Phrase guide

possessive pronoun

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A pronoun which expresses possession.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: mənsubiyyət əvəzliyi — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Bulgarian: притежателно местоимение (pritežatelno mestoimenie) — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Catalan: pronom possessiu — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Chinese Mandarin: 所有格代名詞 /所有格代名词 (suǒyǒugé dàimíngcí) — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Chinese Mandarin: 物主代詞 /物主代词 (wùzhǔ dàicí) — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Danish: possessivt pronomen — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Danish: possessivpronomen — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Danish: ejestedord — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Dutch: bezittelijk voornaamwoord — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Esperanto: posesiva pronomo — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Esperanto: poseda pronomo — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Esperanto: posesivo — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Faroese: ognarfornavn — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Finnish: possessiivipronomini — pronoun which expresses possession
  • French: pronom possessif — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Georgian: კუთვნილებითი ნაცვალსახელი (ḳutvnilebiti nacvalsaxeli) — pronoun which expresses possession
  • German: besitzanzeigendes Fürwort — pronoun which expresses possession
  • German: Possessivpronomen — pronoun which expresses possession
  • German: Possessivum — pronoun which expresses possession
  • German: Possessiv — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Greek: κτητική αντωνυμία (ktitikí antonymía) — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Ancient Greek: κτητῐκή ᾰ̓ντωνῠμῐ́ᾱ (ktētĭkḗ ăntōnŭmĭ́ā) — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Hungarian: birtokos névmás — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Icelandic: eignarfornafn — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Icelandic: efn. — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Irish: forainm sealbhach — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Italian: pronome possessivo — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Japanese: 所有代名詞 (shoyū daimeishi) — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Korean: 소유대명사 (soyu-daemyeongsa) — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Latin: prōnōmen possessīvum — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Latvian: piederības vietniekvārds — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Lithuanian: savybinis įvardis — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Macedonian: посвојна заменка (posvojna zamenka) — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Māori: tūkapi riro — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Nogai: тартым авыс (tartım avıs) — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Polish: zaimek dzierżawczy — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Portuguese: pronome possessivo — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Romanian: pronume posesiv — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Romansh: pronom possessiv — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Russian: притяжа́тельное местоиме́ние (pritjažátelʹnoje mestoiménije) — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Scottish Gaelic: riochdair seilbheach — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Slovene: svojilni zaimek — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Spanish: pronombre posesivo — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Swedish: possessivt pronomen — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Tagalog: panghalip paari — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Ukrainian: присві́йний займе́нник (prysvíjnyj zajménnyk) — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Vietnamese: đại từ sở hữu — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Welsh: rhagenw meddiannol — pronoun which expresses possession
  • Yoruba: ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-orúkọ afìníhàn — pronoun which expresses possession