English Explanatory Dictionary

pronoun

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective.
  2. Ellipsis of preferred pronoun, 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɹəʊ.naʊn/ /ˈpɹoʊ.naʊn/ en-us-pronoun.ogg

Word forms

pronoun pronouns pronoune

Etymology

From pro- + noun, modeled on Middle French pronom, from Latin pronomen, itself a calque of Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντωνῠμῐ́ᾱ (ăntōnŭmĭ́ā).

Synonyms

pronoun

Related words

pronominal

Derived words

adjectival pronoun copy pronoun demonstrative pronoun determinative pronoun donkey pronoun dummy pronoun emphasizing pronoun emphatic pronoun epicene pronoun gender-neutral pronoun indefinite pronoun intensive pronoun interrogative pronoun mispronoun neopronoun nounself pronoun noun-self pronoun object pronoun perpendicular pronoun personal pronoun play the pronoun game possessive pronoun prepositional pronoun prodrop pro-drop pronounal pronoun dance pronoun demonstrative pronounlike pronounphobia reciprocal pronoun relative pronoun resumptive pronoun shadow pronoun Spivak pronoun subject pronoun substantival pronoun substantive pronoun weak pronoun weather pronoun xenopronoun
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