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Source: tatoeba (1743)
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Note: Common confusion with "it's" in fast drafting.
Its
//ɪts//
Synonyms for "its" (2 found)
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Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
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2 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
2 entriesdistinct from
3 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
Translations
139 translations across 43 languages.
American Sign Language
2 entries- FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp det (belonging to it)
- FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp pron (that which belongs to it)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- αὐτοῦ det (belonging to it)
- αὐτοῦ det (belonging to it)
- αὐτῆς det (belonging to it)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- onunku det (belonging to it)
Belarusian
4 entries- свой det (belonging to it)
- яго́ det (belonging to it)
- яго́ны det (belonging to it)
- яе́ det (belonging to it)
Bulgarian
4 entries- не́гов det (belonging to it)
- не́ин det (belonging to it)
- не́гов pron (that which belongs to it)
- не́ин pron (that which belongs to it)
Catalan
2 entries- seu det (belonging to it)
- seu pron (that which belongs to it)
Czech
2 entries- jeho det (belonging to it)
- jeho pron (that which belongs to it)
Danish
4 entries- dens det (belonging to it)
- dets det (belonging to it)
- dens pron (that which belongs to it)
- dets pron (that which belongs to it)
Dutch
2 entries- haar det (belonging to it)
- zijn det (belonging to it)
Esperanto
3 entries- ties det (belonging to it)
- ĝia det (belonging to it)
- ĝia pron (that which belongs to it)
Finnish
2 entries- sen det (belonging to it)
- sen pron (that which belongs to it)
French
4 entries- sa det (belonging to it)
- ses det (belonging to it)
- son det (belonging to it)
- la sienne pron (that which belongs to it)
Georgian
2 entries- თავისი det (belonging to it)
- მისი det (belonging to it)
German
4 entries- ihr det (belonging to it)
- sein det (belonging to it)
- ihr pron (that which belongs to it)
- sein pron (that which belongs to it)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 det (belonging to it)
Greek
4 entries- δικά του pron (that which belongs to it)
- δικές του pron (that which belongs to it)
- δική του pron (that which belongs to it)
- δικιά του pron (that which belongs to it)
Greenlandic
1 entries- uuma det (belonging to it)
Hawaiian
2 entries- kona det (belonging to it)
- kāna det (belonging to it)
Hungarian
4 entries- a det (belonging to it)
- e det (belonging to it)
- ja det (belonging to it)
- je det (belonging to it)
Icelandic
1 entries- þess det (belonging to it)
Ido
2 entries- olua det (belonging to it)
- olua pron (that which belongs to it)
Interlingua
1 entries- su det (belonging to it)
Irish
1 entries- a pron (that which belongs to it)
Italian
1 entries- suo det (belonging to it)
Kalmyk
2 entries- терүнә det (belonging to it)
- энүнә det (belonging to it)
Latin
4 entries- eius det (belonging to it)
- suae det (belonging to it)
- suī det (belonging to it)
- eius pron (that which belongs to it)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- jogo det (belonging to it)
Norwegian
2 entries- dens det (belonging to it)
- dets det (belonging to it)
Old English
2 entries- hire det (belonging to it)
- his det (belonging to it)
Polish
4 entries- jego pron (that which belongs to it)
- jej pron (that which belongs to it)
- swój pron (that which belongs to it)
- ów pron (that which belongs to it)
Portuguese
4 entries- dela det (belonging to it)
- dele det (belonging to it)
- seu det (belonging to it)
- sua det (belonging to it)
Russian
4 entries- его́ det (belonging to it)
- её det (belonging to it)
- свой det (belonging to it)
- его́ pron (that which belongs to it)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- njègov det (belonging to it)
- њѐгов det (belonging to it)
- njègov pron (that which belongs to it)
- њѐгов pron (that which belongs to it)
Slovene
2 entries- njegóv det (belonging to it)
- njegóv pron (that which belongs to it)
Spanish
4 entries- de ella det (belonging to it)
- de ello det (belonging to it)
- de la misma det (belonging to it)
- de él det (belonging to it)
Swedish
2 entries- dess det (belonging to it)
- dess pron (that which belongs to it)
Tamil
4 entries- அதனுடைய det (belonging to it)
- அதன் det (belonging to it)
- இதனுடைய det (belonging to it)
- இதன் det (belonging to it)
Turkish
2 entries- onun det (belonging to it)
- onun pron (that which belongs to it)
Tuvan
1 entries- ооңуу pron (that which belongs to it)
Ukrainian
3 entries- його́ det (belonging to it)
- свій det (belonging to it)
- її́ det (belonging to it)
Volapük
2 entries- ona det (belonging to it)
- onik det (belonging to it)
Yakut
1 entries- киниэнэ pron (that which belongs to it)
Zulu
4 entries- bo det (belonging to it)
- kho det (belonging to it)
- lo det (belonging to it)
- lo det (belonging to it)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Despite the importance of sleep, its purpose is a mystery.
Source: tatoeba (1749)
The excitement reached its peak.
Source: tatoeba (18932)
Strong winds stripped the tree of its leaves.
Source: tatoeba (19181)
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