代名詞

Japanese

Kanji in this term
代	名	詞

Etymology

From 代 (dai, “replacement”) + 名詞 (meishi, “noun”), as it stands in for a noun.

Noun

代名詞 (hiragana だいめいし, romaji daimeishi)

1. (grammar) pronoun

Derived terms

人代名詞 (jindaimeishi): personal pronoun 関係代名詞 (kankei daimeishi): relative pronoun 疑問代名詞 (gimon daimeishi): interrogative pronoun 再帰代名詞 (saiki daimeishi): reflexive pronoun 指示代名詞 (shiji daimeishi): demonstrative pronoun 対称代名詞 (taishō daimeishi): second-person pronoun

反射代名詞 (honsha daimeishi): reflexive pronoun (in Japanese grammar only) 反照代名詞 (honshō daimeishi): reflexive pronoun (in Japanese grammar only) 人称代名詞 (ninshō daimeishi): personal pronoun 一人称代名詞 (ichininshō daimeishi): first person pronoun 二人称代名詞 (nininshō daimeishi): second person pronoun 三人称代名詞 (sanninshō daimeishi): third person pronoun

References

• PSP Inc online dictionary

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Korean

Hanja in this word
代	名詞

Noun

代名詞 (daemyeongsa)

1. Hanja form^? of 대명사, “pronoun”.

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Mandarin

simpl.		代名词
trad.		代名詞

Noun

代名詞 (traditional, Pinyin dàimíngcí, simplified 代名词)

1. (grammar) pronoun
2. (grammar, colloquial) synonym