French word

eux

Pronunciation

IPA/ø/

Meaning

  • pronounthem

Example

C'est eux qui ont gagné.

It was them who won.

Illustration for eux (them)

More examples

Je parle souvent avec eux.

I often talk with them.

Core concept

A group of people placed in the sentence's spotlight as a distinct unit.

Common phrases

  • avec eux

    with them

  • chez eux

    at their place

  • entre eux

    among themselves

Similar words

ils: A subject pronoun for men or mixed-gender groups.
les: An object pronoun for plural people or things, placed before the verb.
elles: A subject pronoun for groups made up entirely of women.
eux-mêmes: An emphatic pronoun referring to plural people themselves.

Definition in French

Désigne, à la troisième personne du pluriel, un groupe (masculin ou mixte) en position emphatique ou après une préposition, alors que le sujet ordinaire est « ils ».

Word origin

Eux developed from Old French eus and euz, ultimately from Latin illos, the masculine plural accusative form of ille.

Usage tips

  • The final x in eux is silent, and its vowel is the rounded French vowel heard in peu.

Other meanings

  • those peoplepronoun

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