leur

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French leur, from Old French lor, from Latin illōrum, genitive masculine plural of ille.

As a possessive it was originally uninflected (as still is Italian loro), but adopted the plural ending in Middle French. Feminine -e was hindered by the analogy of other possessives, all of which have but one plural form and in the case of notre, votre no gender agreement at all.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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leur m pl or f pl

  1. (personal, indirect) (to) them
    Je leur ai donné un coup de main.
    I gave them a hand.
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Determiner

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leur (plural leurs)

  1. their
    Je peux voir leur maison d’ici.
    I can see their house from here.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French lor.

Pronoun

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leur

  1. (object pronoun) them

Descendants

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  • French: leur