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	Plural
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

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