pronominal

American  

[proh-nom-uh-nl] / proʊˈnɒm ə nl /

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.

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noun

1. Grammar. a pronominal word.

pronominal British  

/ prəʊˈnɒmɪnəl /

adjective

1. relating to or playing the part of a pronoun

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Other Word Forms

• pronominally
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of pronominal

From the Late Latin word prōnōminālis, dating back to 1635–45. See pronoun, -al ¹

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Example Sentences

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pronominal

Through perspectival shifts, pronominal slippage and shout-outs to cinema, poetry and of course music, Mercier allows the duo’s fears and displaced ambitions to turn into one another in revelatory, oneiric and, ultimately, disturbing ways.

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2018

Most were necessitated by the demands of a metered line of poetry, and hence might be thought of more as a simple contraction than a pronominal phrase.

From Time ● Jul. 6, 2015

The infixation of pronominal objects between a verbal particle and the verb itself continues in use down to the present day as in Breton.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

There is incorporation with the verb, as in Basque, many of the Caucasus tongues, and the Ural-Altaic group; but it is everywhere limited to pronominal and purely relational elements.

From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon

So far as I have been able to ascertain them the most important features characteristic of the Dakotan languages generally are the following: I. Three pronominal prefixes to verbs, i, o and wa.

From The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages by A. W. (Andrew Woods) Williamson

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