"possessive determiner" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: possessive determiners [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} possessive determiner (plural possessive determiners)
  1. (grammar) A determiner used to demonstrate the possession of the thing referenced by the following noun; in English, they include my, his, her, our, your, its and their. Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: possessive adjective Related terms: demonstrative determiner, possessional adjective Translations (possessive determiner): déterminant possessif [masculine] (French), determinante posesivo [masculine] (Galician), 所有限定詞 (shoyū genteishi) (Japanese), determinante posesivo [masculine] (Spanish), banodolyn meddiannol [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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