how to pronounce pronoun

/ˈpɹoʊnaʊn/

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pronoun is pronounced in two syllables

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video examples of pronoun pronunciation

An example use of pronoun in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… gender pronoun and can you just offer …”

meanings of pronoun

noun:

A type of noun that refers anaphorically to another noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective. English examples include I, you, him, who, me, my, each other.

pronoun frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word pronoun occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.