ours in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for ours in the English»French Dictionary

ours [Brit aʊəz, Am ˈaʊ(ə)rz, ɑrz]

ours PRON In French, pronouns reflect the number and gender of the noun they are standing for. Thus ours is translated by le nôtre, la nôtre or les nôtres according to what is being referred to: the blue car is ours = la voiture bleue est la nôtre; their children are older than ours = leurs enfants sont plus âgés que les nôtres.:

ours

le nôtre/la nôtre/les nôtres

their car is red but ours is blue

leur voiture est rouge mais la nôtre est bleue

which tickets are ours?

lesquels de ces billets sont les nôtres?

she's a friend of ours

c'est une amie à nous

he's no friend of ours!

ce n'est pas un ami à nous!

the book isn't ours to lend you

nous ne pouvons pas te prêter ce livre, il n'est pas à nous

ours is not an easy task form

notre tâche n'est pas facile

our [Brit aʊə, Am ˈaʊ(ə)r, ɑr]

our DET In French, determiners agree in gender and number with the noun they qualify. So our is translated by notre + masculine or feminine singular noun (notre chien, notre maison) and nos + plural noun (nos enfants).
When our is stressed, à nous is added after the noun: our house = notre maison à nous.
For our used with parts of the body .:

our

notre/nos

our mother

notre mère

our children

nos enfants

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our feathered friends

nos amis les oiseaux

our task was insuperably difficult

notre tâche était d'une difficulté insurmontable

our aim is statehood

notre objectif est de devenir un État

Translations for ours in the French»English Dictionary

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la maison mitoyenne de la nôtre

the house adjoining ours

cette terre est nôtre

this land is our land

le nôtre, la nôtre, les nôtres

ours

un métier comme le nôtre

a job like ours

leur alimentation est très différente de la nôtre

their diet is very different from our own

les nôtres (notre peuple)

our own people

les nôtres (notre équipe)

our side sing

es-tu des nôtres?

are you on our side?

notre

our

nos ancêtres

our ancestors

nos enfants à nous inf

our children

à nos âges

at our age

nous sommes tous retournés dans notre chambre

we all went back into our rooms

un de nos amis

a friend of ours

notre chez-nous

our (own) home

nos concitoyens

our fellow-countrymen

ours in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for ours in the English»French Dictionary

ours [ˈaʊəz, Am ˈaʊɚz] poss pron (belonging to us)

ours

le (la) nôtre

it's not their bag, it's ours

ce n'est pas leur sac, c'est le nôtre

this house is ours

cette maison est la nôtre

a book of ours

(l')un de nos livres

this table is ours

cette table est à nous

our [ˈaʊəʳ, Am ˈaʊɚ] poss adj

our

notre mf

our

nos pl

See also my

my [maɪ] poss adj

my

mon m

my

ma f

my dog/house/children

mon chien/ma maison/mes enfants

this car is my own

cette voiture est à moi

I hurt my foot/head

je me suis blessé le pied/à la tête

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prejudicial to our safety

préjudiciable à notre sécurité

our only remaining hope

notre seul espoir

to synchronize our watches

régler nos montres à la même heure

to synchronize our holidays

passer nos vacances en même temps

Translations for ours in the French»English Dictionary

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le/la/les nôtre(s)

our

les nôtres

our folks

les nôtres (nos partisans)

our people

notre

our

Notre Père qui êtes aux cieux

Our Father, who art in heaven

un mystère incompréhensible

a mystery beyond our understanding

nos dépenses ne sont pas compressibles

our spending is impossible to reduce

nous nous nettoyons les ongles

we're cleaning our nails

nous, nous n'avons pas [ou on n'a pas inf] ouvert la bouche

we never opened our mouths

le cœur nous battait fort

our hearts were beating fast

la maison est à nous

the house is ours

c'est à nous!

it's our turn!

ours Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the house facing ours

la maison en face de la nôtre

it's not their bag, it's ours

ce n'est pas leur sac, c'est le nôtre

this house is ours

cette maison est la nôtre

a book of ours

(l')un de nos livres

this table is ours

cette table est à nous

they aren't our bags, they are theirs

ce ne sont pas nos sacs, ce sont les leurs

reporting from New York, our correspondent ...

de New York, notre correspondant ...

death has stolen away our child

la mort nous a ravi notre enfant

so much for our quiet life

c'en est fait de notre vie calme

it never crossed our mind that ...

nous étions à cent [ou mille] lieues de penser que ...

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

But soon you might hear of another group like ours in another square.

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The theory says we get gender by learning what to associate with ours and others various stereotype and status cues.

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He connected the story of their actions with ours today.

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Ours is a battle of life and death.

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For no matter how long the polluted wave of the gain-seeking ones shall be sweeping over us, the land is ours.

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We will stand up as a people and demand what is rightfully ours.

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This is one of my favourite videos of ours so far.

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You and your family as well as those families, who have lost their protectors, will become the families of this state of ours.

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Readers provide theoretical validation by comparing their lives to ours, by thinking about how our lives are similar and different and the reasons why.

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These two (in an isotropic world of ours) can not depend upon the direction of "v".

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