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pronominal

/pɹəʊˈnɒmɪnəl/

pronominal adjective: of, pertaining to, resembling, or functioning as a pronoun.

Adjective

pronominal (comparative more pronominal, superlative most pronominal)

  1. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or functioning as a pronoun.
    • Neither of these pronominal compounds was found in current sources.2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 120
    Synonyms:
    pronomial

Noun

pronominal (plural pronominals)

  1. A phrase that acts as a pronoun.

pronominal meaning in Malayalam and Tagalog

pronominal in Malayalam

ഒരു സർവ്വനാമം പോലെ പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്ന, സർവ്വനാമവിഷയകമായ, സാർവ്വനാമികമായ

pronominal in Tagalog

of a pronoun
makahalip

Synonyms of pronominal

Forms of pronominal

Adjective
comparativemore pronominal
superlativemost pronominal
Noun
pluralpronominals

Origin of pronominal

From Late Latin prōnōminālis, from Latin prōnōmen, prōnōminis. By surface analysis, pro- + nominal.

Words formed from pronominal

Phrases with pronominal

Questions about pronominal

What does pronominal mean?
Pronominal means of, pertaining to, resembling, or functioning as a pronoun.
What is pronominal in Malayalam?
Pronominal in Malayalam is ഒരു സർവ്വനാമം പോലെ പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്ന, സർവ്വനാമവിഷയകമായ, സാർവ്വനാമികമായ. See Pronominal meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is pronominal?
Pronominal can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce pronominal?
Pronominal is pronounced /pɹəʊˈnɒmɪnəl/.

Words near pronominal in the dictionary

  1. pronoiars
  2. pronoias
  3. pronoid
  4. pronoids
  5. pronomial
  6. pronominal
  7. pronominal adverb
  8. pronominal adverbs
  9. pronominal phrase
  10. pronominal phrases
  11. pronominal state

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pronominal (page history and authors); pronominal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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