Meanings
nounproper noun (plural proper nouns)
plural proper nouns
- grammarA word or phrase that is a noun denoting a particular person, place, organization, ship, animal, event, or other individual entity.
Synonyms: proper name[Appendix:Glossary, nomen proprium, noun substantive proper, proper substantive, substantive proper, selfname
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA word or phrase that is a noun denoting a particular person, place, organization, ship, animal, event, or other individual entity.
Similar
proper name[Appendix:Glossarynomen propriumnoun substantive properproper substantivesubstantive properselfname
More synonyms by meaning
nouna noun that denotes a particular thing; usually capitalized
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ὄνομα κύριον
- ὄνομα κύριον (ónoma kúrion)the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Arabic عَلَم
- عَلَم (ʕalam)the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Bengali নামবাচক বিশেষ্য
- নামবাচক বিশেষ্য (nambacok biśeśśo)the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Bulgarian со́бствено и́ме
- со́бствено и́ме (sóbstveno íme)the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Catalan nom propi
- nom propithe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Chinese Cantonese 專有名詞 /专有名词
- 專有名詞 /专有名词 (zyun¹ jau⁵ ming⁴ ci⁴)the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Chinese Mandarin 專有名詞 /专有名词, 固有名詞 /固有名词
- 專有名詞 /专有名词 (zhuānyǒu míngcí)the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
- 固有名詞 /固有名词 (gùyǒu míngcí)the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Czech vlastní jméno, proprium
- vlastní jménothe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
- propriumthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Danish proprium, egennavn
- propriumthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
- egennavnthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Dutch eigennaam
- eigennaamthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Esperanto propra nomo
- propra nomothe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Estonian pärisnimi
- pärisnimithe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Finnish erisnimi, propri
- erisnimithe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
- proprithe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
French nom propre
- nom proprethe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
German Eigenname, Nomen proprium
- Eigennamethe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
- Nomen propriumthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Greek κύριο όνομα
- κύριο όνομα (kýrio ónoma)the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Hebrew שֵׁם פְּרָטִי
- שֵׁם פְּרָטִי (shem pratí)the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Hindi नामवाचक संज्ञा
- नामवाचक संज्ञा (nāmvācak sañjñā)the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Hungarian tulajdonnév
- tulajdonnévthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Icelandic eiginnafn, sérnafn
- eiginnafnthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
- sérnafnthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Indonesian nomina diri
- nomina dirithe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Irish ainmfhocal dílis
- ainmfhocal dílisthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Italian nome proprio
- nome propriothe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Japanese 固有名詞
- 固有名詞 (koyūmeishi)the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Korean 고유명사
- 고유명사 (goyumyeongsa)the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Latin nōmen proprium
- nōmen propriumthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Latvian īpašvārds
- īpašvārdsthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Lithuanian tikrinis daiktavardis
- tikrinis daiktavardisthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Malay kata nama khas
- kata nama khasthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Norwegian Bokmål egennavn
- egennavnthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Polish nazwa własna
- nazwa własnathe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Portuguese substantivo próprio, nome próprio
- substantivo própriothe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
- nome própriothe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Romanian nume propriu, substantiv propriu
- nume propriuthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
- substantiv propriuthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Russian и́мя со́бственное, о́ним
- и́мя со́бственное (ímja sóbstvennoje)the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
- о́ним (ónim)the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Scottish Gaelic ainmear sònrachaidh
- ainmear sònrachaidhthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Slovak vlastné meno, proprium
- vlastné menothe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
- propriumthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Spanish nombre propio, sustantivo / substantivo propio
- nombre propiothe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
- sustantivo / substantivo propiothe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
- nombre sustantivo propiothe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
- nombre substantivo propiothe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Swedish egennamn
- egennamnthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Tagalog pangngalang pantangi
- pangngalang pantangithe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Thai วิสามานยนาม
- วิสามานยนาม (wí-sǎa-maan-yá-naam)the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Turkish özel ad, özel isim
- özel adthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
- özel isimthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Ukrainian вла́сна на́зва, вла́сне ім'я́
- вла́сна на́зва (vlásna názva)the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
- вла́сне ім'я́ (vlásne imʺjá)the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Urdu اِسْمِ خاص, اِسْمِ مَعْرِفَہ
- اِسْمِ خاص (ism-i xās)the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
- اِسْمِ مَعْرِفَہ (ism-i ma'rifa)the name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Vietnamese danh từ riêng
- danh từ riêngthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
Welsh enw priod
- enw priodthe name of a particular person, place, organization, or other individual entity
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APA
proper noun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proper%20noun
MLA
“proper noun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proper%20noun. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proper noun,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proper%20noun.
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