relative pronoun
See also: relative-pronoun
English
Noun
relative pronoun (plural relative pronouns)
- (grammar) A pronoun that introduces a relative clause and refers to an antecedent. Some words that can be used as interrogative pronouns can alternatively be used as relative pronouns: what, which, who, and whom. The other relative pronouns are whoever, whomever, whatever, and that.
- The woman who is wearing the funny hat
- The funny hat that is on her head
Translations
pronoun that introduces a relative clause
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See also
- interrogative pronoun
- indefinite pronoun
- relative adjective
- relative adverb
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