third-person plural

English

Noun

third-person plural (plural third-person plurals)

1. (grammar) The form of a verb used (in English and other languages) with plural nouns and with the pronoun they (or its equivalents in other languages).

   "Are" is the third-person plural of the verb "to be".

2. (grammar) The pronoun they (or its equivalents in other languages).

Related terms

• third person
• third-person dual
• third-person singular
• first-person plural
• second-person plural

Translations

Translations

• Chinese: 第三人称复数
• French: troisième personne du pluriel (fr) f
• German: dritte Person Plural
• Italian: terza persona plurale f
• Japanese: 三人称複数 (sanninshō fukusū)
• Korean: 3인칭 복수 (saminching boksu)
• Portuguese: terceira pessoa do plural
• Romanian: persoana a treia plural
• Spanish: tercera persona del plural