thine in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for thine in the English»French Dictionary

I.thine [Brit ðʌɪn, Am ðaɪn] archaic PRON

thine → yours

II.thine [Brit ðʌɪn, Am ðaɪn] archaic DET

thine → your

See also yours, your

yours [Brit jɔːz, jʊəz, Am jɔrz, jʊrz]

yours PRON For a full note on the use of the vous and tu forms in French, see the entry → you.
In French, possessive pronouns reflect the gender and number of the noun they are standing for. When yours is referring to only one person it is translated by le vôtre, la vôtre, les vôtres or, more familiarly, le tien, la tienne, les tiens, les tiennes. When yours is referring to more than one person it is translated by le vôtre, la vôtre, les vôtres.
For examples and particular usages see the entry below.

my car is red but yours is blue
ma voiture est rouge mais la vôtre or la tienne est bleue
which house is yours?
votre maison c'est laquelle, ta maison c'est laquelle?
he's a colleague of yours
c'est un de vos or tes collègues
it's not yours
ce n'est pas à vous or à toi
the money wasn't yours to give away
vous n'aviez pas à donner cet argent
yours was not an easy task
votre tâche n'était pas facile
I'm fed up inf with that dog of yours!
j'en ai marre de ton sale chien! inf

your [Brit jɔː, jʊə, Am jɔr, jʊr] DET

thine in the PONS Dictionary

thine Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

unto thine own self be true prov
sois honnête avec toi-même
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The evils thou complainest of are of thine own making.
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A juicy piece of meat hath fallen in thine bowl!
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So shall thou rest in peace, enthron'd in thine island home.
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But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness.
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Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
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They say thy sons are many: so give me one son of thine.
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You will see the beautiful bird's marshes of the lake and their banks then and thine heart will become happy when recognizing their beautiful realms.
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Set me as a seal upon thine heart.
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The third station is the station of neither mine nor thine.
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The first two verses use plural ye and you, and the next three verses use the singular thou, thy and thine to the individual.
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