Phrase guide

common noun

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

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noun

Meaning 2

a noun that denotes any or all members of a class

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: proper noun

Broader terms: noun

Narrower terms: verbal noun, deverbal noun, adnoun

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: emër i përgjithshëm — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Arabic: اِسْم الجِنْس (ism al-jins) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Armenian: հասարակ անուն (hasarak anun) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Azerbaijani: umumi isim — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Bashkir: уртаҡ исем (urtaq isem) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Belarusian: агу́льнае і́мя (ahúlʹnaje ímja) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Belarusian: і́мя агу́льнае (ímja ahúlʹnaje) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Belarusian: і́мя назо́ўнае (ímja nazównaje) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Belarusian: і́мя звыча́йнае (ímja zvyčájnaje) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Bulgarian: нарица́телно и́ме (naricátelno íme) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Bulgarian: съществи́телно нарица́телно и́ме (sǎštestvítelno naricátelno íme) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Cebuano: pangsagaran — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Chinese Mandarin: 普通名詞 /普通名词 (pǔtōng míngcí) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Czech: obecné jméno — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Danish: appellativ — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Danish: fællesnavn — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Central Dusun: boros ngaran koizaai — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Dutch: soortnaam — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Esperanto: komuna substantivo — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Faroese: felagsnavn — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Finnish: yleisnimi — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Finnish: appellatiivi — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • French: nom appellatif — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • French: nom commun — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Galician: nome común — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Georgian: საზოგადო სახელი (sazogado saxeli) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Georgian: საზოგადო არსებითი სახელი (sazogado arsebiti saxeli) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • German: Gattungsname — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • German: Gattungsbezeichnung — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • German: Appellativ — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • German: Appellativum — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Greek: κοινό ουσιαστικό (koinó ousiastikó) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Ancient Greek: προσηγορία (prosēgoría) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Hungarian: köznév — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Icelandic: samnafn — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Irish: ainmfhocal coitianta — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Italian: nome comune — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Japanese: 普通名詞 (futsūmeishi) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Japanese: 一般名詞 (ippanmeishi) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Kalmyk: шишлң нерн (şişlñ nern) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Khmer: សាធារណនាម (sa thea rak nak neam) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Khmer: នាមសាធារណ៍ (neam sa thea) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Korean: 보통명사 (botongmyeongsa) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Northern Kurdish: navdêrê giştî — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Latin: nōmen appellātīvum — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Latvian: sugas vārds — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Malay: kata nama am — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Malayalam: സാമാന്യനാമം (sāmānyanāmaṁ) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Norwegian: appellativ — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Norwegian: fellesnavn — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Norwegian: samnamn — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Occitan: nom comun — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Old English: ġemǣnelīċ nama — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Pannonian Rusyn: заєднїцки меновнїк (zajednjicki menovnjik) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Polish: rzeczownik pospolity — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Polish: apelatiwum — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Polish: appellativum — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Polish: apelatyw — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Polish: nazwa pospolita — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Portuguese: substantivo comum — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Romanian: substantiv comun — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Russian: и́мя нарица́тельное (ímja naricátelʹnoje) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Russian: апелляти́в (apelljatív) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Scottish Gaelic: ainmear gnàthach — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Serbo-Croatian: opća imenica — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Sikkimese: ཀུན་མིང (kun ming) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Slovak: apelatívum — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Slovak: všeobecné meno — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Slovene: občno ime — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Spanish: nombre común — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Spanish: sustantivo común — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Swedish: appellativ — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Tagalog: pangngalang pambalana — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Thai: สามานยนาม (sǎa-maan-yá-naam) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Turkish: cins isim — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Ukrainian: зага́льна на́зва (zahálʹna názva) — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Vietnamese: danh từ chung — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class
  • Welsh: enw cyffredin — noun that denotes any member or all members of a class