Dictionary

possessive pronoun en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A pronoun which expresses possession.
   • The possessive pronouns are, my, thy, his, her, its, our, your, their, own. 1878, Geo. F. Holmes, A Grammar of the English Language, page 66:

Forms

Deriveds

independent possessive pronoun · determinative possessive pronoun

Hypernyms

pronoun

Relateds

their · ours · mine · possessive adjective · yours · its · determiner · possessive suffix · your · theirs · our · his · possessive determiner · my · her

Synonyms

possessive pronoun

Translations (49)

lv piederības vietniekvārds (pronoun which expresses possession) · mk посвојна заменка (pronoun which expresses possession) · nog тартым авыс (pronoun which expresses possession) · de Possessivum (pronoun which expresses possession) · gd riochdair seilbheach (pronoun which expresses possession) · ca pronom possessiu (pronoun which expresses possession) · el κτητική αντωνυμία (pronoun which expresses possession) · ja 所有代名詞 (pronoun which expresses possession) · fo ognarfornavn (pronoun which expresses possession) · cmn 所有格代名詞 /所有格代名词 (pronoun which expresses possession) · rm pronom possessiv (pronoun which expresses possession) · mi tūkapi riro (pronoun which expresses possession) · ro pronume posesiv (pronoun which expresses possession) · ru притяжа́тельное местоиме́ние (pronoun which expresses possession) · eo posesivo (pronoun which expresses possession) · da possessivpronomen (pronoun which expresses possession) · ka კუთვნილებითი ნაცვალსახელი (pronoun which expresses possession) · cy rhagenw meddiannol (pronoun which expresses possession) · uk присві́йний займе́нник (pronoun which expresses possession) · fi possessiivipronomini (pronoun which expresses possession) · cmn 物主代詞 /物主代词 (pronoun which expresses possession) · pt pronome possessivo (pronoun which expresses possession) · la prōnōmen possessīvum (pronoun which expresses possession) · az mənsubiyyət əvəzliyi (pronoun which expresses possession) · is efn. (pronoun which expresses possession) · da ejestedord (pronoun which expresses possession) · es pronombre posesivo (pronoun which expresses possession) · ga forainm sealbhach (pronoun which expresses possession) · grc κτητῐκή ᾰ̓ντωνῠμῐ́ᾱ (pronoun which expresses possession) · yo ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-orúkọ afìníhàn (pronoun which expresses possession) · it pronome possessivo (pronoun which expresses possession) · eo poseda pronomo (pronoun which expresses possession) · hu birtokos névmás (pronoun which expresses possession) · is eignarfornafn (pronoun which expresses possession) · da possessivt pronomen (pronoun which expresses possession) · de Possessivpronomen (pronoun which expresses possession) · vi đại từ sở hữu (pronoun which expresses possession) · lt savybinis įvardis (pronoun which expresses possession) · bg притежателно местоимение (pronoun which expresses possession) · sl svojilni zaimek (pronoun which expresses possession) · pl zaimek dzierżawczy (pronoun which expresses possession) · sv possessivt pronomen (pronoun which expresses possession) · tl panghalip paari (pronoun which expresses possession) · nl bezittelijk voornaamwoord (pronoun which expresses possession) · de Possessiv (pronoun which expresses possession) · de besitzanzeigendes Fürwort (pronoun which expresses possession) · ko 소유대명사 (pronoun which expresses possession) · eo posesiva pronomo (pronoun which expresses possession) · fr pronom possessif (pronoun which expresses possession)