proper noun

prop·er noun

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [prop-er noun]
- /ˈprɒp ər naʊn/
- /ˈprɒpə(r) naʊn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [prop-er noun]
- /ˈprɒp ər naʊn/

Definitions of proper noun words

noun proper noun Grammar. a noun that is used to denote a particular person, place, or thing, as Lincoln, Sarah, Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Hall. 1
noun proper noun name 1
countable noun proper noun A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, organization, or thing. Proper nouns begin with a capital letter. Examples are 'Margaret', 'London', and 'the United Nations'. Compare common noun. 0
noun proper noun the name of a person, place, or object, as for example Iceland, Patrick, or Uranus 0

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Origin of proper noun

First appearance:

before 1490

One of the 26% oldest English words

First recorded in 1490-1500

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Proper noun

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Proper noun

proper noun popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

proper noun usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for proper noun

noun proper 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.
nominal — being such in name only; so-called; putative: a nominal treaty; the nominal head of the country.
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.

All 3 Synonyms of proper noun