demonstrative pronoun

English

Noun

demonstrative pronoun (plural demonstrative pronouns)

1. (grammar) a pronoun which replaces a noun whose identity can be understood from the context; it indicates whether the noun is singular or plural, and whether it is near or far from the speaker or writer

   Note: In English they are the same as the demonstrative adjectives - this, that, these and those

Hypernyms

• determiner

Translations

pronoun which replaces a noun

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指示代詞 (cmn), 指示代词 (cmn) (zhǐshì dàicí)

• Dutch: aanwijzend voornaamwoord (nl) n
• Esperanto: monstra pronomo (eo), demonstrativo (eo)
• Faroese: ávísingarfornavn (fo) n
• Finnish: demonstratiivipronomini (fi)
• French: pronom démonstratif (fr) m
• German: hinweisendes Fürwort (de) n, Demonstrativpronomen (de) n
• Greek: δεικτική αντωνυμία (el) (deiktikí antonymía) f
• Hungarian: mutató névmás (hu)

• Icelandic: ábendingarfornafn (is) n, sérstætt ábendingarfornafn (is) n
• Italian: pronome dimostrativo (it) m
• Japanese: 指示代名詞 (ja) (しじだいめいし shiji daimeishi)
• Korean: 지시대명사 (ko) (jisidaemyeongsa)
• Latin: pronomen demonstrativum
• Novial: demonstrativi pronomine
• Portuguese: pronome demonstrativo (pt) m
• Russian: указательное местоимение (ru) (ukazátel’noje mestoiménije) n
• Spanish: pronombre demostrativo (es) m
• Swedish: demonstrativt pronomen (sv) n