appellativization

English

Alternative forms

• appellativisation (UK)

Etymology

From appellative +‎ -ization.

Noun

Examples
Cashmere → cashmere Xerox → xerox

appellativization (countable and uncountable, plural appellativizations) (American spelling)

1. (linguistics) The process of a proper name becoming a common noun.

   Antonym: proprialization

   Hyponym: genericization

Translations

the process of a proper name becoming a common noun

• Czech: apelativizace f
• Estonian: üldnimestumine, apellatiivistumine
• Hungarian: köznevesülés, apellativizáció
• Polish: apelatywizacja f
• Slovak: apelativizácia f
• Spanish: apelativización f

Further reading

• appellativization in Robert Lawrence Trask: The Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics, 2000