abstract noun

English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

abstract noun (plural abstract nouns)

(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)
Vietnamese: danh từ trừu tượng
Welsh: enw haniaethol m

References

“abstract noun”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.