"third person" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: third persons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} third person (countable and uncountable, plural third persons)
  1. (linguistics, with "the") The words, word-forms, and grammatical structures, taken collectively, that are normally used of people or things other than the speaker or the audience. Tags: countable, uncountable, with-definite-article Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-third_person-en-noun-Yc7-jC6i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 40 33 6 3 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (grammar) the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement. In English, pronouns used with the third person include he, she, it, one, they, and who. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement): veta e tretë [feminine] (Albanian), τρίτον πρόσωπον (tríton prósōpon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), غَائِب (ḡāʔib) [masculine] (Arabic), трэ́цяя асо́ба (trécjaja asóba) [feminine] (Belarusian), প্রথম পুরুষ (prothom puruś) (Bengali), тре́то лице́ (tréto licé) [neuter] (Bulgarian), tercera persona [feminine] (Catalan), 第三人稱 (Chinese Mandarin), 第三人称 (dìsānrénchēng) (Chinese Mandarin), třetí osoba [feminine] (Czech), tredje person (Danish), derde persoon [masculine] (Dutch), tria persono (Esperanto), kolmas persoona (Finnish), troisième personne [feminine] (French), terceira persoa [feminine] (Galician), მესამე პირი (mesame ṗiri) (Georgian), dritte Person [feminine] (German), τρίτο πρόσωπο (tríto prósopo) [neuter] (Greek), נִסְתָּר (nistár) [masculine] (Hebrew), גּוּף שְׁלִישִׁי (gúf sh'lishí) [masculine] (Hebrew), harmadik személy (Hungarian), þriðja persóna [feminine] (Icelandic), terza persona [feminine] (Italian), 三人称 (sanninshō) (alt: さんにんしょう) (Japanese), 삼인칭 (saminching) (alt: 三人稱) (Korean), 3인칭 (3inching) (Korean), trešā persona [feminine] (Latvian), trečiasis asmuo [masculine] (Lithuanian), трето лице (english: treto lice) [neuter] (Macedonian), baa yáʼátiʼígíí (Navajo), traîsième pèrsonne [feminine] (Norman), tredje person [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), trzecia osoba [feminine] (Polish), terceira pessoa [feminine] (Portuguese), persoana a treia (Romanian), тре́тье лицо́ (trétʹje licó) [neuter] (Russian), प्रथमपुरुष (prathamá-puruṣa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), an treas pearsa [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), треће лице [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), трећа особа [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), treće lice [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), treća osoba [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tretia osoba [feminine] (Slovak), tretja oseba [feminine] (Slovene), tercera persona [feminine] (Spanish), third person [common-gender] (Swedish), ikatlong panauhan (Tagalog), ప్రథమ పురుషము (prathama puruṣamu) (Telugu), üçüncü kişi (Turkish), тре́тя осо́ба (trétja osóba) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ئۈچىنچى شەخس (üchinchi shexs) (Uyghur), người thứ ba (Vietnamese), şexso hirêyın (Zazaki)
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  3. A form of narrative writing using verbs in the third person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to another person. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-third_person-en-noun-2CxplGJZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 40 33 6 3
  4. (law) Someone not associated with a particular matter; a third party. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law, People
    Sense id: en-third_person-en-noun-TyM2Hlef Disambiguation of People: 22 22 8 47 0 Topics: law
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, person. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-third_person-en-noun-92J3iKf-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 3rd person, IIIrd person Derived forms: third-person dual, third-person effect, third-person plural, third-person shooter, third-person singular Related terms: first person, second person, fourth person

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          "roman": "mesame ṗiri",
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          "word": "harmadik személy"
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          "word": "þriðja persóna"
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          "word": "terza persona"
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          "alt": "さんにんしょう",
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          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
          "word": "三人称"
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          "word": "삼인칭"
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          "roman": "3inching",
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          "word": "3인칭"
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          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
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          "word": "trešā persona"
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          "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
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          "english": "treto lice",
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          "lang": "Navajo",
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          "word": "baa yáʼátiʼígíí"
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          "word": "traîsième pèrsonne"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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          "word": "terceira pessoa"
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          "word": "persoana a treia"
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          "word": "an treas pearsa"
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          "word": "ئۈچىنچى شەخس"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "veta e tretë"
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      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "word": "প্রথম পুরুষ"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tréto licé",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "тре́то лице́"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tercera persona"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "word": "第三人稱"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "dìsānrénchēng",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "word": "第三人称"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "třetí osoba"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "derde persoon"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "troisième personne"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "terceira persoa"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mesame ṗiri",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "word": "მესამე პირი"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "þriðja persóna"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "terza persona"
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      "alt": "さんにんしょう",
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      "roman": "sanninshō",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "word": "三人称"
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      "alt": "三人稱",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "saminching",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "word": "삼인칭"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "3inching",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "word": "3인칭"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "trešā persona"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "trečiasis asmuo"
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      "code": "mk",
      "english": "treto lice",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "трето лице"
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "word": "baa yáʼátiʼígíí"
    },
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "traîsième pèrsonne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "tredje person"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "trzecia osoba"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "terceira pessoa"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "word": "persoana a treia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trétʹje licó",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "тре́тье лицо́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "prathamá-puruṣa",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "प्रथमपुरुष"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "an treas pearsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "треће лице"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "трећа особа"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "treće lice"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "treća osoba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tretia osoba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tretja oseba"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tercera persona"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "third person"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "word": "ikatlong panauhan"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "prathama puruṣamu",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "word": "ప్రథమ పురుషము"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "word": "üçüncü kişi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "trétja osóba",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тре́тя осо́ба"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "üchinchi shexs",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "word": "ئۈچىنچى شەخس"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "word": "người thứ ba"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement",
      "word": "şexso hirêyın"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "third person"
  ],
  "word": "third person"
}

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