noun

English

/naʊn/, /næːn/

noun
Definitions
  • (grammar) A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
  • (grammar) Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English noun derived from noun derived from Latin nōmen (name, noun).

Origin

Latin

nōmen

Gloss

name, noun

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji

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