adjectival pronoun

English

Noun

adjectival pronoun (plural adjectival pronouns)

  1. (grammar) A pronoun that accompanies a noun, such as our in English.
    • 2002, Ronald F. Feldstein, Steven L. Franks, Polish, Lincom Europa, page 68:
      This section will present the declensions of the demonstrative, interrogative/relative, and possessive categories. These pronouns can be termed adjectival on the basis of the fact that they substitute for adjectives. However, most adjectival pronouns have a declension that differs from that of adjectives in an essential property: []
    • 2014, N. M. Gwynne, Gwynne's Latin: The Ultimate Introduction to Latin Including the Latin in Everyday English, Random House (ebook without page numbers; the italic words were originally bold):
      Meus and tuus are called adjectival pronouns []

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  • substantival pronoun (substantive pronoun, pronoun substantive)

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