"fourth person" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fourth person (uncountable)
  1. (grammar) A variety of the third person sometimes used for indefinite referents, such as one, as in one shouldn't do that. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-fourth_person-en-noun-VmVHWTHI Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (linguistics) grammatical person in some languages distinct from first, second, and third persons, semantically translated by one of them in English. For example, in Ojibwe, it is a variety of the third person used for a secondary, or obviative, third person. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (person distinct from first, second, and third persons): четвърто лице (četvǎrto lice) [neuter] (Bulgarian), vierde persoon [masculine] (Dutch), quatrième personne (French), cuarta persoa [feminine] (Galician), მეოთხე პირი (meotxe ṗiri) (Georgian), 四人称 (yoninshō) (Japanese), quarta pessoa [feminine] (Portuguese), четвёртое лицо́ (četvjórtoje licó) (Russian), cuarta persona [feminine] (Spanish), fjärde person [common-gender] (Swedish), ngôi thứ tư (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-fourth_person-en-noun-NCnkJBBv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 43 57 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'person distinct from first, second, and third persons': 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: obviative
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