English
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Noun
en-noun|sg=common noun

1. A noun that can be preceded by a definite article, and denotes any member, or all members of a class; an ordinary noun such as "dog" or "city"
2. An uncapitalized noun.

Quotations
2001 � w:Eoin Colfer|Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, p 15
:The Butlers had been serving the Fowls for centuries. It had always been that way. Indeed, there were several eminent linguists of the opinion that this was how the common noun had originated.

Antonyms
proper noun

Translations

Dutch: soortnaam m
Finnish: t|fi|yleisnimi, t|fi|appellatiivi
French : nom commun m
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Japanese: ���� (������, futsūmeishi)
Spanish : nombre común m

See also
abstract noun
concrete noun
collective noun
proper noun

fr:common noun
ja:common noun
fi:common noun
tr:common noun

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