Dictionary

fourth person en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A variety of the third person sometimes used for indefinite referents, such as one, as in one shouldn't do that.
2. (uncountable) grammatical person in some languages distinct from first, second, and third persons, semantically translated by one of them in English. For example, in Ojibwe, it is a variety of the third person used for a secondary, or obviative, third person.
   • The man saw the dog as he was leaving. (if he is the third person, or proximate, it refers to the man; if he is the fourth person, or obviative, it refers to the dog)

Forms

Antonyms

proximate

Synonyms

obviative

Translations (12)

fr quatrième personne (person distinct from first, second, and third persons) · ru четвёртое лицо́ (person distinct from first, second, and third persons) · vi ngôi thứ tư (person distinct from first, second, and third persons) · pt quarta pessoa (person distinct from first, second, and third persons) · ka მეოთხე პირი (person distinct from first, second, and third persons) · bg четвърто лице (person distinct from first, second, and third persons) · sv fjärde person (person distinct from first, second, and third persons) · pl czwarta osoba (person distinct from first, second, and third persons) · gl cuarta persoa (person distinct from first, second, and third persons) · nl vierde persoon (person distinct from first, second, and third persons) · ja 四人称 (person distinct from first, second, and third persons) · es cuarta persona (person distinct from first, second, and third persons)