appellative

[ uh-pel-uh-tiv ]
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noun
  1. a descriptive name or designation, as Bald in Charles the Bald.

  2. a common noun.

adjective
  1. designative; descriptive.

  2. tending toward or serving for the assigning of names: the appellative function of some primitive rites.

  1. pertaining to a common noun.

Origin of appellative

1
1375–1425; late Middle English (<Middle French ) <Late Latin appellātīvus.See appellate, -ive

Other words from appellative

  • ap·pel·la·tive·ly, adverb
  • ap·pel·la·tive·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for appellative

appellative

/ (əˈpɛlətɪv) /


noun
  1. an identifying name or title; appellation

  2. grammar another word for common noun

adjective
  1. of or relating to a name or title

  2. (of a proper noun) used as a common noun

Derived forms of appellative

  • appellatively, adverb

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