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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  He \He\ (h[=e]), pron. [nom. He; poss. His (h[i^]z); obj.
     Him (h[i^]m); pl. nom. They ([th][=a]); poss. Their or
     Theirs ([th][^a]rz or [th][=a]rz); obj. Them
     ([th][e^]m).] [AS. h[=e], masc., he['o], fem., hit, neut.;
     pl. h[=i], or hie, hig; akin to OFries. hi, D. hij, OS. he,
     hi, G. heute to-day, Goth. himma, dat. masc., this, hina,
     accus. masc., and hita, accus. neut., and prob. to L. his
     this. [root]183. Cf. It.]
     1. The man or male being (or object personified to which the
        masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a
        pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a
        specified subject already indicated.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall
              rule over thee.                       --Gen. iii.
                                                    16.
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              Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou
              serve.                                --Deut. x. 20.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Any one; the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and
        usually followed by a relative pronoun.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He that walketh with wise men shall be wise. --Prov.
                                                    xiii. 20.
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     3. Man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used
        substantively. --Chaucer.
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              I stand to answer thee,
              Or any he, the proudest of thy sort.  --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: When a collective noun or a class is referred to, he is
           of common gender. In early English, he referred to a
           feminine or neuter noun, or to one in the plural, as
           well as to noun in the masculine singular. In
           composition, he denotes a male animal; as, a he-goat.
           [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  She \She\, pron. [sing. nom. She; poss. Her. or Hers; obj.
     Her; pl. nom. They; poss. Theiror Theirs; obj.
     Them.] [OE. she, sche, scheo, scho, AS. se['o], fem. of the
     definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS.
     siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, s[=i], si, Icel. s[=u],
     sj[=a], Goth. si she, s[=o], fem. article, Russ. siia, fem.,
     this, Gr. ?, fem. article, Skr. s[=a], sy[=a]. The possessive
     her or hers, and the objective her, are from a different
     root. See Her.]
     1. This or that female; the woman understood or referred to;
        the animal of the female sex, or object personified as
        feminine, which was spoken of.
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              She loved her children best in every wise.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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              Then Sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid. --Gen.
                                                    xviii. 15.
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     2. A woman; a female; -- used substantively. [R.]
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              Lady, you are the cruelest she alive. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: She is used in composition with nouns of common gender,
           for female, to denote an animal of the female sex; as,
           a she-bear; a she-cat.
           [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  They \They\ ([th][=a]), pron. pl.; poss. Theirs; obj. Them.
     [Icel. [thorn]eir they, properly nom. pl. masc. of s[=a],
     s[=u], [thorn]at, a demonstrative pronoun, akin to the
     English definite article, AS. s[=e], se['o], [eth][ae]t, nom.
     pl. [eth][=a]. See That.]
     The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively,
     but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to
     persons without an antecedent expressed.
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           Jolif and glad they went unto here [their] rest
           And casten hem [them] full early for to sail.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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           They of Italy salute you.                --Heb. xiii.
                                                    24.
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           Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after
           righteousness.                           --Matt. v. 6.
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     Note: They is used indefinitely, as our ancestors used man,
           and as the French use on; as, they say (French on dit),
           that is, it is said by persons not specified.
           [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  She \She\, pron. [sing. nom. She; poss. Her. or Hers; obj.
     Her; pl. nom. They; poss. Theiror Theirs; obj.
     Them.] [OE. she, sche, scheo, scho, AS. se['o], fem. of the
     definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS.
     siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, s[=i], si, Icel. s[=u],
     sj[=a], Goth. si she, s[=o], fem. article, Russ. siia, fem.,
     this, Gr. ?, fem. article, Skr. s[=a], sy[=a]. The possessive
     her or hers, and the objective her, are from a different
     root. See Her.]
     1. This or that female; the woman understood or referred to;
        the animal of the female sex, or object personified as
        feminine, which was spoken of.
  
              She loved her children best in every wise.
                                                    --Chaucer.
  
              Then Sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid. --Gen.
                                                    xviii. 15.
  
     2. A woman; a female; -- used substantively. [R.]
  
              Lady, you are the cruelest she alive. --Shak.
  
     Note: She is used in composition with nouns of common gender,
           for female, to denote an animal of the female sex; as,
           a she-bear; a she-cat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  They \They\ ([th][=a]), pron. pl.; poss. Theirs; obj. Them.
     [Icel. [thorn]eir they, properly nom. pl. masc. of s[=a],
     s[=u], [thorn]at, a demonstrative pronoun, akin to the
     English definite article, AS. s[=e], se['o], [eth][ae]t, nom.
     pl. [eth][=a]. See That.]
     The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively,
     but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to
     persons without an antecedent expressed.
  
           Jolif and glad they went unto here [their] rest And
           casten hem [them] full early for to sail. --Chaucer.
  
           They of Italy salute you.                --Heb. xiii.
                                                    24.
  
           Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after
           righteousness.                           --Matt. v. 6.
  
     Note: They is used indefinitely, as our ancestors used man,
           and as the French use on; as, they say (French on dit),
           that is, it is said by persons not specified.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  He \He\ (h[=e]), pron. [nom. He; poss. His (h[i^]z); obj.
     Him (h[i^]m); pl. nom. They ([th][=a]); poss. Their or
     Theirs ([th][^a]rz or [th][=a]rz); obj. Them
     ([th][e^]m).] [AS. h?, masc., he['o], fem., hit, neut.; pl.
     h[=i], or hie, hig; akin to Ofries. hi, D. hij, OS. he, hi,
     G. heute to-day, Goth. himma, dat. masc., this, hina, accus.
     masc., and hita, accus. neut., and prob. to L. his this.
     [root]183. Cf. It.]
     1. The man or male being (or object personified to which the
        masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a
        pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a
        specified subject already indicated.
  
              Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall
              rule over thee.                       --Gen. iii.
                                                    16.
  
              Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou
              serve.                                --Deut. x. 20.
  
     2. Any one; the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and
        usually followed by a relative pronoun.
  
              He that walketh with wise men shall be wise. --Prov.
                                                    xiii. 20.
  
     3. Man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used
        substantively. --Chaucer.
  
              I stand to answer thee, Or any he, the proudest of
              thy sort.                             --Shak.
  
     Note: When a collective noun or a class is referred to, he is
           of common gender. In early English, he referred to a
           feminine or neuter noun, or to one in the plural, as
           well as to noun in the masculine singular. In
           composition, he denotes a male animal; as, a he-goat.

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  they
     Αγγλικά pron.
     1 (''πληθυντικός'') αυτοί, αυτές, αυτά
     2 (''ενικός'') αυτός ή αυτή (''χρησιμοποιείται για ένα άτομο άγνωστου
  γένους'') <!-- ή ένα άτομο που είναι μη δυαδικό -->

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  they
     Middle English pron.
     (alt form enm þei t=they id=they)
     Middle English det.
     (alt form enm þi t=thy id=thy)
     Middle English pron.
     (alt form enm þe t=thee id=thee)
     Middle English n.
     (alt sp enm þey  thigh)
     Middle English adv.
     (alt sp enm þey  though)
     Middle English conj.
     (alt sp enm þey  though)
     Middle English num.
     (alt sp enm þey  two)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  they
     alt.
     (lb en now Southern England dialect or nonstandard) the, those. (from
  14th c.)
     det.
     (lb en now Southern England dialect or nonstandard) the, those. (from
  14th c.)
     pron.
     (senseid en third-person plural nominative) (lb en the third-person
  plural nominative) A group of entities previously mentioned. (since the
  1200s)
     pron.
     (lb en US dialectal) there (qualifier: especially as an expletive
  subject of be). (from 19th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  they
     Middle English pron.
     (alt form enm þei t=they id=they)
     Middle English det.
     (alt form enm þi t=thy id=thy)
     Middle English pron.
     (alt form enm þe t=thee id=thee)
     Middle English n.
     (alt sp enm þey  thigh)
     Middle English adv.
     (alt sp enm þey  though)
     Middle English conj.
     (alt sp enm þey  though)
     Middle English num.
     (alt sp enm þey  two)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  they
     Middle English pron.
     (alt form enm þei t=they id=they)
     Middle English det.
     (alt form enm þi t=thy id=thy)
     Middle English pron.
     (alt form enm þe t=thee id=thee)
     Middle English n.
     (alt sp enm þey  thigh)
     Middle English adv.
     (alt sp enm þey  though)
     Middle English conj.
     (alt sp enm þey  though)
     Middle English num.
     (alt sp enm þey  two)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  they
     Englanti pron.
     1 (perpron: k=en) he
     2 (dempron: k=en) ne
     3 (yhteys arkikieli perpron sukupuolineutraaleissa yhteyksissä k=en)
  hän

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  they
     Engelska pron.
     1 (tagg: text=personligt pronomen) de
     2 (tagg: text=personligt pronomen) han eller hon; hen; ''använt om en
  person, vars kön är okänt''

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  they /ðˈeɪ/
  hulle

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  They /ðˈeɪ/
  هم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  they //ðeɪ// 
  те
  third-person plural pronoun

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  they /ðˈeɪ/
  ona

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  they /ðˈeɪ/
  ony

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  they /ðˈeɪ/
  oni

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  they /ðˈeɪ/ 
  hwy 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  they /ðˈeɪ/ 
  nhw 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  they /ðˈeɪ/
  sie 
           Note: ihrer; ihnen; sie
        "they're"  - sie sind
        "they'd"  - sie würden
        "It is they who take the initiative."  - Sie sind es, die die Initiative ergreifen.
   see: they are
  
           Note: them

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  they /ðˈeɪ/
  
  αυτά, αυτοί, αυτές

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  they //ðeɪ// 
  1. he, ne, hyö
  third-person plural pronoun
  2. hän, se
  third-person singular, of unknown, irrelevant} or non-binary gender

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  they /ðei/
  1. ils
  2. elles
  3. on

From English-Irish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.2 :   [ freedict:eng-gle ]

  they /ðei/
  siad

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  they /ðˈeɪ/ 
  1. वे
        "They went for a pilgrimage to Badrinath."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  they /ðˈeɪ/
  ona, one, oni, su

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  they //ðeɪ// 
  1. mereka
  third-person plural pronoun
  2. dia, ia
  third-person singular, of unknown, irrelevant} or non-binary gender

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  they /ðˈeɪ/
  essi

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  they //ðeɪ// 
  1. 彼ら, あの人達, あの方々, それら, 彼女ら, あいつら
  third-person plural pronoun
  2. あの人, 氏
  third-person singular, of unknown, irrelevant} or non-binary gender

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  they /ðei/
  jie

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  they /ðei/
  1. ze, zij
  2. men

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  they //ðeɪ// 
  1. de
  third-person plural pronoun
  2. hen
  third-person singular, of unknown, irrelevant} or non-binary gender

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  they /ðeɪ/ 
    oni, one

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  they /ðei/
  elas, eles

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  they /ðei/
  1. ellas, ellos

From English-Serbian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-srp ]

  they /ðei/
  она, оне, они

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  they //ðeɪ// 
  1. de, dom, man
  one, people, some people
  2. de, dom
  third-person plural pronoun
  3. hen
  third-person singular, of unknown, irrelevant} or non-binary gender

From English-Swahili xFried/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-swh ]

  they /ðˈeɪ/ 
  
  wao

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  they /ðˈeɪ/
  1. (zam.) onlar .They say it' going to rain Yağacak diyorlar.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈðeɪ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "they":
     I, I myself, alter, alter ego, alterum, better self, bureaucracy,
     directorate, ego, ethical self, he, her, herself, hierarchy,
     higher echelons, higher-ups, him, himself, inner man, inner self,
     it, management, me, ministry, my humble self, myself, number one,
     officialdom, oneself, other self, ourselves, prelacy, ruling class,
     ruling classes, self, she, subconscious self, subliminal self,
     superego, the Establishment, the administration, the authorities,
     the ingroup, the interests, the people upstairs, the power elite,
     the power structure, the top, them, themselves, top brass, you,
     yours truly, yourself, yourselves
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  int. 他们,它们;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     pron. 他们,她们,它们;人们

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