reflexive pronoun

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reflexive pronoun

  • /ɹəˈflɛksɪv ˈpɹoʊnaʊn/ US

noun reflexive pronouns

  1. In English: a personal pronoun, having a form of "-self" as a suffix to show that the subject's action affects the subject itself.
  2. In many languages: a pronoun that makes a transitive verb reflexive or reciprocal.

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Españolpronombre reflexivo
한국어재귀대명사 jaegwidaemyeongsa
日本語再帰代名詞 saiki daimeishi
中文反身代詞 /反身代词 fǎnshēn dàicí
Portuguêspronome reflexivo, pronome reflexo
Françaispronom réfléchi
DeutschReflexivpronomen, Reflexivum, rückbezügliches Fürwort
Italianopronome riflessivo
Ελληνικάαυτοπαθής αντωνυμία aftopathís antonymía
Românăpronume reflexiv
Русскийвозвра́тное местоиме́ние vozvrátnoje mestoiménije
العربيةضَمِير اِنْعِكَاسِيّ ḍamīr inʕikāsiyy

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@misc{reflexive_pronoun_2026,
  title = {reflexive pronoun},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reflexive%20pronoun},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}