English-Thai Dictionary

appellative

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ สามานยนาม  kiao-kab-sa-man-ya-nam

 

appellative

N สามานยนาม  common noun sa-man-ya-nam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

APPELLATIVE

a.Pertaining to a common name; noting the common name of a species.

 

APPELLATIVE

n.A common name in distinction from a proper name. A common name or appelative stands for a whole class, genus or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus man is the name of the whole human race, and fowl of all winged animals. 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, London, Philadelphia, Washington, Boston.

 

APPELLATIVELY

adv. According to the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name to signify a strong man.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

APPELLATIVE

Ap *pel "la *tive, a. Etym: [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. )

 

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

 

APPELLATIVE

Ap *pel "la *tive, n. Etym: [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. Jer. Taylor.

 

APPELLATIVELY

APPELLATIVELY Ap *pel "la *tive *ly, adv.

 

Defn: After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.

 

APPELLATIVENESS

APPELLATIVENESS Ap *pel "la *tive *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being appellative. Fuller.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

appellative

ap pel la tive |əˈpelətiv əˈpɛlədɪv | ▶adjective formal relating to or denoting the giving of a name. ▶noun Grammar a common noun, such as “doctor, ” “mother, ” or “sir, ” used as a vocative. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin appellativus, from appellat- ‘addressed, ’ from the verb appellare (see appeal ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

appellative

appellative |əˈpɛlətɪv | ▶adjective formal relating to or denoting the giving of a name. ▶noun a common noun, such as ‘doctor ’, ‘mother ’, or ‘sir ’, used as a vocative. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin appellativus, from appellat- ‘addressed ’, from the verb appellare (see appeal ).