hers in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for hers in the English»French Dictionary

hers [Brit həːz, Am hərz]

hers PRON In French, possessive pronouns reflect the gender and number of the noun they are standing for; hers is translated by le sien, la sienne, les siens, les siennes, according to what is being referred to.
For examples and particular usages, see the entry below.:

my car is red but hers is blue

ma voiture est rouge mais la sienne est bleue

the green pen is hers

le stylo vert est à elle

which house is hers?

sa maison c'est laquelle?

I'm a friend of hers

c'est une amie à moi

it's not hers

ce n'est pas à elle, ce n'est pas le sien or la sienne

the money wasn't hers to give away

elle n'avait pas à donner cet argent

hers was not an easy task

sa tâche n'était pas facile

I saw her with that dog of hers! pej

je l'ai vue avec son sale chien! inf

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unmistakably his, hers

indubitablement

she claimed that the land was hers, she claimed the land as hers

elle a prétendu que le terrain lui appartenait

his eyes met hers

son regard a rencontré or a croisé le sien

she took my keys in mistake for hers

elle a pris mes clés au lieu des siennes

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cette maison est sienne à présent

the house is now his/hers

le sien, la sienne, les siens, les siennes

his/hers/its

celui-là, c'est le sien

that's his/hers

l'enfant n'était pas le sien

the child was not his/hers

un de ses amis

a friend of his/hers

ma main a rencontré la sienne

my hand met his/hers

mon regard croisa le sien

our eyes met, my gaze met his/hers

des amis à elle

friends of hers

le bol bleu est à elle

the blue bowl is hers

hers in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for hers in the English»French Dictionary

hers [hɜ:z, Am hɜ:rz] poss pron (belonging to her)

hers

le sien(la sienne)

hers

les sien(ne)s

it's not my bag, it's hers

ce n'est pas mon sac, c'est le sien

this house is hers

cette maison est la sienne

this glass is hers

ce verre est à elle

a book of hers

(l')un de ses livres

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it was no concern of hers!

ça ne la regardait absolument pas!

Translations for hers in the French»English Dictionary

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le sien/la sienne/les siens (d'une femme)

hers

la maison est à elle

the house is hers

c'est à elle!

it's hers!

de ma/ta/sa façon

of mine/yours/hers

hers Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

it's not my bag, it's hers

ce n'est pas mon sac, c'est le sien

this house is hers

cette maison est la sienne

this glass is hers

ce verre est à elle

a book of hers

(l')un de ses livres

it was no concern of hers!

ça ne la regardait absolument pas!

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She manages to be both cruelly callous and likable, and hers is one of the most complex, disturbing and haunting performances of the year.

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Hers was a case of remarkable precocity.

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She signals with her eyes, and the scientist moves to the security door that connects his room to hers.

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Hers is the supreme example of the bulb-like body.

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It was all we could do to scramble and pull focus and move the camera because the scene so quickly became hers.

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Hers was a spirit of prayer, sacrifice, mortification, obedience, humility and charity mainly towards the poor.

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Like most ironclads of her era she was equipped with a bronze ram; hers weighed 2200 kg.

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She believes the world title would have been hers if not for a scoring system error.

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On the scale of luckiness, hers is equivalent to a 40-leaf clover (compared with only a four-leaf clover).

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She reportedly held up a stage coach carrying an execution order condemning a friend of hers, which bought him enough time to escape the noose.

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