possessive pronoun

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

possessive pronoun (plural possessive pronouns)

1. (grammar) A pronoun which expresses possession.
   • 1878, Geo. F. Holmes, A Grammar of the English Language, page 66:

     The possessive pronouns are, my, thy, his, her, its, our, your, their, own.

Usage notes

• Words like my or their, which modify nouns and cannot stand on their own, are also commonly referred to as "possessive pronouns" (because of their relationship to the personal pronouns). These are also called possessive determiners or possessive adjectives, however, as they are not pronouns in the strict sense.

Derived terms

• determinative possessive pronoun
• independent possessive pronoun

 

Translations

pronoun which expresses possession

• Ancient Greek: κτητῐκή ᾰ̓ντωνῠμῐ́ᾱ f (ktētikḗ antōnumíā)
• Azerbaijani: mənsubiyyət əvəzliyi
• Bulgarian: притежателно местоимение n (pritežatelno mestoimenie)
• Catalan: pronom possessiu m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 所有格代名詞 / 所有格代名词 (suǒyǒugé dàimíngcí), 物主代詞 / 物主代词 (zh) (wùzhǔ dàicí)

• Danish: possessivt pronomen n, possesivpronomen n, ejestedord n
• Dutch: bezittelijk voornaamwoord (nl) n
• Esperanto: posesiva pronomo, poseda pronomo, posesivo (eo)
• Faroese: ognarfornavn n
• Finnish: possessiivipronomini (fi)
• French: pronom possessif (fr) m
• Georgian: კუთვნილებითი ნაცვალსახელი (ḳutvnilebiti nacvalsaxeli)
• German: besitzanzeigendes Fürwort (de) n; Possessivpronomen (de) n, Possessivum (de) n, Possessiv n
• Greek: κτητική αντωνυμία f (ktitikí antonymía)
• Hungarian: birtokos névmás (hu)
• Icelandic: eignarfornafn (is) n, efn. (is) n
• Irish: forainm sealbhach
• Italian: pronome possessivo (it) m
• Japanese: 所有代名詞 (しょゆうだいめいし, shoyū daimeishi)
• Korean: 소유대명사 (ko) (soyu-daemyeongsa)
• Latin: prōnōmen possessīvum n
• Latvian: piederības vietniekvārds m
• Lithuanian: savybinis įvardis m
• Macedonian: посвојна заменка f (posvojna zamenka)
• Maori: tūkapi riro
• Nogai: тартым авыс (tartım avıs)
• Polish: zaimek dzierżawczy (pl) m
• Portuguese: pronome possessivo (pt) m
• Romanian: pronume posesiv n
• Russian: притяжа́тельное местоиме́ние (ru) n (pritjažátelʹnoje mestoiménije)
• Scottish Gaelic: riochdair seilbheach m
• Slovene: svojilni zaimek (sl) m
• Spanish: pronombre posesivo m
• Swedish: possessivt pronomen (sv) n
• Tagalog: panghalip paari
• Ukrainian: присві́йний займе́нник m (prysvíjnyj zajménnyk)
• Vietnamese: đại từ sở hữu
• Welsh: rhagenw meddiannol m
• Yoruba: ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-orúkọ afìníhàn

See also

• determiner
• possessive adjective
• possessive determiner
• possessive suffix

Further reading

• possessive pronoun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia