his

pronoun

1. the possessive form of he¹ (used as an attributive or predicative adjective): His coat is the brown one. This brown coat is his. Do you mind his speaking first?
2. that or those belonging to him: His was the cleverest remark of all. I borrowed a tie of his.

Biochemistry.

1. histidine.

pronoun, nominative he, possessive his, objective him; plural nominative they, possessive their or theirs, objective them.

1. the male person or animal being discussed or last mentioned; that male.
2. anyone (without reference to gender); that person: He who hesitates is lost.

noun, plural hes.

3. any male person or animal; a man: hes and shes.

adjective

4. male (usually used in combination): a he-goat.

determiner

1. 1. of, belonging to, or associated with himhis own fault; his knee; I don’t like his being out so late
   2. as pronounhis is on the left; that book is his
2. his and hers (of paired objects) for a man and woman respectively

pronoun

3. of his belonging to or associated with him

the chemical symbol for

1. helium

abbreviation for

1. high explosive
2. His Eminence
3. His (or Her) Excellency

pronoun (subjective)

1. refers to a male person or animalhe looks interesting; he’s a fine stallion
2. refers to an indefinite antecedent such as one, whoever, or anybodyeverybody can do as he likes in this country
3. refers to a person or animal of unknown or unspecified sexa member of the party may vote as he sees fit

noun

4. 1. a male person or animal
   2. (in combination)he-goat
5. 1. a children’s game in which one player chases the others in an attempt to touch one of them, who then becomes the chaserCompare tag 2
   2. the person chasingCompare it 1 (def. 7)

noun

1. the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ה), transliterated as h

interjection

1. an expression of amusement or derisionAlso: he-he!, hee-hee!

pron.

Old English his (genitive of he), from Proto-Germanic *khisa (cf. Gothic is, German es). Originally also the neuter possessive pronoun, but replaced in that sense c.1600 by its. In Middle English, hisis was tried for the absolute pronoun (cf. her/hers), but it failed to stick. For dialectal his’n, see her.

pron.

Old English he (see paradigm of Old English third person pronoun below), from Proto-Germanic *hi- (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Middle Dutch he, hi, Dutch hy, Old High German he), from PIE *ki-, variant of *ko-, the “this, here” (as opposed to “that, there”) root (cf. Hittite ki “this,” Greek ekeinos “that person,” Old Church Slavonic si, Lithuanian šis “this”), and thus the source of the third person pronouns in Old English. The feminine, hio, was replaced in early Middle English by forms from other stems (see she), while the h- wore off Old English neuter hit to make modern it. The Proto-Germanic root also is the source of the first element in German heute “today,” literally “the day” (cf. Old English heodæg).

case	SINGULAR	–	–	PLURAL
–	masc.	neut.	fem.	(all genders)
nom.	he	hit	heo, hio	hie, hi
acc.	hine	hit	hie, hi	hie, hi
gen.	his	his	hire	hira, heora
dat.	him	him	hire	him, heom

Pleonastic use with the noun (“Mistah Kurtz, he dead”) is attested from late Old English. With animal words, meaning “male” (he-goat, etc.) from c.1300.

abbr.

1. histidine

1. German anatomist known for his investigations of the heart. He described (1893) the atrioventricular trunk, also called the His bundle.

1. The symbol for the elementhelium

1. The symbol for helium.