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pronoune

pronoune is the obsolete form of pronoun.

Meaning of pronoun

Noun

pronoun (plural pronouns)

  1. 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
  2. (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?

Forms of pronoune

pluralpronounes

Questions about pronoune

What is pronoune the obsolete form of?
Pronoune is the obsolete form of pronoun.

Words near pronoune in the dictionary

  1. pronounciation
  2. pronouncing
  3. pronouncing dictionaries
  4. pronouncing dictionary
  5. pronouncings
  6. pronoune
  7. pronounes
  8. pronounless
  9. pronounlike
  10. pronounphobia
  11. pronouns

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