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Definition of pronominal - 2 dictionary results

pro⋅nom⋅i⋅nal

  [proh-nom-uh-nl]
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–adjective
1. Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
2. Heraldry. noting the coat of arms on a quartered escutcheon: customarily occupying the first quarter and being the original coat of arms of the paternal line.
–noun
3. Grammar. a pronominal word.
Origin:
1635–45; < LL prōnōminālis. See pronoun, -al 1

Related forms:
pro⋅nom⋅i⋅nal⋅ly, adverb
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pro·nom·i·nal   (prō-nŏm'ə-nəl)   
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or functioning as a pronoun.

  2. Resembling a pronoun, as by specifying a person, place, or thing, while functioning primarily as another part of speech. His in his choice is a pronominal adjective.


[Late Latin prōnōminālis, from Latin prōnōmen, prōnōmin-, pronoun; see pronoun.]
pro·nom'i·nal·ly adv.
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