adjectival pronoun

adjectival pronoun

English

Noun

adjectival pronoun (plural adjectival pronouns)

1. (grammar) A pronoun that accompanies a noun, such as our in English.
   • 2002, Ronald F. Feldstein & Steven L. Franks: Polish, Lincom Europa, p.68:

     This section will present the declensions of the demonstrative, interrogative/relative, and possessive categories. These pronouns can be termed adjectival on the basis of the fact that they substitute for adjectives. However, most adjectival pronouns have a declension that differs from that of adjectives in an essential property: […]

   • 2014, N. M. Gwynne, Gwynne's Latin: The Ultimate Introduction to Latin Including the Latin in Everyday English, Random House (ebook without page numbers; the italic words were originally bold):

     Meus and tuus are called adjectival pronouns […]

Synonyms

• adjective pronoun, pronoun adjective

Antonyms

• substantival pronoun (substantive pronoun, pronoun substantive)

Translations

pronoun

French: pronom adjectif m

German: adjektivisches Pronomen n, Adjektivpronomen n

See also

• determiner