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those

/ðəʊz/ UK
/ðoʊz/ US
[ðoːz] Canada

Rhymes with -əʊz

Where it comes from

From Middle English thos (“those”), alteration of tho pl (“the; those”), equivalent to tho (“the; those”) + -s (plural ending), partly by analogy with thes (“these”), whose final -s is original and not a plural ending. More at tho.

determiner

plural plural of that Those bolts go with these parts.
Similar: them

Opposite: these

pronoun

plural plural of that those who serve [those persons who serve]

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: above, anybody, anyone, both, celles, ces, children, deniers, each, esc, etuc, every, everybody, everyone, individuals, las

determiner

Opposite: these

Translations

Every language

det plural of that

Español	esos, aquesos, esas, aquesas, aquellos, aquellas
中文	那些 nàxiē
Português	aqueles
Français	ces
Deutsch	jene
Italiano	quelle, quei, quegli
Română	acei, acele, ăia, alea
Русский	те te
Tiếng Việt	ấy, kia
العربية	أُولَٰئِكَ ʔūlāʔika, تِلْكَ tilka, ذِيكَ ḏīka

pron plural of that

Español	esos, ésos, aquesos, esas, ésas, aquesas
Français	ceux-là, celles-là

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Chicago

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BibTeX

@misc{those_2026,
  title = {those},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/those},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}