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common noun

noun (or noun phrase) that primarily refers to a class of entities or instances
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Summary

common noun is a Q140785204[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,127 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: noun phrase[3], noun[4]
  • Part of: proper and common nouns[5]
  • Opposite of: proper noun[6]
  • Equivalent class: http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/2.0/lexinfo#CommonNoun[7], http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/CommonNoun[8]
  • Different from: Common name[9]
  • Exact match: http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133077721[10]

Why It Matters

common noun has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 1256, 2479, 385 +2
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'cs', 'cv', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'fi', 'gl', 'he', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 2478, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7327790|common noun (#7327790)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 11w ago · JhowieNitnek · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Q140785204
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: Q140785204"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Part of → proper and common nouns
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → noun phrase, noun
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007546302905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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