his

/ɪz/ [ɪ̈z]UK/hɪz/

his determiner: belonging to him. Also the alternative spelling of His.

Determiner

his

Belonging to him.
- With that he put his ſpurres vnto his ſteed,
  With ſpeare in reſt, and toward him did fare,
  Like ſhaft out of a bow preuenting ſpeed.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IIII, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 41
- No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46
(dated, sometimes) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
- On the contrary, those other passions, commonly denominated selfish, both produce different sentiments in each individual, according to his particular situation […]1751, David Hume, “(please specify the page)”, in An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
- It is our conviction that piecemeal critiques of nontheisms will not suffice. The theist must enter the arena with a positive and comprehensive case of his own.2003, Norman L. Geisler, Winfried Corduan, Philosophy of Religion: Second Edition, page 9
(obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
- In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation
  I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes[…]1530 July 18, Iohan Palſgrave, “The Introduction”, in Leſclarciſſement de la langue francoyſe […] , London: Richard Pynſon, Iohan Haukyns, →OCLC, page 32; reprinted as Lesclarcissement de la langue...
- My ſtomacke could not well reach ſo farre: it is very much troubled to come to an end of that which it takes for his neede.1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of Drunkennesse”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 200
(archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.
- Ahab his mark
- Sejanus his Fall

Pronoun (1)

his (plural his)

That or those belonging to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
- This pen is his. These books are also his.
- The decision was his to live with.
(informal) His house or home.
- After our night out, I went back to his.

Pronoun (2) capitalized: His

His (possessive pronoun)

(honorific, possessive, pronoun, without-noun) Honorific alternative letter-case form of his, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
- We pray that He grant us His blessings and that His will be done.
- But, the individual entities of that order depend upon God and His laws for their existence.1983, Alan Hart, Spinoza's Ethics, Part I and II: a platonic commentary, volume 1, Brill Archive, →ISBN, page 43

Proper noun capitalized: His

His

A surname from Swiss.

Noun capitalized: HIS

HIS (plural HISs or HISes or HIS's)

(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of health information system or hospital information system.
- Meronyms: HL7, PACS, DICOM, EHR, EMR
- Near-synonyms: CIS; HIT
Synonyms:

CIS, HIT

Also used as

his is also the alternative spelling of His.

his is also the plural of hi.

his meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Odia

his in Hindi

attributive: belonging to him: उसका uskā, इसका iskā, उनका unkā

his in Urdu

attributive: belonging to him: اس کا us ka, is ka, ان کا un ka

his in Telugu

attributive: belonging to him: వాడి vāḍi, అతని atani, ఆయన āyana

his in Odia

attributive: belonging to him: ତାର tāra

More languagesFewer languages

his in Tagalog: niya, kaniya
his in Arabic: ـهُ -hu, لَه lah
his in Persian: او u, ش -aš
his in Thai: ของเขา kɔ̌ɔng kǎo
his in Vietnamese: của anh ấy, của nó, của hắn
his in Myanmar: သူ့ su.

Examples of his in a sentence

His is bigger than mine.
That cough of his is really getting on my nerves.
In his first televised address since the siege in Abidjan began this week, Ouattara said he would focus on returning the country to normal to ease the plight of civilians.2011 April 8, Xan Rice, “Ivory Coast: 100 more bodies found as ethnic tensions rise”, in The Guardian:
Yee are the ſalt of the earth: But if the ſalt haue loſt his ſauour, wherewith ſhall it bee ſalted?1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:13, column 1:

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Synonyms of his

Forms of his

Determiner
alternative honorific	His
Pronoun
plural	his
Noun
plural	HISs
plural	HISes
plural	HIS's

Origin of his

From Middle English hes, 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.

Words formed from his

Phrases with his

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Words that rhyme with his

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Questions about his

What does his mean?: His means belonging to him.
What is his in Hindi?: His in Hindi is उसका (uskā), इसका (iskā), उनका (unkā). See His meaning in Hindi.
How do you use his in a sentence?: His is bigger than mine.
What part of speech is his?: His can be a determiner, a pronoun, a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce his?: His is pronounced /ɪz/ [ɪ̈z].

Words near his in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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