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The name by which an organism or group of organisms is known to the general public.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
Examples
- Near-synonym: trivial name
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vernacular name, trivial name
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: alias
A name that unambiguously identifies a substance but is not the IUPAC systematic name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see common, name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
俗名
(súmíng)
— a name by which an organism is known to the general public
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Czech:
obecné jméno
— a name by which an organism is known to the general public
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Finnish:
yleiskielinen nimi
— a name by which an organism is known to the general public
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Finnish:
kansanomainen nimi
— a name by which an organism is known to the general public
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French:
nom vernaculaire
— a name by which an organism is known to the general public
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German:
Trivialname
— a name by which an organism is known to the general public
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Polish:
nazwa zwyczajowa
— a name by which an organism is known to the general public
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Polish:
nazwa popularna
— a name by which an organism is known to the general public
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Portuguese:
nome comum
— a name by which an organism is known to the general public
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Portuguese:
nome popular
— a name by which an organism is known to the general public
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Portuguese:
nome vernáculo
— a name by which an organism is known to the general public
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Russian:
обихо́дное назва́ние
(obixódnoje nazvánije)
— a name by which an organism is known to the general public
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Russian:
наро́дное назва́ние
(naródnoje nazvánije)
— a name by which an organism is known to the general public
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Russian:
просторе́чное назва́ние
(prostoréčnoje nazvánije)
— a name by which an organism is known to the general public
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Russian:
общеупотреби́тельное назва́ние
(obščeupotrebítelʹnoje nazvánije)
— a name by which an organism is known to the general public
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Russian:
вернакуля́рное и́мя
(vernakuljárnoje ímja)
— a name by which an organism is known to the general public
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Spanish:
nombre común
— a name by which an organism is known to the general public
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Swedish:
trivialnamn
— a name by which an organism is known to the general public