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Webster 1913 Edition
Appellative
1.
Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.
Cudworth.
2.
(Gram.)
Common, as opposed to
proper
; denominative of a class. Ap-pel′la-tive
,Noun.
[L.
appelativum
, sc. nomen
.] 1.
A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie.
2.
An appellation or title; a descriptive name.
God chosen it for one of his
appellatives
to be the Defender of them. Jer. Taylor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Appellative
APPEL'LATIVE
,Adj.
APPEL'LATIVE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
appellative
appellative
English
Adjective
appellative (not comparable)
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun.
- Of or pertaining to ascribing names.
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Translations
of or pertaining to a common noun
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Noun
appellative (plural appellatives)
- A common noun.
- An epithet.
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Translations
common noun — see common noun
epithet
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ap.pel.laːˈtiː.we/
Adjective
appellātīve
- vocative masculine singular of appellātīvus