pronominal

English

Etymology

From Late Latin prōnōminālis, from Latin prōnōmen, prōnōminis. By surface analysis, pro- +‎ nominal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəʊˈnɒmɪnəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Adjective

pronominal (comparative more pronominal, superlative most pronominal)

1. (linguistics, grammar) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or functioning as a pronoun.
   • 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 120:

     Neither of these pronominal compounds was found in current sources.

Derived terms

• pronominal adverb
• pronominalize
• pronominally
• pronominal phrase
• pronominal state
• pronominal verb

Translations

of a pronoun

Armenian: դերանվանական (hy) (deranvanakan) Catalan: pronominal Czech: zájmenný Dutch: voornaamwoordelijk Esperanto: pronoma Finnish: pronominaalinen (fi) French: pronominal (fr) Galician: pronominal (gl) Georgian: ნაცვალსახელური (nacvalsaxeluri), ნაცვალსახელითი (nacvalsaxeliti), ნაცვალსახელის (nacvalsaxelis) German: fürwörtlich, (linguistics) pronominal (de) Greek: αντονυμικός (antonymikós) Irish: forainmneach Italian: pronominale (it) Polish: zaimkowy Portuguese: pronominal (pt) Russian: местоиме́нный (ru) (mestoiménnyj), местоимённый (ru) (mestoimjónnyj) Spanish: pronominal (es) Swedish: pronominell (sv) Ukrainian: займеннико́вий (zajmennykóvyj) Volapük: pönopik Welsh: rhagenwol

Noun

pronominal (plural pronominals)

1. (grammar) A phrase that acts as a pronoun.

Translations

type of phrase

Finnish: pronominaali Irish: forainmneach m Polish: fraza zaimkowa f

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin prōnōminālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾu.nu.miˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [pɾo.no.miˈnal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

pronominal m or f (masculine and feminine plural pronominals)

1. (grammar) pronominal

Related terms

• pronom

Further reading

• “pronominal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pronominal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “pronominal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pronominal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin prōnōminālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.nɔ.mi.nal/
• Homophones: pronominale, pronominales

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Adjective

pronominal (feminine pronominale, masculine plural pronominaux, feminine plural pronominales)

1. pronominal

Derived terms

• verbe pronominal

Related terms

• pronom

Further reading

• “pronominal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin prōnōminālis.

Adjective

pronominal m or f (plural pronominais)

1. (grammar) pronominal

Related terms

• pronome

Further reading

• “pronominal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Interlingua

Adjective

pronominal (not comparable)

1. pronominal

Related terms

• pronomine

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin prōnōminālis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.no.miˈnaw/ [pɾo.no.miˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.nu.miˈnal/ [pɾu.nu.miˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.nu.miˈnal/ [pɾu.nu.miˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.nu.miˈna.li/

• Hyphenation: pro‧no‧mi‧nal

Adjective

pronominal m or f (plural pronominais, not comparable)

1. (grammar) pronominal

Derived terms

• pronominalidade
• pronominalizar
• pronominalmente

Related terms

• pronome

Further reading

• “pronominal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pronominal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpro.no.miˈnal/

Adjective

pronominal m or n (feminine singular pronominală, masculine plural pronominali, feminine and neuter plural pronominale)

1. pronominal

Declension

Declension of pronominal

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	pronominal		pronominală		pronominali	pronominale
	definite	pronominalul		pronominala		pronominalii	pronominalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	pronominal		pronominale		pronominali	pronominale
	definite	pronominalului		pronominalei		pronominalilor	pronominalelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin prōnōminālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾonomiˈnal/ [pɾo.no.miˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pro‧no‧mi‧nal

Adjective

pronominal m or f (masculine and feminine plural pronominales)

1. pronominal

Derived terms

• verbo pronominal

Related terms

• pronombre

Further reading

• “pronominal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024