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reflexive pronoun

/ɹəˈflɛksɪv ˈpɹoʊnaʊn/

reflexive pronoun noun: in English: a personal pronoun, having a form of "-self" as a suffix to show that the subject's action affects the subject itself.

Noun

reflexive pronoun (plural reflexive pronouns)

  1. In English: a personal pronoun, having a form of "-self" as a suffix to show that the subject's action affects the subject itself.
  2. In many languages: a pronoun that makes a transitive verb reflexive or reciprocal.

reflexive pronoun meaning in Tamil and Arabic

reflexive pronoun in Tamil

தற்கூட்டு இடப்பெயர், தற்சுட்டு பதிலிடு பெயர்

reflexive pronoun in Arabic

Translations
ضَمِير اِنْعِكَاسِيّ ḍamīr inʕikāsiyy

Forms of reflexive pronoun

pluralreflexive pronouns

Words formed from reflexive pronoun

Questions about reflexive pronoun

What does reflexive pronoun mean?
Reflexive pronoun means in English: a personal pronoun, having a form of "-self" as a suffix to show that the subject's action affects the subject itself.
What is reflexive pronoun in Tamil?
Reflexive pronoun in Tamil is தற்கூட்டு இடப்பெயர், தற்சுட்டு பதிலிடு பெயர். See Reflexive pronoun meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is reflexive pronoun?
Reflexive pronoun is a noun.
How do you pronounce reflexive pronoun?
Reflexive pronoun is pronounced /ɹəˈflɛksɪv ˈpɹoʊnaʊn/ (US).
What is the plural of reflexive pronoun?
The plural of reflexive pronoun is reflexive pronouns.

Words near reflexive pronoun in the dictionary

  1. reflexive
  2. reflexive possessive
  3. reflexive possessive pronoun
  4. reflexive possessive pronouns
  5. reflexive possessives
  6. reflexive pronoun
  7. reflexive pronouns
  8. reflexive statement
  9. reflexive statements
  10. reflexive verb
  11. reflexive verbs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reflexive pronoun (page history and authors); reflexive pronoun (Tamil 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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