Complete Definition of "noun"

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English

Etymology
From AF. term|noun, from OF. term|nom (also spelled term|non), from L. term|nomen||name.

Pronunciation
noun, IPA|/na�n/, SAMPA|/naUn/
audio|en-us-inlandnorth-noun.ogg|Audio (US-Inland North)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-a�n|-a�n

Noun
en-noun

  1. grammar A word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

Usage notes
In English and in many other languages, a noun can serve as the subject or object of a verb. For example, the English words term|table and term|computer are nouns. See w:Part of speech|Wikipedia�s article �Parts of speech�.

Synonyms
name
substantive

Related terms
abstract noun
collective noun
common noun
concrete noun
count noun
countable noun
mass noun
nominal
non-count noun
noun clause
noun of assemblage
noun of multitude
noun phrase
plural noun
pronoun
proper noun
uncountable noun

Translations
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Albanian: t-|sq|emër|xs=Albanian
Arabic: ARchar|اس� (�ism) m
Basque: izen
Bulgarian: ���е��ви�елно име (s�štestvítelno ime) n
Catalan: substantiu m
Chinese: ��, �� (míngcí)
Croatian: t-|hr|imenica|f
Czech: t-|cs|podstatné jméno|n
Danish: navneord n
Dutch: t+|nl|zelfstandig naamwoord|n, t+|nl|substantief|n
Esperanto: t+|eo|substantivo|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|nimisõna
Finnish: t+|fi|substantiivi
French: t+|fr|nom|m, t+|fr|substantif|m
Frisian: haadwurd n
German: t+|de|Substantiv|n
Greek, Ancient: tø|grc|scpolytonic|�νομα|trónoma|n|xs=Ancient Greek
Greek: t-|el|ο��ια��ικ�|n|trousiastikó|scGrek
Hebrew: ש�־עצ� (shem-�etsem) m
Hindi: स����ा (sangyaa) m
Hungarian: t-|hu|f�név
Icelandic: nafnorð n (abbrev. �no.�)
Ido: substantivo
Indonesian: t-|id|kata benda|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: substantivo
Irish: t+|ga|ainmfhocal|m|xs=Irish
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Italian: t+|it|nome|m, t+|it|sostantivo|m
Japanese: �� (���, meishí)
Korean: t+|ko|��|trmyeongsa|scHang
Kurdish: t+|ku|�ا�|sc=KUchar
Latin: t+|la|nomen|n
Latvian: t+|lv|lietv�rds|m|xs=Latvian
Malayalam: നാമ� (naamam)
Maltese: t-|mt|nom|xs=Maltese
Norwegian: t+|no|substantiv|n
Novial: substantive
Old English: t-|ang|nama|m|xs=Old English
Polish: t-|pl|rzeczownik|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|substantivo|m
Romanian: t+|ro|substantiv|n
Russian: t+|ru|им� ���е��ви�ел�ное|n|trímja suš�estvítel�noje|scCyrl
Serbian: t-|sr|imenica|f
Slovak: podstatné meno n
Slovene: t+|sl|samostalnik|m
Spanish: t+|es|sustantivo|m, t+|es|substantivo|m, qualifier|Venezuela t+|es|nombre|m
Swedish: t+|sv|substantiv|n, t+|sv|nomen|n
Telugu: నామవా��మ� (nAmavAchakamu)
Thai: THchar|�าม (naam), THchar|�ำ�าม (khahm naam)
Turkish: t+|tr|isim
Vietnamese: t+|vi|danh từ|xs=Vietnamese
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Category:Parts of speech

af:noun
et:noun
es:noun
fr:noun
ga:noun
ko:noun
io:noun
id:noun
it:noun
la:noun
lt:noun
hu:noun
nl:noun
ja:noun
pl:noun
pt:noun
ro:noun
ru:noun
scn:noun
simple:noun
fi:noun
ta:noun
te:noun
vi:noun
tr:noun
zh:noun

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