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Meaning of "proper name" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAME

proper name  [ˈprɒpə neɪm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROPER NAME

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Proper name is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROPER NAME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Proper noun

A proper noun is a noun that in its primary application refers to a unique entity, such as London, Jupiter, Sarah, or Microsoft, as distinguished from a common noun, which usually refers to a class of entities, or non-unique instances of a certain class. Some proper nouns occur in plural form, and then they refer to groups of entities considered as unique. Proper nouns can also occur in secondary applications, for example modifying nouns, or in the role of common nouns. The detailed definition of the term is problematic and to an extent governed by convention. A distinction is normally made in current linguistics between proper nouns and proper names. By this strict distinction, because the term noun is used for a class of single words, only single-word proper names are proper nouns: Peter and Africa are both proper names and proper nouns; but Peter the Great and South Africa, while they are proper names, are not proper nouns. The term common name is not much used to contrast with proper name, but some linguists have used the term for that purpose.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROPER NAME


birthname
ˈbɜːθˌneɪm
code-name
ˈkəʊdˌneɪm
filename
ˈfaɪlˌneɪm
first-name
ˌfɜːstˈneɪm
forename
ˈfɔːˌneɪm
jobname
ˈdʒɒbˌneɪm
name
neɪm
nickname
ˈnɪkˌneɪm
overname
ˌəʊvəˈneɪm
pathname
ˈpɑːθˌneɪm
prename
ˈpriːneɪm
rename
riːˈneɪm
surname
ˈsɜːˌneɪm
username
ˈjuːzəˌneɪm
what´s-her-name
wɒtsəneɪm
what´s-its-name
ˈwɒtsɪtsˌneɪm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROPER NAME

proper
proper class
proper fraction
proper motion
proper noun
proper psalm
proper subset
proper time
properdin
properispomenon
properly
properness
propertied
properties
Propertius
property
property bond
property centre
property company
property developer

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROPER NAME

assumed name
big name
brand name
code name
domain name
family name
file name
first name
full name
given name
good name
household name
last name
maiden name
middle name
pen name
place name
screen name
stage name
Suriname
trade name

Synonyms and antonyms of proper name in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «proper name» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROPER NAME

Find out the translation of proper name to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of proper name from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «proper name» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

正确的名称
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nombre propio
570 millions of speakers

English

proper name
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उचित नाम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاسم الصحيح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

имя собственное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nome próprio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরিপূর্ণ নাম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nom propre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nama yang betul
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eigennamen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

固有名詞
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

적절한 이름
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jeneng sing tepat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tên riêng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சரியான பெயர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

योग्य नाव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Uygun isim
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nome proprio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Prawidłowa nazwa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ім´я власне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

denumirea corectă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Οικεία ονομασία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

behoorlike naam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

egennamn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

riktig navn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of proper name

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROPER NAME»

The term «proper name» is regularly used and occupies the 87.392 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROPER NAME» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «proper name» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «proper name» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about proper name

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROPER NAME»

Discover the use of proper name in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to proper name and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Proper Name Version of the King James Bible
The text is made more readable by updating thousands of words into modern English. Significant changes, which might affect the meaning of the Scriptures, are not made in sentence structure or biblical content.
‎2010
2
Theory and Typology of Proper Names
This book proposes a synthesis of the functions of proper names, from a semantic, pragmatic and syntactic perspective.
Willy van Langendonck, 2007
3
On the Name
Much of the text is organized around close readings of the poetry of Angelus Silesius. The final essay, Khora, explores the problem of space or spacing, of the word khora in Plato's Tmaeus.
Jacques Derrida, Thomas Dutoit, 1995
4
Proper Name and Other Stories
Proper Name, both of them dead, property is theft. And so, we cross the low stone wall in the snow between East & West Germany at great danger to ourselves & some ghost tries to grab my foot as I'm almost over & we go eat in an outdoor ...
Bernadette Mayer, 1996
5
The Fragmentation of the Proper Name and the Crisis of ...
Deconstructing King Lear Radhouan Ben Amara. Already in these words the problem of identity appears fully fledged. The problem of being comes up right at the beginning of the play when Lear starts questioning his very self, after realising ...
Radhouan Ben Amara, 2004
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Understanding Derrida
The proper name (and, for the same reasons, the signature) are significant for Derrida because they are marks of propriety: ownership, for example, legal and otherwise, is bound up with the properness of the proper name. When an author  ...
Jack Reynolds, Jonathan Roffe, 2004
7
What's in a name?: the significance of proper names in ...
Latin poets and prose writers of the classical period and later used--and withheld--names subtly and to important effect.
Joan Booth, Robert Maltby, 2006
8
Language, Logic, and Concepts: Essays in Memory of John ...
another proper name; the other group would hear it used to refer to the same object previously labeled not with a proper name but with a word from a different class. A proper name interpretation of the new label should be more likely if the ...
John Theodore Macnamara, Ray Jackendoff, Paul Bloom, 2002
9
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume IX: Early Art: ...
Uncollected Articles and Reviews Written Between 1886 and 1900 William Butler Yeats John P. Frayne, Madeleine Marchaterre 478 Emendations to the Copy Texts. 34.26 Cuffin proper name 35.10 Lavarcum proper name 35.16 Lavarcum ...
William Butler Yeats, John P. Frayne, Madeleine Marchaterre, 2010
10
Oreille de L'autre:
Autobiography — the autobiographical genre — has something to do with genealogy and with the proper name. This work on the proper name, on all that is invested in it, represents an attempt to inscribe the unique in the system of language, ...
Jacques Derrida, Christie V. Mac Donald, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROPER NAME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term proper name is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Nasal balloon therapy helps fluid buildup in middle ear common to …
The proper name for the condition is otitis media with effusion, though it can also be referred to as middle ear fluid. The condition arises when ... «Times Colonist, Jul 15»
2
Let Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema cook you something special
... may technically be accurate in the sense that they're purple-ish more than red, but that's definitely not the proper name of that vegetable. «SB Nation, Jul 15»
3
Police: Breaking and Entering; Road Rage; Haughty Dog Owner
... 34, of 73 Boston St. in Salem for breaking and entering, larceny of property, failure to give proper name to a police officer, and being a fugitive ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
4
Caitlyn Jenner Writes An Emotional Essay About The Suicide Rate …
Katharine said that it's incredibly important to honor the wishes of a transgender person — like using the proper name or pronouns — because ... «PerezHilton.com, Jul 15»
5
Bunker: The Underground Game review
... should be funny, but it took me a moment to realise that "Daisy Bell" was the proper name of that song and it was just enough to kill the joke. «Adventure Gamers, Jul 15»
6
Avril Lavigne Returns To The Stage At 2015 Special Olympics
... much of the past year recovering from Lyme disease. In a series of flu-like symptoms, doctors had trouble putting a proper name to her illness ... «Bulletin Leader, Jul 15»
7
Farm market nearing recovery after November fire
... original proper name that has remained the same for more than 60 years despite different ownership — Wojciechowski's Bologna Kitchen. «Cherry Hill Courier Post, Jul 15»
8
Secateurs at ready to tackle rockery plants
London Pride to many people, saxifraga its proper name, is so easy to grow it becomes invasive. Its rosette-like habit quickly takes over, ... «Hawick News, Jul 15»
9
Dave Seddon's PNE press view
The Port squad list included 10 of the 'Trialist' family, all appearing on the team sheet as just that – no proper name, just 'Trialist' and a number. «Lancashire Evening Post, Jul 15»
10
Black diamond - 2
Black seed is actually more of a description than a proper name. Many health experts claim that it is, indeed, a true universal remedy - able to ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Proper name [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/proper-name>. May 2024 ».
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