APPELLATIVE - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Adjective

pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun

Part of speech: Adjective

inclined to or serving for the giving of names

Example: the appellative faculty of children; the appellative function of some primitive rites

The word "appellative" comes from Late Latin appellātīvus.

-ive – A related word in the same word family.

Roman military conquests permanently planted Latin vocabulary across three continents.