proper name in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for proper name in the English»French Dictionary

Translations for proper name in the English»French Dictionary

I.proper [Brit ˈprɒpə, Am ˈprɑpər] N REL

II.proper [Brit ˈprɒpə, Am ˈprɑpər] ADJ

III.proper [Brit ˈprɒpə, Am ˈprɑpər]

I.name [Brit neɪm, Am neɪm] N

1. name (title):

nom m

See also second name, first name

proper name in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for proper name in the English»French Dictionary

I.proper [ˈprɒpəʳ, Am ˈprɑ:pɚ] ADJ

II.proper [ˈprɒpəʳ, Am ˈprɑ:pɚ] ADV Brit inf

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The designation recognizers was used very sparingly in the film and many viewers might have therefore been unaware of the proper name.
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The sense of a proper name is whatever meaning it has, when there is no object to be indicated.
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The name of a specific entity is sometimes called a proper name (although that term has a philosophical meaning also) and is a proper noun.
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The meaning of the asteroid's proper name remains unknown.
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But back in the 19th century, the land was controlled by a baron without a proper name of distinction.
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However, a proper name can have more than one sense associated with it.
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I can't recall that we ever gave it a proper name.
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The plays have three to six characters, sometimes allegorical and without a proper name.
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Local directional names were used to refer to the winds, eventually giving the wind itself a proper name, irrespective of the observer's position.
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But, what can the meaning of a proper name be, except the object to which it refers?
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