abstract noun

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæbˌstɹækt naʊn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæbˌstɹækt naʊn/

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abstract noun

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Noun

abstract noun (plural abstract nouns)

1. (grammar) A noun that denotes an idea, emotion, feeling, quality, generalization, representation or other abstract or intangible concept, as opposed to a concrete item, or a physical object.

   Synonym: nomen abstractum

   Antonym: concrete noun

Translations

noun that denotes an abstract concept

Afar: qellitaamih seecena Arabic: اِسْم مَعْنًى (ism maʕnan) Bulgarian: абстрактно съществително n (abstraktno sǎštestvitelno) Catalan: nom abstracte m Cebuano: lunap Chinese: Mandarin: 抽象名詞／抽象名词 (zh) (chōuxiàng míngcí) Danish: abstrakt (da) n Dutch: abstract substantief n, abstractum (nl) n Finnish: abstrakti substantiivi French: nom abstrait (fr) m Galician: nome abstracto (gl) m, substantivo abstracto (gl) m German: Abstraktum (de) n, abstraktes Substantiv n, Begriffswort n Greek: αφηρημένο ουσιαστικό n (afiriméno ousiastikó) Hungarian: elvont főnév Irish: ainmfhocal teibí m, ainm teibí m Italian: nome astratto m Japanese: 抽象名詞 (ja) (ちゅうしょうめいし, chūshōmeishi) Korean: 추상명사 (ko) (chusangmyeongsa) Norwegian: Bokmål: abstrakt (no) n Persian: اسم معنی (fa) Portuguese: substantivo abstrato (pt) m Russian: абстра́ктное существи́тельное (ru) n (abstráktnoje suščestvítelʹnoje) Sanskrit: भाववाचक (sa) n (bhāvavācaka) Spanish: sustantivo abstracto (es) m, nombre abstracto (es) m Swedish: abstrakt substantiv (sv) n Tagalog: pangngalang basal Telugu: గుణవిశేష్యము (guṇaviśēṣyamu) Thai: อาการนาม (th) (aa-gaa-rá-naam) Turkish: soyut ad (tr), soyut isim (tr) Ukrainian: абстра́ктний іме́нник m (abstráktnyj iménnyk) Welsh: enw haniaethol m

References

• “abstract noun”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.