them

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English

Alternative forms

• dem (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Middle English þem, from Old Norse þeim.

Pronunciation

• (stressed) enPR: thĕm, IPA^(key): /ðɛm/
  • (stressed form, New York City) IPA^(key): [d̪ɛm]
• (unstressed) enPR: thəm, IPA^(key): /ðəm/
  • (unstressed form, New York City) IPA^(key): [d̪ʌm]
  • (unstressed form, nonstandard, General American) IPA^(key): /ðʌm/
• Rhymes: -ɛm

Pronoun

them (third-person, personal pronoun, objective case of they)

1. (in the plural) Those ones.
   1. Used as the direct object of a verb.

   2. Used as the indirect object of a verb.

   3. Used as the object of a preposition.

2. (in the singular) A single person, previously mentioned, especially if of unknown or non-binary gender.
   1. Used as the direct object of a verb.
   2. Used as the indirect object of a verb.

   3. Used as the object of a preposition.
3. (informal, in certain phrases, treated as singular) They or those.

Usage notes

• Regarding the use of singular them, see they.

Synonyms

• dem (nonstandard)
• em (colloquial)
• 'em (colloquial)
• hem (obsolete)

Related terms

Translations

See also

Determiner

them

1. (dialectal or nonstandard) Those.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:them.

Anagrams

• Meth., TEHM, meth, meth-, MHET, tehm

Albanian

Alternative forms

• thom
• tham

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *θēm-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to say, instruct, announce”). Cognate with Sanskrit शास्ति (śā́sti, “to instruct, advise, command”), and Latin cēnseō (“to give an opinion, to judge, guess, reckon”). Potentially a doublet of rrëfej.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [θem]

Verb

them (aorist thashë, participle thënë)

1. to say

Conjugation

Derived terms

• kundërthem

Kalo Finnish Romani

Noun

them m

1. country, state

Derived terms

References

• “them” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

them

1. Alternative spelling of þem (“them”)

Etymology 2

Determiner

them

1. Alternative spelling of þem (“the, that, this”)

Etymology 3

Noun

them

1. Alternative form of tem (“group”)

Etymology 4

Verb

them

1. Alternative form of temen (“to produce offspring”)

Mizo

Noun

them

1. part

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *स्थाम्य (sthāmya).

Noun

them m (plural thema)

1. country

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*sthāmya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 794
• Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “them, ~a”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 156

Welsh Romani

Noun

them m (in the plural thema)

1. land, country
2. country (as opposed to town)
3. earth, world

Derived terms

References

• “them” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.