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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pro•noun /ˈproʊˌnaʊn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Grammara word used as a replacement or substitute for a noun or a noun phrase, usually referring to persons or things mentioned in or understood from what has been written or said before, or which both speaker and listener have knowledge about:Pronouns in English include I, you, he, she, it, we, they, them, this, who, and what. Abbr.: pron.
pro•nom•i•nal /proʊˈnɑmənəl/USA pronunciation adj. See -nom-2. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pro•noun (prō′noun′),USA pronunciation n. Grammarany member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from nouns, as in English by the existence of special objective forms, as him for he or me for I, and by nonoccurrence with an article or adjective.- Latin prōnōmen (stem prōnōmin-). See pro-1, noun
- Middle French pronom
- 1520–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pronoun /ˈprəʊˌnaʊn/ n - one of a class of words that serves to replace a noun phrase that has already been or is about to be mentioned in the sentence or context
Abbreviation: pron
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin prōnōmen, from pro-1 + nōmen noun |