common noun

com·mon noun

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [kom-uh n noun]
- /ˈkɒm ən naʊn/
- /ˈkɒmən naʊn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kom-uh n noun]
- /ˈkɒm ən naʊn/

Definitions of common noun words

countable noun common noun A common noun is a noun such as 'tree', 'water', or 'beauty' that is not the name of one particular person or thing. Compare proper noun. 3
noun common noun a noun that refers to each member of a whole class sharing the features connoted by the noun, as for example planet, orange, and drum 3
noun common noun a noun that may be preceded by an article or other limiting modifier and that denotes any or all of a class of entities and not an individual, as man, city, horse, music. 1
noun common noun generic name 1
noun common noun A noun that denotes any member, or all members, of a class; an ordinary noun such as "dog" or "city". 0

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Origin of common noun

First appearance:

before 1860

One of the 29% newest English words

First recorded in 1860-65

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Common noun

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Common noun

common noun popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

common noun usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for common noun

noun common noun

noun — any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group. See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase. Synonyms: substantive, name.
proper noun — Grammar. a noun that is used to denote a particular person, place, or thing, as Lincoln, Sarah, Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Hall.

All 2 Synonyms of common noun