pronoun
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pronoun
- /ˈpɹəʊ.naʊn/ UK
- /ˈpɹoʊ.naʊn/ US
Rhymes with -aʊn
Where it comes from
From pro- + noun, modeled on Middle French pronom, from Latin pronomen, itself a calque of Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντωνῠμῐ́ᾱ (ăntōnŭmĭ́ā).
noun pronouns · pronoune
- A part of speech that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective. The possessive conjunctive pronoun is always repeated before a substantive, and after a conjunction; as my brothers and sisters, mes frères & mes sœurs; […]
- Any of the third-person pronouns by which a person prefers to be referred to, typically reflecting their gender identity; often communicated as a subject–object pair. My pronouns are she/her. What are your pronouns?
Similar: pronoun
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: you, she, her, mine, ones, those, proform, pronominal, placeholder, stand-in, surrogate, proxy, anaphor, anaphora, indexical, deictic
noun
Similar: pronoun
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noun part of speech
| Español | pronombre |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 대명사 daemyeongsa |
| 日本語 | 代名詞 daimeishi |
| 中文 | 代詞 /代词 dàicí, 代名詞 /代名词 dàimíngcí |
| हिन्दी | सर्वनाम sarvanām |
| Kiswahili | kiwakilishi |
| Português | pronome |
| Français | pronom |
| Deutsch | Fürwort, Personwort, Personenwort, Pronomen, Pronom |
| Italiano | pronome |
| Ελληνικά | αντωνυμία antonymía |
| Română | pronume |
| Русский | местоиме́ние mestoiménije |
| Tiếng Việt | đại từ |
| العربية | ضَمِير ḍamīr, ضَمَائِرُ ḍamāʔiru |
| עברית | כִּנּוּי גּוּף kinúy gúf, מִלַּת גּוּף milát gúf |
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title = {pronoun},
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