our

Etymology

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 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

(UK)

• enPR: ouə, IPA^(key): /ˈaʊə(ɹ)/ or 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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• 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

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. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, 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.

Verb

our

1. Misspelling of are.

Anagrams

• ROU, UoR, uro-

Etymology 1

From Old English ūre.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From Anglo-Norman houre.

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin ōra.

Noun

our m (plural ours)

1. (Surmiran) edge, margins