Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

these

/ðiz/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.04 in modern English

Syllables: these
IPA: /ðiz/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

det

plural of this

pron

plural of this

Example Sentences

"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."
"Seinfeld, The Alternate Side These pretzels are making me thirsty."
"MDF and HDF – or medium-density fiberboard and high-density fiberboard – are two of the trendiest materials in woodworking these days."

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: þes, þas, *þes-, *sa, *só

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ðiz/
British English: /ðiːz/

Derived Forms

theseness

Phrases

between you and me and these four walls if these walls could talk one of these days one of these odd-come-shortlies these days these islands these ones these things happen

Homonyms

thees

Rhymes With

please she's chinese disease japanese trees sees cheese degrees fees keys ease

Questions

How do you pronounce these?: The recorded pronunciation is /ðiz/.
What does these mean?: plural of this
Where does these come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce these

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