pron.

pron. is the abbreviation of pronoun.

pron. is the abbreviation of pronunciation.

Meaning of pronoun

pronoun (plural pronouns)

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.
- The possessive conjunctive pronoun is always repeated before a substantive, and after a conjunction; as my brothers and sisters, mes frères & mes sœurs; […]1789, Jean Baptiste, A grammar of the French tongue, page 193
(in plural, specifically) 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?

pronunciation (countable and uncountable, plural pronunciations)

(countable) The way in which a word, phrase, letter, character etc. is made to sound when spoken.
- What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?
(uncountable) The characteristic sounds of a particular language, accent, or individual's speech.
- His Italian pronunciation is terrible.
(countable) The act of making a pronouncement or uttering a vocable.
- The second part is the sentence, which is the judge's pronunciation upon a cause depending between two in controversy.1831, Thomas Oughton, James Thomas Law, Forms of Ecclesiastical Law, page 62

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