Meanings
nounreflexive pronoun (plural reflexive pronouns)
plural reflexive pronouns
- grammarIn many languages: a pronoun that makes a transitive verb reflexive or reciprocal.
Synonyms & antonyms
Broader
nouna personal pronoun compounded with ‘-self’ to show the agent's action affects the agent
Similar
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic ضَمِير اِنْعِكَاسِيّ
- ضَمِير اِنْعِكَاسِيّ (ḍamīr inʕikāsiyy)Translations
Bulgarian възвра́тно местоиме́ние
- възвра́тно местоиме́ние (văzvrátno mestoiménie)Translations
Chinese Mandarin 反身代詞 /反身代词
- 反身代詞 /反身代词 (fǎnshēn dàicí)Translations
Czech zvratné zájmeno, reflexivum
- zvratné zájmenoTranslations
- reflexivumTranslations
Danish refleksiv pronomen
- refleksiv pronomenTranslations
Dutch wederkerend voornaamwoord
- wederkerend voornaamwoordTranslations
Esperanto refleksiva pronomo, refleksivo
- refleksiva pronomoTranslations
- refleksivoTranslations
Estonian enesekohane asesõna
- enesekohane asesõnaTranslations
Finnish refleksiivipronomini
- refleksiivipronominiTranslations
French pronom réfléchi
- pronom réfléchiTranslations
German Reflexivpronomen, Reflexivum
- ReflexivpronomenTranslations
- ReflexivumTranslations
- rückbezügliches FürwortTranslations
Greek αυτοπαθής αντωνυμία
- αυτοπαθής αντωνυμία (aftopathís antonymía)Translations
Hungarian visszaható névmás
- visszaható névmásTranslations
Icelandic afturbeygt fornafn
- afturbeygt fornafnTranslations
Italian pronome riflessivo
- pronome riflessivoTranslations
Japanese 再帰代名詞
- 再帰代名詞 (saiki daimeishi)Translations
Korean 재귀대명사
- 재귀대명사 (jaegwidaemyeongsa)Translations
Norwegian Bokmål refleksiv pronomen
- refleksiv pronomenTranslations
Polish zaimek zwrotny
- zaimek zwrotnyTranslations
Portuguese pronome reflexivo, pronome reflexo
- pronome reflexivoTranslations
- pronome reflexoTranslations
Romanian pronume reflexiv
- pronume reflexivTranslations
Russian возвра́тное местоиме́ние
- возвра́тное местоиме́ние (vozvrátnoje mestoiménije)Translations
Slovak zvratné zámeno
- zvratné zámenoTranslations
Spanish pronombre reflexivo
- pronombre reflexivoTranslations
Swedish reflexiv pronomen
- reflexiv pronomenTranslations
Turkish dönüşlülük zarfı
- dönüşlülük zarfıTranslations
Ukrainian зворо́тний займе́нник
- зворо́тний займе́нник (zvorótnyj zajménnyk)Translations
Welsh rhagenw atblygol
- rhagenw atblygolTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
reflexive pronoun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reflexive%20pronoun
MLA
“reflexive pronoun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reflexive%20pronoun. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reflexive pronoun,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reflexive%20pronoun.
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