common name

English

Noun

common name (plural common names)

1. (taxonomy) The name by which an organism or group of organisms is known to the general public, rather than its taxonomic or scientific name.
   • 2016, James Lambert, “Ornithonymy and Lexicographical Selection Criteria”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 30, number 1, pages 39–62:

     From the point of view of biology, a bird has both a scientific name and a common name.

2. (chemistry) A name that unambiguously identifies a substance but is not the IUPAC systematic name.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see common,‎ name.

Synonyms

• (taxonomy): vernacular name

Translations

a name by which an organism is known to the general public

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 俗名 (zh) (súmíng)

• Czech: obecné jméno
• Finnish: yleiskielinen nimi; kansanomainen nimi
• French: nom vernaculaire (fr)
• German: Trivialname (de) m
• Polish: nazwa zwyczajowa f, nazwa popularna f
• Portuguese: nome comum m, nome popular m, nome vernáculo m
• Spanish: nombre común (es) m
• Swedish: trivialnamn (sv) n

See also

• scientific name