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proper noun

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A word or phrase that is a noun denoting a particular person, place, organization, ship, animal, event, or other individual entity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: proper name[Appendix:Glossary, nomen proprium, noun substantive proper, proper substantive, substantive proper, selfname

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a noun that denotes a particular thing; usually capitalized

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: proper name

Antonyms: common noun

Broader terms: noun

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

114 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: emër i përveçëm — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Amharic: የተፀውኦ ስም (yätäṣ́äwʾo səm) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Arabic: عَلَم (ʕalam) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Armenian: հատուկ անուն (hatuk anun) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Asturian: nome propiu — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Azerbaijani: xüsusi isim — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Bashkir: яңғыҙлыҡ исем (yañğıźlıq isem) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Belarusian: ула́снае імя́ (ulásnaje imjá) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Belarusian: імя́ ўла́снае (imjá wlásnaje) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Bengali: নামবাচক বিশেষ্য (nambacok biśeśśo) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Bulgarian: со́бствено и́ме (sóbstveno íme) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Catalan: nom propi — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Cebuano: pangpiho — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Chinese Cantonese: 專有名詞 /专有名词 (zyun1 jau5 ming4 ci4) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 專有名詞 /专有名词 (zhuānyǒu míngcí) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 固有名詞 /固有名词 (gùyǒu míngcí) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Czech: vlastní jméno — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Czech: proprium — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Danish: proprium — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Danish: egennavn — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Dutch: eigennaam — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Esperanto: propra nomo — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Estonian: pärisnimi — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Faroese: sernavn — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Finnish: erisnimi — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Finnish: propri — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • French: nom propre — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Galician: nome propio — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Georgian: საკუთარი სახელი (saḳutari saxeli) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Georgian: საკუთარი არსებითი სახელი (saḳutari arsebiti saxeli) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • German: Eigenname — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • German: Nomen proprium — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Greek: κύριο όνομα (kýrio ónoma) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Ancient Greek: ὄνομα κύριον (ónoma kúrion) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Hebrew: שֵׁם פְּרָטִי (shem pratí) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Hindi: नामवाचक संज्ञा (nāmvācak sañjñā) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Hungarian: tulajdonnév — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Icelandic: eiginnafn — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Icelandic: sérnafn — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Indonesian: nomina diri — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Interlingua: nomine proprie — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Irish: ainmfhocal dílis — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Italian: nome proprio — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Japanese: 固有名詞 (koyūmeishi) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Kabyle: isem amaẓlay — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Kalmyk: эврә нерн (evrä nern) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Kazakh: жалқы есім (jalqy esım) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Khmer: អសាធារណនាម (ʼaʼsaathiə niəm) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Khmer: នាមអសាធារណ៍ (niəm ʼaʼsaathiə) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Korean: 고유명사 (goyumyeongsa) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Northern Kurdish: serenav — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Northern Kurdish: navê şexsî — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Kyrgyz: жеке ат (jeke at) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Lao: ວິສາມັນນາມ (wi sā man nām) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Latin: nōmen proprium — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Latvian: īpašvārds — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Lithuanian: tikrinis daiktavardis — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Luxembourgish: Eegennumm — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Macedonian: ли́чна и́менка (líčna ímenka) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Malay: kata nama khas — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Malayalam: സംജ്ഞാനാമം (sañjñānāmaṁ) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Mongolian: оноосон нэр (onooson ner) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Norman: nom propre — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: egennavn — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eigennamn — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Occitan: nom pròpri — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Old English: āgen nama — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Pashto: خاص نوم (xās num) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Dari: اِسْمِ خَاصّ (ism-i xāss) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Iranian Persian: اِسْمِ خاصّ (esm-e xâss) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Polish: nazwa własna — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Portuguese: substantivo próprio — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Portuguese: nome próprio — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Puyuma: ngallad na pinuttepa — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Romanian: nume propriu — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Romanian: substantiv propriu — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Russian: и́мя со́бственное (ímja sóbstvennoje) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Russian: о́ним (ónim) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Scots: proper noon — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Scottish Gaelic: ainmear sònrachaidh — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Serbo-Croatian: властита и̏меница — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Serbo-Croatian: лична и̏меница — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Serbo-Croatian: особна и̏меница — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Serbo-Croatian: vlastita ȉmenica — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Serbo-Croatian: lična ȉmenica — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Serbo-Croatian: osobna ȉmenica — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Slovak: vlastné meno — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Slovak: proprium — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Slovene: lastno ime — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Spanish: nombre propio — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Spanish: sustantivo / substantivo propio — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Spanish: nombre sustantivo propio — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Spanish: nombre substantivo propio — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Swedish: egennamn — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Tagalog: pangngalang pantangi — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Tajik: исми хос (ism-i xos) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Tatar: ялгызлык исем (yalğızlıq isem) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Telugu: సంజ్ఞానామము (sañjñānāmamu) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Telugu: సంజ్ఞావిశేష్యము (sañjñāviśēṣyamu) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Thai: วิสามานยนาม (wí-sǎa-maan-yá-naam) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Turkish: özel ad — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Turkish: özel isim — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Turkmen: has at — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Udmurt: асним (asńim) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Ukrainian: вла́сна на́зва (vlásna názva) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Ukrainian: вла́сне ім'я́ (vlásne imʺjá) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Urdu: اِسْمِ خاص (ism-i xās) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Urdu: اِسْمِ مَعْرِفَہ (ism-i ma'rifa) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Uyghur: خاس ئىسىم (xas isim) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Uyghur: خاس نام (xas nam) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Uyghur: خاس ئات (xas at) — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Uzbek: atoqli ot — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Vietnamese: danh từ riêng — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
  • Welsh: enw priod — the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity