demonstrative pronoun

English

Alternative forms

• pronoun demonstrative

Pronunciation

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Noun

demonstrative pronoun (plural demonstrative pronouns)

1. (grammar) a pronoun that replaces a noun whose identity can be understood from the context; it indicates whether the noun is singular or plural, and whether it is near or far from the speaker or writer

   Note: In English they are the same as the demonstrative adjectives - this, that, these and those

   Hypernym: pronoun

   Hyponym: determinative pronoun

Translations

pronoun which replaces a noun

• Armenian: բացատրական դերանուն (bacʻatrakan deranun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指示代詞／指示代词 (zh) (zhǐshì dàicí)

• Dutch: aanwijzend voornaamwoord (nl) n
• Esperanto: monstra pronomo, demonstrativo (eo)
• Estonian: näitav asesõna
• Faroese: ávísingarfornavn n
• Finnish: demonstratiivipronomini (fi)
• French: pronom démonstratif (fr) m
• Georgian: ჩვენებითი ნაცვალსახელი (čvenebiti nacvalsaxeli)
• German: hinweisendes Fürwort (de) n, Demonstrativpronomen (de) n, Demonstrativum (de) n, Demonstrativ (de) n
• Greek: δεικτική αντωνυμία f (deiktikí antonymía)
• Hungarian: mutató névmás (hu)
• Icelandic: ábendingarfornafn (is) n, sérstætt ábendingarfornafn n
• Irish: forainm taispeántach m
• Italian: pronome dimostrativo (it) m
• Japanese: 指示代名詞 (ja) (しじだいめいし shiji daimeishi)
• Korean: 지시대명사 (ko) (jisidaemyeongsa)
• Latin: pronomen demonstrativum
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} parodomasis įvardis
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: заах төлөөний нэр (zaax tölöönii ner), заах төлөөний үг (zaax tölöönii üg) (China)

  Mongolian: ᠵᠢᠭᠠᠬᠤ
  ᠲᠥᠯᠦᠭᠡᠨ ᠦ
  ᠨᠡᠷ᠎ᠡ (ǰiɣaqu tölügen-ü ner-e), ᠵᠢᠭᠠᠬᠤ
  ᠲᠥᠯᠦᠭᠡᠨ ᠦ
  ᠦᠭᠡ (ǰiɣaqu tölügen-ü üge)

• Portuguese: pronome demonstrativo m
• Romanian: pronume demonstrativ (ro) n
• Russian: указа́тельное местоиме́ние n (ukazátelʹnoje mestoiménije)
• Spanish: pronombre demostrativo m
• Swedish: demonstrativt pronomen (sv) n
• Tagalog: panghalip na pamatlig
• Thai: นิยมสรรพนาม (th) (ní-yá-má-sàp-pá-naam)
• Turkish: işaret zamiri (tr)
• Walloon: prono d' mostraedje m
• Welsh: rhagenw dangosol m

Anagrams

• pronoun demonstrative