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The words, word-forms, and grammatical structures, taken collectively, that are normally used of people or things other than the speaker or the audience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable, with-definite-article
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- In English, the third person consists of pronouns such as he, she, it, and they, verbs such as is and has, and most nouns.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement. In English, pronouns used with the third person include he, she, it, one, they, and who.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- “Is” is the third-person singular of “to be”.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A form of narrative writing using verbs in the third person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to another person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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A form of video game in which the graphical view depicts the player character, rather than the view through the character's eyes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: video-games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Someone not associated with a particular matter; a third party.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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pronouns and verbs that are used to refer to something other than the speaker or addressee of the language in which they occur
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
veta e tretë
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Arabic:
غَائِب
(ḡāʔib)
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Belarusian:
трэ́цяя асо́ба
(trécjaja asóba)
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Bengali:
প্রথম পুরুষ
(prothom puruś)
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Bulgarian:
тре́то лице́
(tréto licé)
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Catalan:
tercera persona
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Chinese Mandarin:
第三人稱 /第三人称
(dìsānrénchēng)
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Czech:
třetí osoba
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Danish:
tredje person
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Dutch:
derde persoon
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Esperanto:
tria persono
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Finnish:
kolmas persoona
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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French:
troisième personne
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Galician:
terceira persoa
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Georgian:
მესამე პირი
(mesame ṗiri)
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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German:
dritte Person
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Greek:
τρίτο πρόσωπο
(tríto prósopo)
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Ancient Greek:
τρίτον πρόσωπον
(tríton prósōpon)
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Hebrew:
נִסְתָּר
(nistár)
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Hebrew:
גּוּף שְׁלִישִׁי
(gúf sh'lishí)
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Hungarian:
harmadik személy
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Icelandic:
þriðja persóna
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Irish:
tríú pearsa
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Italian:
terza persona
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Japanese:
三人称
(sanninshō)
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Korean:
삼인칭
(saminching)
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Korean:
3인칭
(3inching)
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Latvian:
trešā persona
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Lithuanian:
trečiasis asmuo
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Macedonian:
трето лице
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Manx:
trass persoon
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Manx:
treeoo persoon
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Navajo:
baa yáʼátiʼígíí
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Norman:
traîsième pèrsonne
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Norwegian Bokmål:
tredje person
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Old English:
þridda hād
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Polish:
trzecia osoba
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Portuguese:
terceira pessoa
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Romanian:
persoana a treia
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Russian:
тре́тье лицо́
(trétʹje licó)
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Sanskrit:
प्रथमपुरुष
(prathamá-puruṣa)
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Scottish Gaelic:
an treas pearsa
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Serbo-Croatian:
треће лице
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Serbo-Croatian:
трећа особа
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Serbo-Croatian:
treće lice
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Serbo-Croatian:
treća osoba
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Slovak:
tretia osoba
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Slovene:
tretja oseba
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Spanish:
tercera persona
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Swedish:
tredje person
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Tagalog:
ikatlong panauhan
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Tamil:
படர்க்கை
(paṭarkkai)
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Telugu:
ప్రథమ పురుషము
(prathama puruṣamu)
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Turkish:
üçüncü kişi
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Ukrainian:
тре́тя осо́ба
(trétja osóba)
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Uyghur:
ئۈچىنچى شەخس
(üchinchi shexs)
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Vietnamese:
người thứ ba
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement
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Zazaki:
şexso hirêyın
— the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement