Meanings
- pluralplural of this
Seinfeld, The Alternate Side These pretzels are making me thirsty.
2 more examples
He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.
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- pluralplural of this
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*só
- Proto-Germanic*sa“that”
- Proto-West Germanic*þes-
- Old Englishþas
- Middle Englishþes
- Englishthese
From Middle English þes, from Old English þas, from Proto-West Germanic *þes-, a form of Proto-Germanic *sa (“that”), from Proto-Indo-European *só. Compare with German diese.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic هٰذِهِ, هٰؤُلَاءِ
- هٰذِهِ (hāḏihi)plural of this
- هٰؤُلَاءِ (hāʔulāʔi)plural of this
Basque hauek
- hauekplural of this
Bulgarian ти́я, те́зи
- ти́я (tíja)plural of this
- те́зи (tézi)plural of this
- ти́я (tíja)plural of this
- те́зи (tézi)plural of this
Chinese Cantonese 呢啲
- 呢啲 (ni¹ di¹, nei¹ di¹)plural of this
Chinese Mandarin 這些 /这些, 這些 /这些
- 這些 /这些 (zhèxiē)plural of this
- 這些 /这些 (zhèxiē)plural of this
Czech tito, tyto
- titoplural of this
- tytoplural of this
- tatoplural of this
- titoplural of this
Dutch die, deze
- dieplural of this
- dezeplural of this
Esperanto ĉi tiuj, tiuj ĉi
- ĉi tiujplural of this
- tiuj ĉiplural of this
Estonian need
- needplural of this
Finnish nämä, nää
- nämäplural of this
- nääplural of this
- nämäplural of this
French ces, ces …-ci
- cesplural of this
- ces …-ciplural of this
- ceux-ciplural of this
- celles-ciplural of this
German diese, diese
- dieseplural of this
- dieseplural of this
Hungarian ezek, ezeket
- ezekplural of this
- ezeketplural of this
- ezekplural of this
- ezeketplural of this
Icelandic þessir, þessar
- þessirplural of this
- þessarplural of this
- þessiplural of this
Italian questi, questi
- questiplural of this
- questiplural of this
Japanese この, これらの
- この (kono)plural of this
- これらの (korera-no)plural of this
- これら (korera)plural of this
Latin hī, hae
- hīplural of this
- haeplural of this
- haecplural of this
- hīplural of this
- haeplural of this
- haecplural of this
Māori ēnei
- ēneiplural of this
Norwegian disse
- disseplural of this
Persian این, اینها
- این (in)plural of this
- اینهاplural of this
- اینها (inhâ)plural of this
Polish te, ci
- teplural of this
- ciplural of this
- teplural of this
- ciplural of this
Portuguese estes, esses
- estesplural of this
- essesplural of this
- essesplural of this
- estesplural of this
Romanian acești, aceste
- aceștiplural of this
- acesteplural of this
- ăștiaplural of this
- asteaplural of this
Russian э́ти, э́ти
- э́ти (éti)plural of this
- э́ти (éti)plural of this
Scottish Gaelic seo, iad seo
- seoplural of this
- iad seoplural of this
Slovak títo, títo
- títoplural of this
- títoplural of this
Spanish estos, aquestos
- estosplural of this
- aquestosplural of this
- estasplural of this
- aquestasplural of this
- unos talesknown (things) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- unas talesknown (things) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- estosplural of this
- éstosplural of this
- aquestosplural of this
- estasplural of this
- éstasplural of this
- aquestasplural of this
Swedish de här, dessa
- de härplural of this
- dessaplural of this
- dom härplural of this
Tamil இவை
- இவை (ivai)plural of this
Thai เหล่านี้
- เหล่านี้ (làoníi)plural of this
Turkish bu, bunlar
- buplural of this
- bunlarplural of this
Ukrainian ці, ці
- ці (ci)plural of this
- ці (ci)plural of this
Welsh hyn, yma
- hynplural of this
- ymaplural of this
- y rhainplural of this
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with these
Anagrams
Cite this entry
these. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/these
“these.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/these. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “these,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/these.
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