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Determiner [French]

IPA: /lœʁ/ Audio: Fr-leur.ogg Forms: leurs [plural]
Rhymes: -œʁ Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|leur|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French leur, {{inh+|fr|frm|leur}} Inherited from Middle French leur, {{inh|fr|fro|lor}} Old French lor, {{inh|fr|la|illōrum}} Latin illōrum, {{cog|it|loro}} Italian loro Head templates: {{fr-det|p=leurs}} leur (plural leurs)
  1. their Derived forms: le leur, leurdit
    Sense id: en-leur-fr-det-~ZY-T9RZ Categories (other): French determiners, French entries with incorrect language header, French personal pronouns, French possessive determiners, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French determiners: 58 42 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of French personal pronouns: 70 30 Disambiguation of French possessive determiners: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37 Related terms: mon1, ma, mes, ton1, ta, tes, son1, sa, ses, notre, nos, votre2, vos2, leurs

Pronoun [French]

IPA: /lœʁ/ Audio: Fr-leur.ogg
Rhymes: -œʁ Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|leur|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French leur, {{inh+|fr|frm|leur}} Inherited from Middle French leur, {{inh|fr|fro|lor}} Old French lor, {{inh|fr|la|illōrum}} Latin illōrum, {{cog|it|loro}} Italian loro Head templates: {{head|fr|pronoun form|cat2=personal pronouns|g=mf-p}} leur m pl or f pl
  1. (personal, indirect) (to) them Tags: feminine, indirect, masculine, personal, plural
    Sense id: en-leur-fr-pron-4RMMe4Bv Related terms: je, j’, me, m’, , moi, tu, te, t’, toi, il, le, l’, lui, y, en, elle, la, on1, se, s’, soi, nous, vous, ils3, les, eux3, elles

Pronoun [Middle French]

Etymology: From Old French lor. Etymology templates: {{inh|frm|fro|lor}} Old French lor Head templates: {{head|frm|pronoun}} leur
  1. (object pronoun) them

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "leur (plural leurs)",
      "name": "fr-det"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "det",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "mon1"
    },
    {
      "word": "ma"
    },
    {
      "word": "mes"
    },
    {
      "word": "ton1"
    },
    {
      "word": "ta"
    },
    {
      "word": "tes"
    },
    {
      "word": "son1"
    },
    {
      "word": "sa"
    },
    {
      "word": "ses"
    },
    {
      "word": "notre"
    },
    {
      "word": "nos"
    },
    {
      "word": "votre2"
    },
    {
      "word": "vos2"
    },
    {
      "word": "leurs"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I can see their house from here.",
          "text": "J’aperçois leur maison d’ici.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "their"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "their",
          "their"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lœʁ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-leur.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/Fr-leur.ogg/Fr-leur.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Fr-leur.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "leurre"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "leurrent"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "leurres"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "leurs"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-œʁ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leur"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "leur"
          },
          "expansion": "French: leur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: leur"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "lor"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French lor",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French lor.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "leur",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle French",
  "lang_code": "frm",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle French lemmas",
        "Middle French pronouns",
        "Middle French terms derived from Old French",
        "Middle French terms inherited from Old French",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "them"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "them",
          "them"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "object pronoun",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(object pronoun) them"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "leur"
}

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