"reflexive pronoun" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: reflexive pronouns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} reflexive pronoun (plural reflexive pronouns)
  1. (grammar) In English: a personal pronoun, having a form of "-self" as a suffix to show that the subject's action affects the subject itself. Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (Translations): ضَمِير اِنْعِكَاسِيّ (ḍamīr inʕikāsiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), зваро́тны займе́ннік (zvarótny zajmjénnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), възвра́тно местоиме́ние (vǎzvrátno mestoiménie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 反身代詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 反身代词 (fǎnshēn dàicí) (Chinese Mandarin), zvratné zájmeno [neuter] (Czech), reflexivum [neuter] (Czech), refleksiv pronomen [neuter] (Danish), wederkerend voornaamwoord [neuter] (Dutch), refleksiva pronomo (Esperanto), refleksivo (Esperanto), enesekohane asesõna (Estonian), afturbent fornavn [neuter] (Faroese), refleksiivipronomini (Finnish), pronom réfléchi [masculine] (French), უკუქცევითი ნაცვალსახელი (uḳukceviti nacvalsaxeli) (Georgian), Reflexivpronomen [neuter] (German), Reflexivum [neuter] (German), rückbezügliches Fürwort [neuter] (German), αυτοπαθής αντωνυμία (aftopathís antonymía) [feminine] (Greek), visszaható névmás (Hungarian), afturbeygt fornafn [neuter] (Icelandic), pronome riflessivo [masculine] (Italian), 再帰代名詞 (saiki daimeishi) (alt: さいきだいめいし) (Japanese), 재귀대명사 (jaegwidaemyeongsa) (alt: 再歸代名詞) (Korean), повратна заменка (povratna zamenka) [feminine] (Macedonian), refleksiv pronomen [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), zaimek zwrotny [masculine] (Polish), pronome reflexivo [masculine] (Portuguese), pronome reflexo [masculine] (Portuguese), pronume reflexiv [neuter] (Romanian), возвра́тное местоиме́ние (vozvrátnoje mestoiménije) [neuter] (Russian), повратна заменица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), povratna zamenica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zvratné zámeno [neuter] (Slovak), povratni zaimek [masculine] (Slovene), pronombre reflexivo [masculine] (Spanish), reflexiv pronomen [neuter] (Swedish), ҷонишини нафсӣ (jonišin-i nafsi) (Tajik), dönüşlülük zarfı (Turkish), зворо́тний займе́нник (zvorótnyj zajménnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), rhagenw atblygol [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (grammar) In many languages: a pronoun that makes a transitive verb reflexive or reciprocal. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-reflexive_pronoun-en-noun-hbKh5r8U Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: reflexive pronoun Hypernyms: personal pronoun, pronoun Derived forms: possessive pronoun [reflexive]

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "ḍamīr inʕikāsiyy",
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          "roman": "fǎnshēn dàicí",
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          "sense": "Translations",
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          "word": "pronom réfléchi"
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          "roman": "uḳukceviti nacvalsaxeli",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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          "word": "dönüşlülük zarfı"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḍamīr inʕikāsiyy",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ضَمِير اِنْعِكَاسِيّ"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zvarótny zajmjénnik",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "vǎzvrátno mestoiménie",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "възвра́тно местоиме́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "反身代詞"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎnshēn dàicí",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "反身代词"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zvratné zájmeno"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "reflexivum"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "refleksiv pronomen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wederkerend voornaamwoord"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "refleksiva pronomo"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "enesekohane asesõna"
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      "sense": "Translations",
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      "word": "refleksiivipronomini"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uḳukceviti nacvalsaxeli",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "უკუქცევითი ნაცვალსახელი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "Translations",
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      "word": "Reflexivpronomen"
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      "lang": "German",
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "rückbezügliches Fürwort"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aftopathís antonymía",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "αυτοπαθής αντωνυμία"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "visszaható névmás"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "afturbeygt fornafn"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "pronome riflessivo"
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      "alt": "さいきだいめいし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saiki daimeishi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "再帰代名詞"
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    {
      "alt": "再歸代名詞",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jaegwidaemyeongsa",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "재귀대명사"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "povratna zamenka",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "повратна заменка"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "refleksiv pronomen"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "zaimek zwrotny"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pronome reflexivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pronome reflexo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pronume reflexiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozvrátnoje mestoiménije",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "возвра́тное местоиме́ние"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "повратна заменица"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "povratna zamenica"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "povratni zaimek"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "pronombre reflexivo"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "reflexiv pronomen"
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    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "jonišin-i nafsi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ҷонишини нафсӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "dönüşlülük zarfı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zvorótnyj zajménnyk",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зворо́тний займе́нник"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "rhagenw atblygol"
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