appellative

[Ap*pel·la*tive]

Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

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Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.

Noun
identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

Adjective S.
inclined to or serving for the giving of names; "the appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function of some primitive rites"

Adjective
pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun


a.
Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.

a.
Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class.

n.
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.

n.
An appellation or title; a descriptive name.


Appellative

Ap*pel"la*tive , a. [L. appellativus, fr. appellare: cf. F. appelatif. See Appeal.] 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.

Appellative

Ap*pel"la*tive, n. [L. appelativum, sc. nomen.] 1. A common name, 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.

Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.

A common name, 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.

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