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Meaning of "proper noun" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NOUN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROPER NOUN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Proper noun 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 NOUN 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 BEGIN LIKE PROPER NOUN

proper
proper class
proper fraction
proper motion
proper name
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 NOUN

abstract noun
adnoun
collective noun
common noun
concrete noun
count noun
countable noun
disjunctive pronoun
indefinite pronoun
mass noun
noun
personal pronoun
possessive pronoun
pronoun
reflexive pronoun
relative pronoun
singular noun
subject pronoun
uncountable noun
verbal noun

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «proper noun» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROPER NOUN

Find out the translation of proper noun to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of proper noun 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 noun» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

专有名词
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nombre propio
570 millions of speakers

English

proper noun
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उचित संज्ञा
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

বিশেষ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nom propre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

kata nama yang betul
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eigenname
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

固有名詞
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고유 명사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tembung sing bener
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

danh từ thích hợp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சரியான பெயர்ச்சொல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

योग्य नाव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

özel isim
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nome proprio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nazwa własna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ім´я власне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

substantiv propriu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κύριο όνομα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

behoorlike naamwoord
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

substantiv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Egennavn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of proper noun

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROPER NOUN»

The term «proper noun» is regularly used and occupies the 99.204 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROPER NOUN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «proper noun» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «proper noun» 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 noun

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROPER NOUN»

Discover the use of proper noun in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to proper noun and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Computational Linguistics and Intelligent Text Processing: ...
Proper-noun as head of a proper noun a. nn(proper-noun, proper-noun), e.g. Hong Kong Disneyland b. poss(proper-noun, proper-noun), e.g. Vikings' Culpepper c. of(proper-noun, proper-noun), e.g. England of the Tudors 3. Common-noun as ...
Alexander Gelbukh, 2012
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A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language for the Use ...
When a common noun denotes an object in the sense oi a proper noun, it becomes a proper noun. Ex.— The Park ; the Commons ; the Bine Ridge ; Niagara Falls ; Mammoth Cave. " And Hope enchanting smiled." These words are viewed as ...
S. Kerl, 1867
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Finite-state Methods and Natural Language Processing: ...
Softening the Closed World Assumption Made by the Morphology For each word a morphology returns a set of possible analyses. Here some words are analyzed as a proper noun, others are not. So the morphology prescribes whether a word ...
Jakub Piskorski, Bruce William Watson, Anssi Yli-Jyrä, 2009
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Linguistic Perspectives on English Grammar: A Guide for EFL ...
From a linguistic perspective, it makes more sense to say that a proper noun is a noun that has unique reference. It is this that distinguishes them from common nouns, which do not have unique reference (that is why they are common nouns).
Martin J. Endley, 2010
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English Kumarbharati Grammar,Language Study & Writing Skills ...
(15) Duryodhana - Proper Noun, humiliation - Abstract Noun, silence - Abstract Noun ( 1 6) monarch - Common Noun (17) insubordination - Abstract Noun (18) tea - Common Noun, regions - Common Noun, India - Proper Noun (19) tea ...
Gladwyn Ferreira
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An Appeal from the Absurdities and Contradictions which ...
The phrase, " common noun," suggests the idea of an uncommon one — and the syllabanc, " proper noun," suggests the idea of an improper one ! ! If " city" ia a common noun, " Philadelphia" is an uncommon noun ! ! And, if " Philadelphia" is a ...
James Brown (grammarian.), 1850
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Intelligent Information and Database Systems: 4th Asian ...
3.2 Determining of Malay Antecedents The antecedent in this paper is focus on proper noun. Proper noun can be categories into organization, human, location, event, and days. The process to determine each proper noun into the selected ...
Jeng-Shyang Pan, Shyi-Ming Chen, Ngoc-Thanh Nguyen, 2012
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Lessons on the Noun Phrase in English: From Representation ...
semantics will be satisfied by exploring the implications of Jespersen's view that a proper noun signifies “the greatest number of attributes.” As just mentioned, on hearing Goethe one thinks of a human person, a poet, in all the specificity ofa ...
W. H. Hirtle, 2009
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Intellectual and practical grammar, in a series of inductive ...
Would you, then, call John, it being a particular name, a common or a proper noun ? ... proper noun ? Q. Is Rufus a proper or common noun ? Q. You must be particular to remember that a noun is called common when it is a general name, and ...
Roswell Chamberlain Smith, 1831
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16 Writing Lessons to Prepare Students for the State ...
(Definition used for this strategy: A proper noun is the name of a specific person, a specific place, or a specific thing.) On the board or overhead, draw the three "T" charts shown at the end of these directions, and place an example of each type ...
Mary Lynn Woods, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROPER NOUN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term proper noun is used in the context of the following news items.
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Top 7 Bible Verses About God's Redeeming Love
The Old Testament speaks about the Redeemer and this is clearly Jesus Christ as the Redeemer is capitalized, making it a proper noun; this is ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
2
Judiciary Above Suspicion in Pronouncing Justice, Irrespective of …
Yakub Memon is not a religion. It's a proper noun like other names, such as Kehar Singh who was hanged for the assassination of Indira ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
3
DA's word play
... anagram contains a hint, and the letter count is (7,9) - 7 letters in the first word, and 9 in the second. And one of those words is a proper noun. «ABC Technology and Games, Jul 15»
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Fundraiser continues to fight cancer by cycling the Myers Park 'booty …
“Suddenly we put 'booty' on the map as a proper noun. The neighbors on the loop throw parties during the event – they've really embraced it. «Charlotte Observer, Jul 15»
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The Left's Deadly Wall of Silence
Yes, "evil" is the proper noun when describing some of Planned Parenthood's practices and the Sanctuary City policies. All this raises an ... «BernardGoldberg.com, Jul 15»
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Was Lucifer A Fallen Angel? A Bible Study
... understood to be Lucifer and the fact that it's capitalized means that it's a proper noun which gives an indication of it being someone's name ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
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Mustang English teacher was destined for career
She couldn't wait to get hold of the red pen to underline every run-on sentence or circle every uncapitalized proper noun. Photo -

Valerie ... «NewsOK.com, Jul 15»

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#ManTalk: Things Men Shouldn't Do For Women
I capitalize that because a DR is an event of such magnitude that it constitutes being a proper noun. Here's the thing with these: They should ... «Capital FM Kenya, Jul 15»
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Marthasville Appoints Park Board Members
Alderman Nick Lange asked if citizens is a proper noun in the ordinance with a corresponding definition. Kresyman said there is no definition, ... «The Missourian, Jul 15»
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Ashley Csanady: Kanye West drama shows us why Toronto can't …
(And yes, we've reached the point where Toronto is so constantly Toronto that the proper noun now functions as both an adjective and a ... «National Post, Jul 15»

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