French word

vôtre

Pronunciation

IPA/votʁ/

Meaning

  • pronounyours

Example

Est-ce que ce sac est le vôtre ?

Is this bag yours?

Illustration for vôtre (yours)

More examples

Le parapluie laissé ici est le vôtre.

The umbrella left here is yours.

Core concept

The noun-replacing form that points to the addressed person's possession while the article identifies the object's gender and number.

Common phrases

  • le vôtre

    yours

  • la vôtre

    yours

Similar words

tien: A possessive pronoun for something belonging to a familiar addressee.
mien: A possessive pronoun for something belonging to the speaker.
nôtre: A possessive pronoun for something belonging to the speaker and others.
leur: A possessive pronoun for something belonging to multiple third parties.

Definition in French

Désigne « la chose qui appartient à la personne à qui l'on parle », employé sans nom et s'accordant en genre et en nombre avec cette chose.

Word origin

The French form vôtre comes through Old French vostre from Latin vester, with the s of the older French form no longer written.

Usage tips

  • The circumflex distinguishes pronoun vôtre from determiner votre, while the surrounding form marks agreement: la vôtre is feminine singular and les vôtres is plural.

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