Is Ivory a common noun or proper noun?

Answer 1

The noun 'Ivory' (capital I) is a proper noun, the name of a specific soap and other products.

The noun 'ivory' (lower case i) is a common noun, a general for for a substance that makes up the tusks of elephants, walruses, and other animals; a general word for a pale whitish yellow color.

The word 'ivory' is also an adjective.

Answer 2

The word elephant is a common noun, a general word for a type of large mammal; a word for any elephant of any kind.

A proper noun is the name or title of a specific person, place or thing; for example:

• Joseph Merrick called the Elephant Man (also, the play and the movie of the same name)
• The Green Elephant Vegetarian Bistro in Portland, ME
• The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, TN
• Elephant Lane in London, UK

Answer 3

The noun 'leopard' is a common noun, a word for any leopard anywhere.

A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or a title; for example:

• Tai Lung, the snow leopard character from the animated film "Kung Fu Panda"
• Leopard Street, Rochester, NY or Leopard Road, Berwyn, PA
• Leopard Cafe, Boulevard Voltaire, Paris, France
• "The Leopard", 1963 movie with Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon

Answer 4

The compound noun 'Asian elephant' is a common noun, a general word for any of the type of elephant indigenous to the continent of Asia.

The word 'Asian' is a proper adjective, a word that describes a noun as of or from the continent of Asia. Even though the compound noun begins with a proper adjective and a capital letter, the compound noun is a common noun.

A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing. A proper noun for the common noun Asian elephant is the name of a specific elephant.

Answer 5

The nouns 'tusks' and 'elephant' are common nouns, general words for any tusks or any elephant.

A proper noun is the name or title of a specific person, place, or thing; for example, Tusks Bar (sports bar) in Mammoth Lakes, CA or The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, TN.

Answer 6

The noun elephant is a common noun, unless it's used a a specific name or title, for example the movie 'Water For Elephants' or The Elephant of the Bastille of Paris.

Answer 7

Elephant is a common

Answer 8

Yes.

Answer 9

the animal elephant is a common noun

Answer 10

common noun