our

 
Pronunciation: /aʊə/

possessive determiner

  • 1belonging to or associated with the speaker and one or more other people previously mentioned or easily identified: Jo and I had our hair cut
  • belonging to or associated with people in general: when we hear a sound, our brains identify the source quickly
  • 2used in formal contexts by a royal person or a writer or editor to refer to something belonging to or associated with himself or herself: we want to know what you, our readers, think
  • 3 informal, chiefly Northern English used with a name to refer to a relative, friend, or colleague of the speaker: really, she is a one, our Gillian

Origin:

Old English ūre, of Germanic origin; related to us and German unser