noun
Middle English
/nuːn/
noun
Definitions
- (grammar) noun part of speech, a category of words including substantives or noun#English
- An appellation.
Etymology
Borrowed 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
名
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anomia English
- nomen gentilicium English
- noun English
- nounal English
- nounhood English
- nounification English
- nounize English
- nounless English
- nounlike English
- nounness English
- nounship English
- nouny English
- postnoun English
- prenoun English
- pronoun English
- *nōmine Latin
- *nōmine(m) Latin
- cognomen Latin
- ignominia Latin
- nominalis Latin
- nominatim Latin
- nōmen Latin
- praenomen Latin
- -nomio Italian
- nome Italian
- nómina Spanish, Castilian
- ὄνομα Ancient Greek
- *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- surnoun Middle English
- navneord Danish
- nom Old French
- surnoun Old French
- anomenar Catalan, Valencian
- nume Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- numi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- nomen nudum Translingual
- nomen oblitum Translingual
- nome Old Portuguese
- numã Aromanian
- *nomən Proto-Italic
- num Romansh
- nome Asturian
- non Friulian
- nom Old Occitan
- nomu Sicilian
- noun xno
- nómme Ligurian
- naum Dalmatian
- naun Dalmatian
- inom Ladin
- nùmene Sardinian
- nom Istriot
- non Istriot
- nome Mirandese
- nome Istro-Romanian