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1. (n.) pronoun
any of a small class of words used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, usu. referring to persons or things mentioned in or understood from the context and having very general reference, as I, you, he, she, them, this, who, what.
Etymology: (1520–30; < MF pronom < L prōnōmen (s. prōnōmin-))
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1. (noun) pronoun
a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
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1. (noun) pronoun
a word such as "she", "they", or "it" that refers to a noun that was used before
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1. (noun) pronoun
a word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you, he, she, it, we, ye, and they
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Sense: a word used instead of a noun (or a phrase containing a noun)
`He', `it', `who', and `anything' are pronouns.
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 Afrikaans: voornaamwoord |
 Arabic: ضَمير |
 Bulgarian: местоимение |
 Brazilian: pronome |
 Czech: zájmeno |
 German: das Pronomen |
 Danish: pronomen; stedord |
 Greek: αντωνυμία (γραμμ.) |
 Spanish: pronombre |
 Estonian: asesõna |
 Farsi: ضمیر |
 Finnish: pronomini |
 French: pronom |
 Hebrew: כּינוּי גוּף |
 Hindi: सर्वनाम |
 Hungarian: névmás |
 Indonesian: kata ganti |
 Icelandic: fornafn |
 Italian: pronome |
 Japanese: 代名詞 |
 Korean: 대명사 |
 Lithuanian: įvardis |
 Latvian: vietniekvārds |
 Malay: kata ganti nama |
 Dutch: voornaamwoord |
 Norwegian: pronomen |
 Polish: zaimek |
 Persian: ضمیر |
 Pashto: ضمير |
 Portuguese: pronome |
 Romanian: pronume |
 Russian: местоимение |
 Slovak: zámeno |
 Slovenian: zaimek |
 Serbian: zamenica |
 Swedish: pronomen |
 Thai: สรรพนาม |
 Turkish: zamir |
 Taiwanese: 代名詞 |
 Ukrainian: займенник |
 Urdu: اسم ضمير |
 Vietnamese: đại từ |
 Chinese: 代名词 |
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