Is telephone a common noun

Answer 1

The noun 'telephone' is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a device; a word for a thing.

The word 'telephone' is also a verb (telephone, telephones, telephoning, telephoned).

Answer 2

Yes, the noun telephone is a common noun, a word for any telephone anywhere.

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

• Telephone Services, Inc., Lewisville, TX
• Telephone Road, Caledonia, NY or Telephone Street, Thomson, GA
• American Telephone & Telegraph, original name of AT&T Corp. (officially changed in 1994)
• "The Telephone Book: Technology, Schizophrenia, Electric Speech" by Avital Ronell

Answer 3

Yes, the word 'telephone' is both a noun and a verb.

The noun 'telephone' is a word for a device used to communicate from one place to another, from one person to another; a word for a thing.

The verb 'telephone' is to use such a device to communicate with another person or sometimes with a machine; a word for an action.

Answer 4

No, a telephone is a physical thing, a concrete noun; a telephone is a thing that can be seen, heard, and touched.

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The word telephone is also a verb (telephone, telephones, telephoning, telephoned).

Answer 5

The noun telephone is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a communication device, a thing.

Answer 6

The abstract noun form of the verb to 'telephone' is the gerund, telephoning.

There is no abstract noun form of the concrete noun 'telephone'.

Answer 7

Yes

Answer 8

Yes