Definitions for appellative
əˈpɛl ə tɪvap·pella·tive

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1. appellation, denomination, designation, appellativeadjective

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

2. appellativeadjective

   pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun

3. appellative, naming(a)adjective

   inclined to or serving for the giving of names

   "the appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function of some primitive rites"

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1. appellativenoun

   A common noun.

2. appellativenoun

   An epithet.

3. appellativeadjective

   Of or pertaining to a common noun.

4. appellativeadjective

   Of or pertaining to ascribing names.

5. Etymology: From appellativus, from the stem appella- "to call", with the adjectival suffix -ive.

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1. Appellativenoun

   Words and names are either common or proper. Common names are such as stand for universal ideas, or a whole rank of beings, whether general or special. These are called appellatives. So fish, bird, man, city, river, are common names; and so are trout, eel, lobster; for they all agree to many individuals, and some to many species. Isaac Watts Logick.

   Etymology: appellativum, Lat.

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1. appellative

   A noun (from Latin nōmen 'name') is a word that generally functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas.Lexical categories (parts of speech) are defined in terms of the ways in which their members combine with other kinds of expressions. The syntactic rules for nouns differ between languages. In English, nouns are those words which can occur with articles and attributive adjectives and can function as the head of a noun phrase. "As far as we know, every language makes a grammatical distinction that looks like a noun verb distinction."

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1. appellative

   An appellative is a common noun, term, or title used to describe or address someone or something, rather than a unique, specific name. It can also refer to a descriptive or identifying word or phrase given to someone, often highlighting a particular characteristic, trait, or achievement.

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1. Appellativeadjective

   pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming

2. Appellativeadjective

   common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class

3. Appellativenoun

   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

4. Appellativenoun

   an appellation or title; a descriptive name

5. Etymology: [L. appellativus, fr. appellare: cf. F. appelatif. See Appeal.]

How to pronounce appellative?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say appellative in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of appellative in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of appellative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2