relative pronoun

See also: relative-pronoun

English

Examples
the woman who* is wearing the funny hat* the funny hat that* is on her head*

relative pronoun (plural relative pronouns)

(grammar) A pronoun that introduces a relative clause and refers to an antecedent. Some words that can be used as interrogative pronouns can alternatively be used as relative pronouns: what, which, who, and whom. The other relative pronouns are whoever, whomever, whatever, and that.

pronoun that introduces a relative clause

Asturian: pronome rellativu m
Azerbaijani: nisbi əvəzlik
Breton: ger stagañ
Catalan: pronom relatiu m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 關係代名詞 (gwaan¹ hai⁶ doi⁶ ming⁴ ci⁴)
Mandarin: 關係代名詞／关系代名词 (guānxi dàimíngcí)
Czech: vztažné zájmeno n
Danish: relativpronomen n, relativt pronomen, henførende stedord n
Dutch: betrekkelijk voornaamwoord (nl) n
Esperanto: rilata pronomo
Faroese: afturbeint fornavn n
Finnish: relatiivipronomini (fi)
French: pronom relatif (fr) m
Galician: pronome relativo m
Georgian: მიმართებითი ნაცვალსახელი (mimartebiti nacvalsaxeli)
German: Relativpronomen (de) n
Hungarian: vonatkozó névmás
Icelandic: tilvísunarfornafn (is) n
Irish: forainm coibhneasta m
Italian: pronome relativo (it)
Japanese: 関係代名詞 (かんけいだいめいし, kankei-daimeishi)
Latin: pronomen relativum
Mongolian: Холбох төлөөний нэр (Xolbox tölöönii ner)
Norwegian: relativt pronomen
Polish: zaimek względny m
Portuguese: pronome relativo (pt) m
Romanian: pronume relativ (ro) n
Russian: относи́тельное местоиме́ние (ru) n (otnosítelʹnoje mestoiménije)
Spanish: pronombre relativo m
Swedish: relativpronomen (sv)
Tagalog: panghalip na pamanggit
Thai: ประพันธสรรพนาม (th) (bprà-pan-tá-sàp-pá-naam)
Turkish: ilgi adılı
Vietnamese: đại từ quan hệ
Welsh: rhagenw perthynol m