possessive pronoun
Noun
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Noun
possessive pronoun (plural possessive pronouns)
- (grammar) A pronoun which expresses possession.
- 1878, Geo. F. Holmes, A Grammar of the English Language, p 66:
- The possessive pronouns are, my, thy, his, her, its, our, your, their, own.
- 1878, Geo. F. Holmes, A Grammar of the English Language, p 66:
- French: pronom possessif
- German: besitzanzeigendes Fürwort; Possessivpronomen, Possessivum, Possessiv
- Italian: pronome possessivo
- Portuguese: pronome possessivo
- Russian: притяжа́тельное местоиме́ние
- Spanish: pronombre posesivo
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