Complete Definition of "relative pronoun"

English

Noun
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en-noun|sg=relative pronoun

  1. grammar A pronoun that introduces a relative clause and refers to an antecedent. The interrogative pronouns can be used as relative pronouns: what, which, who, whom, and whose.

#* who in The woman who is wearing the funny hat
#* that in The funny hat that is on her head

See also
interrogative pronoun
indefinite pronoun

Translations

Catalan: pronom relatiu m
Dutch: betrekkelijk voornaamwoord n
French: pronom relatif m
German: Relativpronomen n
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Icelandic: tilvísunarfornafn n
Japanese: ��代�� (kankeidaimeishi)
Novial: relativ pronomine
Latin: pronomen relativum
Spanish: pronombre relativo m

Category:Parts of speech

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