Added 6 October 2026
pronoun
/ˈpɹəʊ.naʊn/ noun
In Latin: prōnōmen, prōvocābulum Wiktionary
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- A part of speech that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective.
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Any of the third-person pronouns by which a person prefers to be referred to, typically reflecting their gender identity; often communicated as a subject–object pair.
My pronouns are she/her. What are your pronouns?
Origin
From pro- + noun, modeled on Middle French pronom, from Latin pronomen, itself a calque of Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντωνῠμῐ́ᾱ (ăntōnŭmĭ́ā).
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