Phrase guide

personal pronoun

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following:

The person or people speaking. (first person)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following:

The person or people spoken to. (second person)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following:

Another person or group of people. (third person)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Any pronoun, with an antecedent, standing in as the subject or object of a verb.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

noun

Meaning 6

a pronoun expressing a distinction of person

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: pronoun

Narrower terms: reflexive pronoun, reflexive

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: përemër vetor — part of speech
  • Armenian: անձնական դերանուն (anjnakan deranun) — part of speech
  • Azerbaijani: şəxs əvəzliyi — part of speech
  • Belarusian: асабо́вы займе́ннік (asabóvy zajmjénnik) — part of speech
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人稱代詞 /人称代词 (rénchēng dàicí) — part of speech
  • Czech: osobní zájmeno — part of speech
  • Danish: personligt pronomen — part of speech
  • Danish: personligt stedord — part of speech
  • Dutch: persoonlijk voornaamwoord — part of speech
  • Esperanto: persona pronomo — part of speech
  • Estonian: isikuline asesõna — part of speech
  • Finnish: persoonapronomini — part of speech
  • French: pronom personnel — part of speech
  • Georgian: პირის ნაცვალსახელი (ṗiris nacvalsaxeli) — part of speech
  • German: Personalpronomen — part of speech
  • German: persönliches Fürwort — part of speech
  • Greek: προσωπική αντωνυμία (prosopikí antonymía) — part of speech
  • Hindi: पुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम (puruṣvācak sarvanām) — part of speech
  • Hungarian: személyes névmás — part of speech
  • Icelandic: persónufornafn — part of speech
  • Indonesian: kata ganti orang — part of speech
  • Indonesian: pronomina persona — part of speech
  • Interlingua: pronomine personal — part of speech
  • Irish: forainm pearsanta — part of speech
  • Italian: pronome personale — part of speech
  • Japanese: 人称代名詞 (ninshō-daimeishi) — part of speech
  • Korean: 인칭대명사 (inchingdaemyeongsa) — part of speech
  • Lithuanian: asmeninis įvardis — part of speech
  • Macedonian: лична заменка (lična zamenka) — part of speech
  • Nogai: оьзлик авыс (özlik avıs) — part of speech
  • Norwegian Bokmål: personlig pronomen — part of speech
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: personleg pronomen — part of speech
  • Pannonian Rusyn: особови заменовнїк (osobovi zamenovnjik) — part of speech
  • Persian: ضَمیرِ شَخصی — part of speech
  • Polish: zaimek osobowy — part of speech
  • Portuguese: pronome pessoal — part of speech
  • Romanian: pronume personal — part of speech
  • Romansh: pronom persunal — part of speech
  • Russian: ли́чное местоиме́ние (líčnoje mestoiménije) — part of speech
  • Slovene: osebni zaimek — part of speech
  • Spanish: pronombre personal — part of speech
  • Swahili: kiwakilishi cha nafsi — part of speech
  • Swedish: personligt pronomen — part of speech
  • Tagalog: panghalip panao — part of speech
  • Thai: บุรุษสรรพนาม (bù-rùt-sà-sàp-pá-naam) — part of speech
  • Turkish: kişi zamiri — part of speech
  • Turkish: şahıs zamiri — part of speech
  • Ukrainian: особи́стий займе́нник (osobýstyj zajménnyk) — part of speech
  • Urdu: ضَمِیرِ شَخْصِی (zamīr-i śaxsī) — part of speech
  • Vietnamese: đại từ nhân xưng — part of speech
  • Vietnamese: đại từ xưng hô — part of speech
  • Vietnamese: đại từ chỉ ngôi — part of speech
  • Welsh: rhagenw personol — part of speech