adj.
Pronunciation: pr ō - ' nä-m ə -n ə l, - ' näm-n ə l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin pronominalis, from Latin pronomin-, pronomen
Date: 1680
1 : of, relating to, or constituting a pronoun
2 : resembling a pronoun in identifying or specifying without describing <the pronominal adjective this in this dog >
– pro · nom · i · nal · ly adverb