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appellativ — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • appellative adj Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun.
  • common noun noun A noun that names a general class of person, place, thing or idea rather than a particular one, and which is not capitalised unless it begins a sentence.

Senses

appellativ is used for these senses in English:

  • appellative (grammar) Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun.
  • common noun 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.

appellative — full definition

  1. adj Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun.
  2. adj Of or pertaining to ascribing names.

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