appellative

English edit

Alternative forms edit

appel. (abbreviation)

Etymology edit

From the Late Latin appellātīvus, from the stem appella- (“to call”), with the adjectival suffix -ive.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /əˈpɛlətɪv/

Adjective edit

appellative (not comparable)

(grammar) Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun.
Of or pertaining to ascribing names.
- 1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
  as these things of nature, or natures of things, were sometimes deified by the Pagans plainly and nakedly in their own appellative names
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Translations edit

of or pertaining to a common noun

Chinese:
Mandarin: 普通名稱／普通名称 (pǔtōng míngchēng), 通稱名詞／通称名词 (tōngchēng míngcí)
Finnish: appellatiivinen
French: appellatif (fr)
German: appellativ
Greek: προσηγορικός (el) (prosigorikós)
Ancient Greek: προσηγορικός (prosēgorikós)
Latin: appellativus
Russian: нарица́тельный (ru) (naricátelʹnyj), апелляти́вный (ru) (apelljatívnyj)

of or pertaining to ascribing names

Finnish: appellatiivinen
Portuguese: apelativo (pt)

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Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} нарицателен (naricatelen)

Noun edit

appellative (plural appellatives)

a common noun
an epithet
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Translations edit

common noun — see common noun

epithet

Finnish: epiteetti (fi)

French edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /a.pɛ.la.tiv/, /a.pe.la.tiv/
Homophone: appellatives

Adjective edit

appellative

feminine singular of appellatif

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ap.pel.laːˈtiː.u̯e/, [äpːɛlːʲäːˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ap.pel.laˈti.ve/, [äpːelːäˈt̪iːve]

Adjective edit

appellātīve

vocative masculine singular of appellātīvus