Is kite a proper noun

Answer 1

No, it is a noun, or more rarely a verb. It is used as a noun adjunct in terms such as kite string and kite flying.

Answer 2

No, the word kite is a common noun, a word for any kite.

A common noun becomes a proper noun when it is the name of a person, a place, a thing, or a title; some examples of kite as a proper noun:

• Kite, KY (population 808)
• Kite Club NY, Schenectady, NY
• Cobra Kites, Island Heights, NJ
• Kite Road, Urbana, IL
• 'The Kite Runner' by Khaled Hosseini

A noun is " any member of a class of words that are formallydistinguished in many languages, as in English, typically bythe plural and possessive endings and that can function asthe main or only elements of subjects or objects, as cat,belief, writing, Ohio, darkness. nouns are often thought of asreferring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities."

(from dictionary.com)

and a proper noun is "a noun that is not normally preceded by an article or other limiting modifier, as any or some,and that is arbitrarily usedto denote a particular person, place, or thing without regard toany descriptive meaning the word or phrase may have, as Lincoln,Beth, Pittsburgh."

(also from dictionary.com)