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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English oure, from Old English ūre, ūser (“our”), from Proto-Germanic *unseraz (“of us, our”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-s-ero- (“our”). Cognate with Scots oor (“our”), West Frisian ús (“our”), Low German uns (“our”), Dutch onze (“our”), German unser (“our”), Danish vor (“our”), Norwegian vår (“our”), and more distantly Latin noster.

Pronunciation[edit]

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(UK)

• enPR: ouə, IPA^(key): /ˈaʊə(ɹ)/ or (with triphthong smoothing) IPA^(key): /ɑː(ɹ)/
• Homophone: hour or Homophone: are
• Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ) or Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

(US)

• enPR: our, IPA^(key): /ˈaʊɚ/ or enPR: ar, IPA^(key): /ɑɹ/, [ɑɹ], [ɑ˞]

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• Homophone: hour or Homophone: are
• Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ) or Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

(General Australian)

• enPR: ou(ə), IPA^(key): /æɔ(ə)/ or IPA^(key): /ɑː/
• Homophone: ow (some dialects) or Homophone: are
• Rhymes: -aʊ or Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Determiner[edit]

our

1. Belonging to us.
   • 2008, Mike Knudson & Steve Wilkinson, Raymond and Graham Rule the School

     Paying no attention to Lizzy, Mrs. Gibson began calling out our names in alphabetical order.

   • 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:

     As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.

2. Of, from, or belonging to the nation, region, or language of the speaker.
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:

     Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.

3. (Northern England, Scotland) Used before a person's name to indicate that the person is in one's family, or is a very close friend.

   I'm going to see our Terry for tea.

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Verb[edit]

our

1. Misspelling of are.

Anagrams[edit]

• ROU, UoR, uro-

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English ūre.

Pronoun[edit]

our

1. Alternative form of oure

Etymology 2[edit]

Determiner[edit]

our

1. Alternative form of youre

References[edit]

• “your (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 May 2018.

Etymology 3[edit]

From Anglo-Norman houre.

Noun[edit]

our

1. Alternative form of houre

Romansch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) ur

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ōra.

Noun[edit]

our m (plural ours)

1. (Surmiran) edge, margins