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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

代词的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dàicí de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pronominal/proʊˈnɒm.ɪ.nəl/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这个词具有代词的功能。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to, constituting, or functioning as a pronoun.

    "The grammarian analyzed the pronominal suffixes in the ancient text."
As noun
  1. 1

    A word that functions as a pronoun.

    "In this syntactic context, the term acts purely as a pronominal."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin pronominalis, formed from pronomen (pronoun) plus the adjectival suffix -alis. The term entered English in the mid-19th century to describe words, phrases, or grammatical structures functioning as or relating to pronouns.

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