged his and sat down.

His^³

pronoun

honorific, possessive, pronoun, without noun Honorific alternative letter-case form of his, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context. We pray that He grant us His blessings and that His will be done.

proper noun

A surname from Swiss.

HIS^⁴

noun HISs · HISes · HIS's

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of health information system or hospital information system Meronyms: HL7, PACS, DICOM, EHR, EMR
Similar: CIS, HIT

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: howdy, hullo, hello, how-do-you-do, ess, son, him, particular, sound, sas, ses, thereof, caymanian, hls, lee, steffie

Translations

Every language

det attributive: belonging to him

Español	su, sus
한국어	그의 geuui
日本語	彼の kare no
中文	他的 tā de
हिन्दी	उसका uskā, इसका iskā, उनका unkā
Português	seu
Français	son, sa, ses
Deutsch	sein, n, seine
Italiano	suo, sua, suoi, sue
Ελληνικά	του tou
Română	său, sa, săi, sale, lui
Русский	его́ jevó, свой svoj
Tiếng Việt	của anh ấy, của nó, của hắn
العربية	ـهُ -hu, لَه lah
עברית	שלו sheló

pron that which belongs to him

Español	suyo, suya, suyos, suyas
Português	dele
Français	le sien, la sienne, les siens, les siennes
Deutsch	seiner, seine, seines, sein, der Seine, die Seine
Italiano	il suo, la sua, i suoi, le sue
Ελληνικά	δικός του dikós tou, δικιά του dikiá tou, δική του dikí tou, δικό του dikó tou, δικοί του dikoí tou, δικές του dikés tou
Română	al lui, al său, a sa, ai săi, ale sale
Русский	его́ jevó
עברית	שלו, שלו shelo

name belonging to God

Español	su, de él
中文	祂的 tāde

noun hospital information system

Français	SIH (système d'information hospitalier)
Deutsch	KIS

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@misc{his_2026,
  title = {his},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/his},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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