ours
French, noun/uʁs/
ours is spelled O-U-R-S (4 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ours is a French masculine noun meaning “bear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plantigrade, carnassier ou omnivore, à fourrure épaisse, de la famille des ursidés”.
What does ours mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebear
- 2
masculineloner, someone who avoids company
faire l'ours
- 3
masculinebeast, beastly person
- 4
masculineslangbear (hairy gay man)
- 5
masculineobsoletepressman, worker with a hand printing press
- 6
masculinemasthead, imprint (list of a publication's main staff)
- 7
masculinerough cut
- 8
masculineslangprison, jail
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plantigrade, carnassier ou omnivore, à fourrure épaisse, de la famille des ursidés. 2. Homme qui fuit la société, rustre ou rustaud. 3. Homme porté à suivre ses bas instincts. 4. Prison.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ours
- ourse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ours?
- /uʁs/
- /uʁ/
- \uʁs\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ours
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ours in French?
ours appears 17 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).