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A noun that denotes any member, or all members, of a class; an ordinary noun such as dog or city; contrasted with a proper noun, which refers to a single named entity, such as Socrates or Tokyo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a noun that denotes any or all members of a class
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: proper noun
Broader terms: noun
Narrower terms: verbal noun, deverbal noun, adnoun
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
78 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
emër i përgjithshëm
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Arabic:
اِسْم الجِنْس
(ism al-jins)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Armenian:
հասարակ անուն
(hasarak anun)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Azerbaijani:
umumi isim
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Bashkir:
уртаҡ исем
(urtaq isem)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Belarusian:
агу́льнае і́мя
(ahúlʹnaje ímja)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Belarusian:
і́мя агу́льнае
(ímja ahúlʹnaje)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Belarusian:
і́мя назо́ўнае
(ímja nazównaje)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Belarusian:
і́мя звыча́йнае
(ímja zvyčájnaje)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Bulgarian:
нарица́телно и́ме
(naricátelno íme)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Bulgarian:
съществи́телно нарица́телно и́ме
(sǎštestvítelno naricátelno íme)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Cebuano:
pangsagaran
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Chinese Mandarin:
普通名詞 /普通名词
(pǔtōng míngcí)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Czech:
obecné jméno
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Danish:
appellativ
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Danish:
fællesnavn
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Central Dusun:
boros ngaran koizaai
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Dutch:
soortnaam
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Esperanto:
komuna substantivo
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Faroese:
felagsnavn
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Finnish:
yleisnimi
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Finnish:
appellatiivi
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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French:
nom appellatif
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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French:
nom commun
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Galician:
nome común
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Georgian:
საზოგადო სახელი
(sazogado saxeli)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Georgian:
საზოგადო არსებითი სახელი
(sazogado arsebiti saxeli)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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German:
Gattungsname
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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German:
Gattungsbezeichnung
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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German:
Appellativ
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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German:
Appellativum
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Greek:
κοινό ουσιαστικό
(koinó ousiastikó)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Ancient Greek:
προσηγορία
(prosēgoría)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Hungarian:
köznév
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Icelandic:
samnafn
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Irish:
ainmfhocal coitianta
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Italian:
nome comune
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Japanese:
普通名詞
(futsūmeishi)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Japanese:
一般名詞
(ippanmeishi)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Kalmyk:
шишлң нерн
(şişlñ nern)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Khmer:
សាធារណនាម
(sa thea rak nak neam)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Khmer:
នាមសាធារណ៍
(neam sa thea)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Korean:
보통명사
(botongmyeongsa)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Northern Kurdish:
navdêrê giştî
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Latin:
nōmen appellātīvum
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Latvian:
sugas vārds
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Malay:
kata nama am
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Malayalam:
സാമാന്യനാമം
(sāmānyanāmaṁ)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Norwegian:
appellativ
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Norwegian:
fellesnavn
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Norwegian:
samnamn
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Occitan:
nom comun
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Old English:
ġemǣnelīċ nama
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Pannonian Rusyn:
заєднїцки меновнїк
(zajednjicki menovnjik)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Polish:
rzeczownik pospolity
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Polish:
apelatiwum
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Polish:
appellativum
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Polish:
apelatyw
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Polish:
nazwa pospolita
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Portuguese:
substantivo comum
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Romanian:
substantiv comun
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Russian:
и́мя нарица́тельное
(ímja naricátelʹnoje)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Russian:
апелляти́в
(apelljatív)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Scottish Gaelic:
ainmear gnàthach
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Serbo-Croatian:
opća imenica
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Sikkimese:
ཀུན་མིང
(kun ming)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Slovak:
apelatívum
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Slovak:
všeobecné meno
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Slovene:
občno ime
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Spanish:
nombre común
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Spanish:
sustantivo común
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Swedish:
appellativ
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Tagalog:
pangngalang pambalana
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Thai:
สามานยนาม
(sǎa-maan-yá-naam)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Turkish:
cins isim
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Ukrainian:
зага́льна на́зва
(zahálʹna názva)
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Vietnamese:
danh từ chung
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
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Welsh:
enw cyffredin
— noun that denotes any member or all members of a class