grammatical person en · NOUN
Etymology
By surface analysis from grammatical + person. Displaced native Old English hād.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and other people; implemented in most languages by a variety of pronouns, and in inflected languages by variation in word endings.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| grammatical persons | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Relateds
plural · third person · singular · interlocutor · second person · first person · second person · first person · third person · speaker · fourth person · fourth person
Synonyms
Translations (20)
pl osoba (linguistic category) · th บุรุษ (linguistic category) · vi ngôi (linguistic category) · ru лицо́ (linguistic category) · hu nyelvtani személy (linguistic category) · sh lice (linguistic category) · kk тұлға (linguistic category) · lo ບຸລຸດ (linguistic category) · ka გრამატიკული პირი (linguistic category) · hu személy (linguistic category) · ka პირი (linguistic category) · es persona gramatical (linguistic category) · lo ບຸຣຸດ (linguistic category) · ru граммати́ческое лицо́ (linguistic category) · cmn 人稱 /人称 (linguistic category) · fi kieliopillinen persoona (linguistic category) · rm persuna grammaticala (linguistic category) · ja 人称 (linguistic category) · pt pessoa (linguistic category) · ko 인칭 (linguistic category)