his
Meanings
Plural: his
Det
- Belonging to him.
- Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
- Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
- Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.
Pron
- That or those belonging to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
- His house or home.
- Alternative spelling of His.
Noun
- plural of hi
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English his, from Old English his (“his; its”), from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”). Cognate with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic hans (“his”). More at he; see also its.
Scrabble Score: 6
his is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordhis is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
his is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 5
his is a valid Words With Friends word