pronoun

1. 1.

   a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase

   Broaderfunction word

   Narroweranaphoric pronoundemonstrative pronounpersonal pronounreciprocal pronounrelative pronoun

Other forms of pronoun

plural

pronouns·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pronoun

What does pronoun mean?

pronoun means "a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase".

How many syllables are in pronoun?

pronoun has 2 syllables: pro-noun. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ˈpɹoʊnaʊn/.

Is pronoun a common word?

pronoun is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.