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grammatical person

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and other people; implemented in most languages by a variety of pronouns, and in inflected languages by variation in word endings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Across languages

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18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 人稱 /人称 (rénchēng) — linguistic category
  • Finnish: kieliopillinen persoona — linguistic category
  • Georgian: პირი (ṗiri) — linguistic category
  • Georgian: გრამატიკული პირი (gramaṭiḳuli ṗiri) — linguistic category
  • Hungarian: nyelvtani személy — linguistic category
  • Hungarian: személy — linguistic category
  • Japanese: 人称 (ninshō) — linguistic category
  • Kazakh: тұлға (tūlğa) — linguistic category
  • Korean: 인칭 (inching) — linguistic category
  • Lao: ບຸຣຸດ (bu rut) — linguistic category
  • Lao: ບຸລຸດ (bu lut) — linguistic category
  • Portuguese: pessoa — linguistic category
  • Romansh: persuna grammaticala — linguistic category
  • Russian: лицо́ (licó) — linguistic category
  • Russian: граммати́ческое лицо́ (grammatíčeskoje licó) — linguistic category
  • Serbo-Croatian: lice — linguistic category
  • Thai: บุรุษ (bù-rùt) — linguistic category
  • Vietnamese: ngôi — linguistic category