Definition/Meaning of his

• English - Determiner: his Belonging to him . [from 8th c .] 1596 , Edmund Spenser , The Faerie Queene , IV .i: With that he put his spurres vnto his steed , / With speare in rest , and toward him did fare , / Like shaft out of a bow preuenting speed . 2011 , Xan Rice , The Guardian , 8 Apr 2011: In his first televised address since the siege in Abidjan began this week , Ouattara said he would focus on returning the…
• English - Pronoun: his That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he , used without a following noun . The decision was his to live with . Alternative spelling of His Translations
• English - Etymology: From Middle English , from Old English his ( “ his , its ” ), from Proto-Germanic *hes ( “ of this ” ), genitive of *hiz ( “ this , this one ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe- , *ḱey- ( “ this ” ). Cognate with Danish , Swedish , Norwegian , Icelandic hans ( “ his ” ). More at he ; see also its .
• English - Pronunciation: IPA (key) : /ˈhɪz/ , unstressed IPA (key) : /ɪ̈z/ Rhymes: -ɪz
• English - See also: he her hers him hisn