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.

   Synonym: pronomial

   • 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

• depronominal
• prepronominal
• pronominal adverb
• pronominalize
• pronominally
• pronominal phrase
• pronominal state
• pronominal verb
• semipronominal

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 (pl)
• Portuguese: pronominal (pt)
• Russian: местоиме́нный (ru) (mestoiménnyj), местоимённый (ru) (mestoimjónnyj)
• Spanish: pronominal (es)
• Swedish: pronominell (sv)
• Tagalog: makahalip
• 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

Learned borrowing from Late Latin prōnōminālis.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• 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, 2026
• “pronominal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “pronominal”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

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

Derived 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, 2012–2026

German

Etymology

From Pronomen +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Adjective

pronominal (strong nominative masculine singular pronominaler, not comparable)

1. (grammar) pronominal

Declension

Positive forms of pronominal (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist pronominal	sie ist pronominal	es ist pronominal	sie sind pronominal
strong declension (without article)	nominative	pronominaler	pronominale	pronominales	pronominale
	genitive	pronominalen	pronominaler	pronominalen	pronominaler
	dative	pronominalem	pronominaler	pronominalem	pronominalen
	accusative	pronominalen	pronominale	pronominales	pronominale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der pronominale	die pronominale	das pronominale	die pronominalen
	genitive	des pronominalen	der pronominalen	des pronominalen	der pronominalen
	dative	dem pronominalen	der pronominalen	dem pronominalen	den pronominalen
	accusative	den pronominalen	die pronominale	das pronominale	die pronominalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein pronominaler	eine pronominale	ein pronominales	(keine) pronominalen
	genitive	eines pronominalen	einer pronominalen	eines pronominalen	(keiner) pronominalen
	dative	einem pronominalen	einer pronominalen	einem pronominalen	(keinen) pronominalen
	accusative	einen pronominalen	eine pronominale	ein pronominales	(keine) pronominalen

Further reading

• “pronominal” in Duden online
• “pronominal”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Interlingua

Adjective

pronominal (not comparable)

1. pronominal

Related terms

• pronomine

Portuguese

Etymology

Derived 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 Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pronominal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Late Latin prōnōminālislbor.

French pronominalbor.

Romanian pronominal

Borrowed from French pronominal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpro.no.miˈnal/

Adjective

pronominal m or n (feminine singular pronominală, masculine plural pronominali, feminine/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

Learned borrowing 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. reflexive

   Synonym: reflexivo

2. 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025