pronoun (redirected from Pronouns)

pro·noun  (prnoun)

n. Abbr. pron. or pr.

1. The part of speech that substitutes for nouns or noun phrases and designates persons or things asked for, previously specified, or understood from the context.

2. Any of the words within this part of speech, such as he or whom.

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[Late Middle English pronoun, pronoune, partial translation of Latin prnmen (translation of Greek antnumi, interchange of names, pronoun) : pr-, pro- + nmen, name, noun; see noun.]

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pronoun

Noun

a word, such as she or it, that replaces a noun or noun phrase that has already been or is about to be mentioned [Latin pronomen]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pronoun - a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase closed-class word, function word - a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning anaphoric pronoun - a pronoun that refers to an antecedent demonstrative, demonstrative pronoun - a pronoun that points out an intended referent personal pronoun - a pronoun expressing a distinction of person reciprocal pronoun - a pronoun or pronominal phrase (as `each other') that expresses a mutual action or relationship between the individuals indicated in the plural subject; "The sentence `They cared for each other' contains a reciprocal pronoun" relative pronoun - a pronoun (as `that' or `which' or `who') that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent

Translations

pronoun [ˈprəunaun] n → pronombre m

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pronoun [ˈprəunaun] n → pronom m

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pronoun [ˈprəunaun] n → Pronomen nt, Fürwort nt

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pronoun [ˈprəunaun] n → pronome m

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pronoun

n pronoun [ˈprounaun]

a word used instead of a noun (or a phrase containing a noun) He', `it', `who', and `anything' are pronouns. voornaamwoord ضَمير местоимение zájmeno pronomen; stedord das Pronomen αντωνυμία (γραμμ.) pronombre asesõna ضمیر pronomini pronom כּינוּי גוּף सर्वनाम névmás kata ganti fornafn pronome 代名詞 대명사 įvardis vietniekvārds kata ganti nama voornaamwoord pronomen zaimek pronome pro­nume местоимение zámeno zaimek zamenica pronomen สรรพนาม zamir 代［名］詞 займенник اسم ضمير đại từ 代［名］词