their
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their
- /ðɛə/ UK
- /ðɛː/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ðeɹ/ Scotland
- /ðɜː(ɹ)/
- /ðɛɚ/ US
- /ðɚ/ US, unstressed
- /ðɑː(ɹ)/ Midwestern US
- [ðeːɹ] Canada, Northwestern, US
- /ðeː/ Australia
- /ðiə/
- /ðeə/ New Zealand
- /zɛə(ɹ)/
Sounds like they're, (pane–pain merger) there · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *þaizǭ
Proto-Norse ᚦᚨᛁᛉᛟ (þaiʀo /þaizō/)
Old Norse þeirader.
English their
From Old Norse þeira, þeirra. Replaced native Old English heora.
determiner deir · thair · theire · theyr · theyre · thir
- Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural). they will meet tomorrow at their convenience
- Belonging to someone (one person, singular), or occasionally to something. There's not a man I meet but doth salute me As if I were their well-acquainted friend […]
adverb deir · thair · theire · theyr · theyre · thir
- Misspelling of there.there
contraction deir · thair · theire · theyr · theyre · thir
- Misspelling of they’re.they’re
