pronominal

pronominal

English

Etymology

From Late Latin prōnōminālis, from Latin prōnōmen, prōnōminis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəʊˈnɒmɪnəl/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Adjective

pronominal (comparative more pronominal, superlative most pronominal)

1. (linguistics, grammar) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or functioning as a pronoun.
   • 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 120:

     Neither of these pronominal compounds was found in current sources.

Derived terms

• pronominal adverb
• pronominalize
• pronominally
• pronominal verb

 

Translations

of a pronoun

Catalan: pronominal Czech: zájmenný Esperanto: pronoma Finnish: pronominaalinen French: pronominal (fr) Galician: pronominal (gl) Georgian: ნაცვალსახელური (nacvalsaxeluri), ნაცვალსახელითი (nacvalsaxeliti), ნაცვალსახელის (nacvalsaxelis) German: fürwörtlich, (linguistics) pronominal (de) Greek: αντονυμικός (antonymikós) Irish: forainmneach Italian: pronominale (it) Portuguese: pronominal (pt) Russian: местоиме́нный (ru) (mestoiménnyj), местоимённый (ru) (mestoimjónnyj) Spanish: pronominal (es) Swedish: pronominell (sv) Volapük: pönopik Welsh: rhagenwol

Noun

pronominal (plural pronominals)

1. (grammar) A phrase that acts as a pronoun.

Translations

type of phrase

Finnish: pronominaali Irish: forainmneach m

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Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin prōnōminālis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /pɾo.no.miˈnal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pɾu.nu.miˈnal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

pronominal (masculine and feminine plural pronominals)

1. (grammar) pronominal

Related terms

• pronom

Further reading

• “pronominal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pronominal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “pronominal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pronominal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin prōnōminālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.nɔ.mi.nal/
• Homophones: pronominale, pronominales

• Audio

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Adjective

pronominal (feminine pronominale, masculine plural pronominaux, feminine plural pronominales)

1. pronominal

Derived terms

• verbe pronominal

Further reading

• “pronominal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin prōnōminālis.

Adjective

pronominal m or f (plural pronominais)

1. (grammar) pronominal

Related terms

• pronome

Further reading

• “pronominal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Interlingua

Adjective

pronominal (not comparable)

1. pronominal

Related terms

• pronomine

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin prōnōminālis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.no.miˈnaw/ [pɾo.no.miˈnaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.nu.miˈnal/ [pɾu.nu.miˈnaɫ]

• Hyphenation: pro‧no‧mi‧nal

Adjective

pronominal m or f (plural pronominais, not comparable)

1. (grammar) pronominal

Derived terms

• pronominalidade
• pronominalizar
• pronominalmente

Related terms

• pronome

Further reading

• “pronominal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French pronominal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpro.no.miˈnal/

Adjective

pronominal m or n (feminine singular pronominală, masculine plural pronominali, feminine and neuter plural pronominale)

1. pronominal

Declension

Declension of pronominal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	pronominal		pronominală	pronominali	pronominale
	definite	pronominalul		pronominala	pronominalii	pronominalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	pronominal		pronominale	pronominali	pronominale
	definite	pronominalului		pronominalei	pronominalilor	pronominalelor

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin prōnōminālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾonomiˈnal/ [pɾo.no.miˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pro‧no‧mi‧nal

Adjective

pronominal (plural pronominales)

1. pronominal

Derived terms

• verbo pronominal

Related terms

• pronombre

Further reading

• “pronominal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014