indefinite pronoun

English

Noun

Wikipedia indefinite pronoun (plural indefinite pronouns)

1. (grammar) A pronoun that does not specify the identity of its referent.

Usage notes

In English, the suffixes -ever and -soever may be added to what, which, who, and whom to obtain indefinite pronouns.

• Example: "any" and "some" in "If there's any more, I want some."
• Example: "whomever" in "Bring whomever you wish."

Translations

Pronoun not specifying the identity of its referent

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: неопределително местоимение (bg) (neopredelitelno mestoimenie) n
• Catalan: pronom indefinit (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不定代名詞 (cmn), 不定代名词 (cmn) (bùdìng dàimíngcí)

• Danish: ubestemt stedord (da) n
• Dutch: onbepaald voornaamwoord (nl) n
• Esperanto: nedifina pronomo (eo)
• Faroese: óbundið fornavn (fo) n
• Finnish: indefiniittipronomini (fi)
• French: pronom indéfini (fr) m
• German: Indefinitpronomen (de) n
• Hungarian: határozatlan névmás (hu)

• Icelandic: óákveðið fornafn (is) n
• Italian: pronome indefinito (it) m
• Japanese: 不定代名詞 (ja) (ふていだいめいし, futei daimeishi)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: pronomen indefinitum (la) n
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: pronome indefinido (pt) n
• Russian: неопределённое местоимение (ru) (neopredeljónnoje mestoiménije) n
• Spanish: pronombre indeterminado (es) m
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: belirsizlik zamiri (tr)
• Ukrainian: неозначений займенник (uk) (neoznáčenyj zajménnyk) m
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can