"possessive pronoun" meaning in English

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  1. (grammar) A pronoun which expresses possession. Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: possessive pronoun Hypernyms: pronoun Derived forms: determinative possessive pronoun, independent possessive pronoun Related terms: determiner, possessive adjective, possessive determiner, possessive suffix Translations (pronoun which expresses possession): κτητῐκή ᾰ̓ντωνῠμῐ́ᾱ (ktētikḗ antōnumíā) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), mənsubiyyət əvəzliyi (Azerbaijani), притежателно местоимение (pritežatelno mestoimenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), pronom possessiu [masculine] (Catalan), 所有格代名詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 所有格代名词 (suǒyǒugé dàimíngcí) (Chinese Mandarin), 物主代詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 物主代词 (wùzhǔ dàicí) (Chinese Mandarin), possessivt pronomen [neuter] (Danish), possesivpronomen [neuter] (Danish), ejestedord [neuter] (Danish), bezittelijk voornaamwoord [neuter] (Dutch), posesiva pronomo (Esperanto), poseda pronomo (Esperanto), posesivo (Esperanto), ognarfornavn [neuter] (Faroese), possessiivipronomini (Finnish), pronom possessif [masculine] (French), კუთვნილებითი ნაცვალსახელი (ḳutvnilebiti nacvalsaxeli) (Georgian), besitzanzeigendes Fürwort [neuter] (German), Possessivpronomen [neuter] (German), Possessivum [neuter] (German), Possessiv [neuter] (German), κτητική αντωνυμία (ktitikí antonymía) [feminine] (Greek), birtokos névmás (Hungarian), eignarfornafn [neuter] (Icelandic), efn. [neuter] (Icelandic), forainm sealbhach (Irish), pronome possessivo [masculine] (Italian), 所有代名詞 (shoyū daimeishi) (alt: しょゆうだいめいし) (Japanese), 소유대명사 (soyu-daemyeongsa) (Korean), prōnōmen possessīvum [neuter] (Latin), piederības vietniekvārds [masculine] (Latvian), savybinis įvardis [masculine] (Lithuanian), посвојна заменка (posvojna zamenka) [feminine] (Macedonian), tūkapi riro (Maori), тартым авыс (tartım avıs) (Nogai), zaimek dzierżawczy [masculine] (Polish), pronome possessivo [masculine] (Portuguese), pronume posesiv [neuter] (Romanian), притяжа́тельное местоиме́ние (pritjažátelʹnoje mestoiménije) [neuter] (Russian), riochdair seilbheach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), svojilni zaimek [masculine] (Slovene), pronombre posesivo [masculine] (Spanish), possessivt pronomen [neuter] (Swedish), panghalip paari (Tagalog), присві́йний займе́нник (prysvíjnyj zajménnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), đại từ sở hữu (Vietnamese), rhagenw meddiannol [masculine] (Welsh), ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-orúkọ afìníhàn (Yoruba)
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "ktētikḗ antōnumíā",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "κτητῐκή ᾰ̓ντωνῠμῐ́ᾱ"
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          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "word": "mənsubiyyət əvəzliyi"
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          "roman": "pritežatelno mestoimenie",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "притежателно местоимение"
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          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "word": "所有格代名詞"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "suǒyǒugé dàimíngcí",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "word": "所有格代名词"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "word": "物主代詞"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wùzhǔ dàicí",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "word": "物主代词"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "possessivt pronomen"
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "possesivpronomen"
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "ejestedord"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "bezittelijk voornaamwoord"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "word": "posesiva pronomo"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "word": "poseda pronomo"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "word": "posesivo"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ognarfornavn"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "word": "possessiivipronomini"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pronom possessif"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳutvnilebiti nacvalsaxeli",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "word": "კუთვნილებითი ნაცვალსახელი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "besitzanzeigendes Fürwort"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "Possessivpronomen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "Possessivum"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "Possessiv"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ktitikí antonymía",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "κτητική αντωνυμία"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "word": "birtokos névmás"
        },
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "eignarfornafn"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "efn."
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "word": "forainm sealbhach"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pronome possessivo"
        },
        {
          "alt": "しょゆうだいめいし",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shoyū daimeishi",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "word": "所有代名詞"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "soyu-daemyeongsa",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "word": "소유대명사"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "prōnōmen possessīvum"
        },
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "piederības vietniekvārds"
        },
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "savybinis įvardis"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "posvojna zamenka",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "посвојна заменка"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "word": "tūkapi riro"
        },
        {
          "code": "nog",
          "lang": "Nogai",
          "roman": "tartım avıs",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "word": "тартым авыс"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zaimek dzierżawczy"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "pronome possessivo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "pronume posesiv"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pritjažátelʹnoje mestoiménije",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "притяжа́тельное местоиме́ние"
        },
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "riochdair seilbheach"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "svojilni zaimek"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pronombre posesivo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "possessivt pronomen"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "word": "panghalip paari"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prysvíjnyj zajménnyk",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "присві́йний займе́нник"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "word": "đại từ sở hữu"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
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          ],
          "word": "rhagenw meddiannol"
        },
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          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
          "word": "ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-orúkọ afìníhàn"
        }
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      "word": "determinative possessive pronoun"
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      "word": "independent possessive pronoun"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:possessive pronoun",
      "word": "my"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:possessive pronoun",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:possessive pronoun",
      "word": "your"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:possessive pronoun",
      "word": "yours"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:possessive pronoun",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:possessive pronoun",
      "word": "her"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:possessive pronoun",
      "word": "its"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:possessive pronoun",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:possessive pronoun",
      "word": "ours"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:possessive pronoun",
      "word": "their"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:possessive pronoun",
      "word": "theirs"
    }
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      "word": "determiner"
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    {
      "word": "possessive adjective"
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    {
      "word": "possessive determiner"
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      "word": "possessive suffix"
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        "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Faroese translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
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        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
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        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Nogai translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
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        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
        "Terms with Yoruba translations",
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        "A pronoun which expresses possession."
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        "(grammar) A pronoun which expresses possession."
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        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:possessive pronoun",
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    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ktētikḗ antōnumíā",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κτητῐκή ᾰ̓ντωνῠμῐ́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "word": "mənsubiyyət əvəzliyi"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pritežatelno mestoimenie",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "притежателно местоимение"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pronom possessiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "word": "所有格代名詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suǒyǒugé dàimíngcí",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "word": "所有格代名词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "word": "物主代詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wùzhǔ dàicí",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "word": "物主代词"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "possessivt pronomen"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "possesivpronomen"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ejestedord"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bezittelijk voornaamwoord"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "word": "posesiva pronomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "word": "poseda pronomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "word": "posesivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ognarfornavn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "word": "possessiivipronomini"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pronom possessif"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳutvnilebiti nacvalsaxeli",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "word": "კუთვნილებითი ნაცვალსახელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "besitzanzeigendes Fürwort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Possessivpronomen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Possessivum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Possessiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ktitikí antonymía",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κτητική αντωνυμία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "word": "birtokos névmás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eignarfornafn"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "efn."
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "word": "forainm sealbhach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pronome possessivo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょゆうだいめいし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shoyū daimeishi",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "word": "所有代名詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "soyu-daemyeongsa",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "word": "소유대명사"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prōnōmen possessīvum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piederības vietniekvārds"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "savybinis įvardis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "posvojna zamenka",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "посвојна заменка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "word": "tūkapi riro"
    },
    {
      "code": "nog",
      "lang": "Nogai",
      "roman": "tartım avıs",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "word": "тартым авыс"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zaimek dzierżawczy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pronome possessivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pronume posesiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pritjažátelʹnoje mestoiménije",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "притяжа́тельное местоиме́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "riochdair seilbheach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svojilni zaimek"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pronombre posesivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "possessivt pronomen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "word": "panghalip paari"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prysvíjnyj zajménnyk",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "присві́йний займе́нник"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "word": "đại từ sở hữu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rhagenw meddiannol"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "pronoun which expresses possession",
      "word": "ọ̀rọ̀-arọ́pò-orúkọ afìníhàn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "possessive pronoun"
}

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